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Algal Fuels: Just around the Corner or 10 Years Away?: " In California, a new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more longterm research, development and demonstration." (Via Bioenergy News - RenewableEnergyAccess.com.)
Lux Research: Innovation Will Grow Biofuels Market: " The biofuels market has struggled to get off the ground for a number of years with many startups languishing in the valley of death if not succumbing to it completely. But a study published by consulting firm Lux Research this week shows that despite the fact that biofuel capacity represents only 3% of the petroleum fuels it seeks to replace,...
Scientists in Taiwan discovered that placing gold nanoparticles in plants made them glow, which could turn them into an effective form of nighttime illumination: By implanting the gold nanoparticles into the leaves of the Bacopa caroliniana plants, the scientists were able to induce the chlorophyll in the leaves to produce a red emission. Under a high wavelength of ultraviolet light, the gold...
By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News The corn borer can devastate plants, but GM varieties produce a defensive bacterial toxin Insect pest control by genetically-modified crops can raise yields and profits from non-GM varieties grown nearby, a study from the US indicates. Researchers looked at maize grown in five US states, where plants are affected by the European corn borer....
Amyris trading at $16/share By Doris de Guzman on September 29, 2010 Despite the lower-than-expected initial public offering (IPO) price of $16/share as opposed to between $18-$20/share, Amyris, the California-based synthetic biology start-up did pretty well as it raised nearly $85m on the first day and its stock closed at $16.85/share on the second day of trading at NASDAQ. ...
How close are we to nitrogen-fixing cereals?: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 2 PMID: 20817544 Authors: Charpentier, M. - Oldroyd, G. Journal: Curr Opin Plant Biol Engineering nitrogen-fixing cereals is essential for sustainable food production for the projected global population of 9 billion people in 2050. This process will require engineering cereals for nodule organogenesis and infection by...
The Purple Cauliflower Arises from Activation of a MYB Transcription Factor.: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 20 PMID: 20855520 Authors: Chiu, L. W. - Zhou, X. - Burke, S. - Wu, X. - Prior, R. - Li, L. Journal: Plant Physiol Anthocyanins are responsible for the color of many flowers, fruits, and vegetables. An interesting and unique Purple (Pr) gene mutation in cauliflower confers an abnormal...
Deletion of the Cel48S cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum.: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 13 PMID: 20837514 Authors: Olson, D. G. - Tripathi, S. A. - Giannone, R. J. - Lo, J. - Caiazza, N. C. - Hogsett, D. A. - Hettich, R. L. - Guss, A. M. - Dubrovsky, G. - Lynd, L. R. Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Clostridium thermocellum is a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium that rapidly solubilizes...
Next-generation protein-rich potato expressing the seed protein gene AmA1 is a result of proteome rebalancing in transgenic tuber.: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 20 PMID: 20855595 Authors: Chakraborty, S. - Chakraborty, N. - Agrawal, L. - Ghosh, S. - Narula, K. - Shekhar, S. - Naik, P. S. - Pande, P. C. - Chakrborti, S. K. - Datta, A. Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Protein deficiency is the...
MIT is Organizing New Genetic Parts by Aaron Saenz If you want to check out a book you go to the library. If you want to get a copy of the latest DNA, you go to MIT’s Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Started in 2003, the Registry has developed from a few stored genes to a collection of more than 3000 genetic parts that can be spliced into DNA to modify an existing organism....
Shell's billions to convert Brazilian biomass into fuel Emily Waltz - Nature Biotechnology 28, 305 (2010) doi:10.1038/nbt0410-305 AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson Brazil's 30-year-old ethanol fuel program is based on cheap-to-cultivate sugarcane. The new deal for advanced biofuels is for...
RNAi patent jolt Charlie Schmidt - Nature Biotechnology 28, 300 (2010) doi:10.1038/nbt0410-300a, The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for detection of RNA-mediated gene silencing to Sir David Baulcombe, University of Cambridge, and Andrew Hamilton, University of Glasgow, over a decade after...
Amyris Files to go Public—Biofuels from Microbes BLOG REPORT FROM GREENTECHMEDIA by ERIC WESOFF: APRIL 16, 2010 see http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/amyris-files-to-go-public-biofuels-from-microbes/ In February, Michael Kanellos suggested that Amyris would be the next greentech startup to file to go public. It pains me greatly to write that he was correct. The...
Greentech Media announces the top 50 startups in greentech From: http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Top-50-VC-Funded-Greentech-Startups/ Venture capital firms have invested almost $20 billion into hundreds of greentech startups since 2005. All of these firms are looking to launch a disruptive force into their target markets, scale rapidly and grow quickly. Very few of these...
By Joyce Tait and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka SciDev.Net, From: http://www.gmagazine.com.au/node/1876/full Biofuels were first pioneered in the early days of car manufacturing. Cheap fossil fuels soon overtook them as our fuel of choice, but concerns about climate change have revived interest in them - global biofuel production doubled between 2000 and 2007, and is expected...
The founders of Boston-based Ginkgo BioWorks think assembling synthetic biological systems should not be for experienced researchers only. So they have put together a kit — “scissors and glue for putting together pieces of DNA,’’ cofounder Reshma Shetty says. Biologists build biological systems and organisms for functions such as producing everything from fuel to...
Switchgrass Produces Biomass Efficiently A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock. Economically viable production of a perennial grass monoculture from which...
DOE Opens Up $100M for High-Risk Battery, Biofuel & Carbon Capture Tech Less than two months ago, the Department of Energy opened the spigot in its high-risk green energy fund to provide $151 million in grants for 37 projects — just 1 percent of the original pool of applicants. This morning, the agency announced that another $100 million in the so-called ARPA-E (Advanced...
Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie By Alexis Madrigal from: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/arpa-e-sweepstakes/ The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its first grant awards Monday morning, handing out more than $150 million for what the agency describes as “bold,...
Simpler, cheaper, biodegradable plastic without using fossil fuels: " In recent years, polylactic acid (PLA) has attracted attention as a replacement for petroleum-based plastics. It is made from corn-starch, or other starch-rich substances like maize, sugar or wheat, and is biodegradable - reverting in less than 60 days in ideal conditions. PLA is already used as a material for compost bags,...


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