Biofpr :: Features RSS Feed http://www.biofpr.com Innovation for a sustainable economy Biofpr :: Features RSS Feed http://www.biofpr.com/common/images/thumbnails/100268.gif http://www.biofpr.com It?s a stitch up http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTA0ODMzL0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html Pleading its innocence over the recent rises in global food prices, the biofuel industry is pointing the finger at various other culprits, including the high price of oil and poor harvests.But the controversy is already... 2008-05-14T23:00:00Z It?s a stitch up http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTA0ODMzL0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html Pleading its innocence over the recent rises in global food prices, the biofuel industry is pointing the finger at various other culprits, including the high price of oil and poor harvests.But the controversy is already... 2008-05-14T23:00:00Z Butanol goes back to nature http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTA0NDU4L0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html It is easier to transport and can achieve a better fuel economy than ethanol, but can butanol be produced as cheaply from plant biomass as it can from oil? A growing number of research groups and companies are now betting that... 2008-04-29T23:00:00Z The good, the bad and the ugly http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTAyNjgyL0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html Some biofuels are less environmentally friendly than fossil fuels and might help to exacerbate climate change say a new Swiss study and two recent reports from the UK Royal Society and the House of Commons Environmental Audit... 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z Biofuels aim higher http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTAyMzQ3L0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html US chemical and biomolecular engineers have hijacked the amino acid synthesis pathway in the bacterium Escherichia coli to develop a novel process for producing higher alcohols such as butanol, which offer a number of advantages... 2008-01-14T00:00:00Z It?s all in the blend http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTAxOTE0L0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html Ethanol may be greener, but it was always thought to lose out to petrol in terms of fuel efficiency.But a team of US researchers has now found that this may not always be the case, by showing that certain blends of ethanol and... 2007-12-21T00:00:00Z Termite Power http://www.biofpr.com/view/MTAxNzY5L0FSLzUxL251bGw=/featureDetail.html The search for bacteria that can efficiently produce ethanol and hydrogen from wood and other tough plant-based material has led researchers to look in some pretty strange places.But now they have looked in perhaps the smallest... 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z