Despite funding challenges, tow biofuel R&D labs continue to optimize methods and service the market.

An important step towards making biofuels economically competitive has been taken by researchers with the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a DOE Bioenergy Research Center led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed.

Winners are from Oneida Nation High School and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability to interfere with the production of lignin, a key cell-wall component in plants.

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible. The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously unreachable steps needed to oxidize ethanol and produce clean energy in fuel cell reactions.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Research Center does everything from chemical and biochemical analyses to bioengineering to process scale-up to microbial strain development.