Science news articles about 'green fuel'

A tree fungus could provide green fuel that can be pumped directly into tanks, scientists say. The organism, found in the Patagonian rainforest, naturally produces a mixture of chemicals that is ...

... from exposure to chemical pollutants. In addition, the study shows that using this green fuel would reduce the cancer rate by 4.56 per million inhabitants. The researchers say it is ...

Faced with soaring prices at the petrol pumps, ecologically-minded Britons are turning to fish and chips to run their cars -- transforming the leftover frying oil into "green" fuel.

... 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes.

... to store power produced at night from a planned 2.8 megawatt "green" fuel cell and use the energy during peak-demand hours the following day when electricity rates are highest. ...

... Lobban, director of the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, the development of "green" fuels is an important part of the world's, and Oklahoma's, energy future. Professor Lobban ...

... promising class of processes we analysed combined the biological fermentation of carbohydrates to fuels with advanced technologies that thermochemically convert process residues to electrical power ...

TARRAGONA, Spain, June 30 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists say mud from waste water treatment plants can be an alternative fuel, enabling cement factories to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.

Hydrogen fuel, with steam as its only byproduct, would be the ultimate clean, green fuel. But it has failed to deliver on this promise due to one enormous stumbling block: storage capacity. Now UMass ...

... industry by making hydrogen – touted as the clean, green fuel of the future – cheaper and easier to produce ... Hydrogen has long been considered the ideal clean green fuel, energy-rich and carbon-neutral ...

New research has found that algae can produce a cheap and efficient biodiesel that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create jobs.

Step aside, corn: Another summertime picnic favorite might be the next big thing in ethanol production, a new study suggests.