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Chemistry World
June 14, 2007
Simon Hadlington
Sweet Substitute for Petroleum Products Chemists have developed a new way to turn the sugars glucose and fructose into a potentially useful chemical feedstock. The work reflects a global effort to identify ways of converting plant-derived molecules into replacements for petrochemical feedstocks. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
Issue 57
David Bradley
Sweet Solution to Energy Problem A new process for converting sugar into diesel fuel and feedstock chemicals for the manufacture of plastics, drugs, and other products, could help industry circumvent the problem of rising oil and natural gas prices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 18, 2008
Simon Hadlington
Bio-petroleum made from sugars James Dumesic's team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison set out to convert simple sugars into hydrocarbons that could be blended to make vehicle fuels that are identical to the ones we use today. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
June 15, 2005
Kimberly Patch
Process Ups Biodiesel Efficiency Researchers have shown that it is possible to convert biomass materials like corn into fuel that could be used in diesel engines in a way that automatically separates the fuel from water. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 11, 2009
Victoria Gill
Making Biofuels the Chemical Way US-based researchers have developed the first one-step synthesis of a biofuel precursor from untreated agricultural waste. mark for My Articles similar articles
Scientific American
September 2007
Philip Yam
Updates: Whatever happened to...? Cyberwarfare... Surviving super volcanoes... Better biofuel... House cat origin... mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 23, 2012
Amy Middleton-Gear
Plant power! To combat our reliance on fossil fuels, US scientists have discovered a new route for turning the carbohydrate cellulose -- the most abundant organic molecule on Earth -- into 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, a promising precursor molecule to alternative fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
August 2007
Ari Hartmann
Energy & Resources Researchers are putting a new useful spin on a mean old trick by suggesting that renewable, clean-burning sugar derivatives might someday help replace liquid fossil fuels such as gasoline. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
February 25, 2004
Kimberly Patch
Ethanol yields hydrogen Researchers have devised a way to extract hydrogen directly from ethanol, which would make for a renewable energy cycle. Ethanol is produced by converting biomass like cornstarch to sugar, then fermenting it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 2, 2006
Richard Van Noorden
How Best to Use Biomass? Researchers have developed an efficient way of turning renewable resources like vegetable oils -- and potentially biomass - into hydrogen-rich gas. The gas could be converted to synthetic fuels and industrial chemicals, or used in fuel cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 28, 2007
Richard Van Noorden
To Chew or to Burn? A positive buzz of research and bold investment is surrounding second generation biofuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 2006
Andrew Scott
Down on the Plastics Farm Soaring oil prices could see biomass become competitive as a source for chemicals traditionally derived from petroleum. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
September 24, 2007
Evan Ratliff
The Formula: From Grass to Gas The process behind converting raw plants to ethanol. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
Venture Capital Eyes Biomass Gasification to Make Ethanol Samir Kaul, the Khosla Ventures general partner responsible for the firm's renewable portfolio, talks about the emerging technology of gasifying biomass into ethanol. mark for My Articles similar articles
Food Processing
July 2007
Mark Anthony
HFCS (Highly fattening or crappy science?) Empty calories, yes, but demon, no; the truth and friction behind high-fructose corn syrup. mark for My Articles similar articles