Partnership aims to build a stronger understanding of the basic chemical transformations that occur during biomass conversion into diesel and jet fuels

New procedure could eventually replace the need for petroleum-based fuel sources

Bugs as products or production engines

Harvesting algae blooms could help mitigate environmental problems and provide a source of biomass

ORNL researchers make surprising discovery while developing a new type of zeolite-based conversion technology

Team will study the use of biochar to improve infiltration, water retention, and nutrient retention and transformation in soils

Research examined the practices at the UI Power Plant, where technicians have burned a mix of oat hulls and coal for more than a decade

Discovery delivers high starch content, virtually no methane emissions.

Biofuels pioneer Mascoma LLC and the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center have developed a revolutionary strain of yeast that could help significantly accelerate the development of biofuels from nonfood plant matter. 

Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods. The finding, published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could improve the economics of the pulp, paper and biofuels industries and reduce those industries' environmental impact.