Alkol to develop hybrid sugarcane for Spain with UPM

Biofuels Digest


Isabel Lane | February 24, 2014


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Researchers work on acetal production for biodiesel blending

Biodiesel Magazine

By Basque Research | September 25, 2013

 

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Abengoa completes waste-to-biofuels demo plant in Spain

Biofuels Digest

Jim Lane | July 1, 2013

 

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Researchers sequence the genome of global deep ocean

Biofuels Digest

Jim Lane | June 19, 2013

 

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Pilot plant to convert AD waste into high-quality fertilizers

Biomass Magazine


By Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
March 14, 2013

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Silver Nanoparticles Mitigate the Cell Damage Caused by Ethanol, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily (June 7, 2010) — A new article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) describes how nanoparticles formed by very small numbers of silver atoms can protect against the cell damage caused by ethanol.

The study was led by researchers from the University of Barcelona and conducted in conjunction with the Magnetism and Nanotechnology laboratory of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

"The results of the study show that these clusters of small numbers of silver atoms catalyze ethanol oxidation at similar concentrations to those found in the blood of alcoholics and at values of membrane potential and pH that are compatible with those exhibited by mammalian cells," explains Gustavo Egea, a professor with the Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Neurosciences of the Faculty of Medicine at the UB and an affiliated researcher for the Institute of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) and the August Pi i Sunyer Miomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS).

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Spanish Scientists Find Oil-Storing Fungi or Mold Could Be Good Biodiesel Feedstock

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: June 11, 2010

In the quest for alternatives to soybeans, palm, and other edible oilseed plants as sources for biodiesel production, enter an unlikely new candidate: A fungus, or mold, that produces and socks away large amounts of oils that are suitable for low-cost, eco-friendly biodiesel.

That's the topic of a study in ACS' bi-monthly journal Energy & Fuels.

Victoriano Garre and colleagues point out that manufacturers usually produce biodiesel fuel from plant oils — such as rapeseed, palm, and soy.

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