A team of chemical engineers have developed a new kind of jet mixer for creating biomass from algae that extracts the lipids from the watery plants with much less energy than the older extraction ...

Tesoro Corp., San Antonio, is launching a program with several renewable energy companies to advance biomass-to-fuels technology for development of biocrude feedstock that the independent ...

Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a way to economically turn algae into a biocrude fuel that can be used to power ships, vehicles, and aircraft. The method that the team has ...

Biofuel experts have long sought a more economically-viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power vehicles, ships and even jets. University of Utah researchers believe they have found an answer ...

Tourism, health, and commerce--all are critical to a thriving national economy. But harmful algal blooms and other aquatic nuisances cost the U.S. economy around $1 billion per year. That's because ...

ConocoPhillips has forged a partnership with agricultural processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. to develop technology to turn biomass from crops, wood or switchgrass into biocrude that can be ...