Tech Explore highlighted a research collaboration between the University of Cincinnati and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Study reveals how butanol affects biofuel-producing microbes' cell membranes, aiding more efficient production.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a ...

The Scottish First Minister John Swinney visited the Celtic Renewables biorefinery in Grangemouth in light of the Project ...

A KEY new report on the future of Grangemouth has laid out nine options for the site after the oil refinery closes down ...

This could produce low-carbon chemical products such as acetone, butanol or ethanol. Raw materials are plentiful - the amount ...

Abstract: The toxicity and flammability of n-butanol, as the volatile organic compounds (VOCs), have endangered human life and the production environment. Therefore, there is an imperative requirement ...

One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from ...

Researchers achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the alcohols they produce during fermentation of plant biomass. One limitation of producing biofuel is that ...

One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from ...