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Scientists Find a Molecular Switch for Better Biofuels
A field of sorghum, a grain that is often used as a biomass crop for production of ethanol and butanol. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Adapted from an original release published by Lawrence...
View ArticleThe Wild World of Microbe-Made Products – Skis Now Included
This winter, you can carve the fresh powder of the backcountry on a pair of high-performance, eco-friendly skis designed by world-famous athletes and made from a material produced by microscopic algae....
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Nature-Inspired Green Energy Technology Clears Major Development Hurdle
Heinz Frei (right) talks about the potential renewable energy technology he developed with Georgios Katsoukis (center) and Won Jun Jo (left), who is holding a small piece of the team’s solar fuel tile...
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Making Biofuels Cheaper by Putting Plants to Work
Sorghum, shown here at the Agronomy Field Headquarters in Davis, California, is a common bioenergy crop and was used in this study. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent /Berkeley Lab) Biofuels are an important...
View ArticleUnlocking the Rice Immune System
JBEI, UC Davis and Berkeley Lab researchers have identified a bacterial signaling molecule that triggers an immunity response in rice plants, enabling the plants to resist a devastating blight disease....
View ArticleAnother Milestone in Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis
Berkeley Lab researchers using a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have combined semiconducting nanowires with select microbes to create a system that produces renewable...
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