A new catalytic process is able to convert what was once considered biomass waste into lucrative chemical products that can be used in fragrances, flavorings or to create high-octane fuel for racecars ...

Researchers from the Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno are part of a $4.674 million study by Gas Technology Institute to economically convert any leafy or woody biomass into ...

Terragia Biofuel has raised a $6 million seed round to pursue using a “novel” thermophilic bacteria process to break down cellulosic biomass and convert it into ethanol for biofuels such as ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers have demonstrated a new process to convert all biomass into liquid fuel, and the method could make possible mobile processing plants. The researchers at Purdue ...

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PMC BioTec, a leader in biomass conversion process technology, has relaunched as BioConversion Solutions, LLC (BCS) as part of a major global business expansion. In 2012, ...

(Nanowerk News) In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry ("Combined biomass valorization and hydrogen production in a photoelectrochemical cell"), University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry ...

As an element of our scientific research activities at the CBS department, we are conducting innovative research on the development of advanced materials for biomass conversion processes. This project ...

Research on energy production from biomass usually focuses on the amount of energy generated. But it is also important to consider how much energy goes into the process, a component that is often ...

Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue's R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, holds a small vial containing results of a new catalytic process that can convert the lignin in wood into high-value chemical products ...