TAMPA, Fla. — At just 14 years old, Emma Carr has already accomplished something most scientists only dream about: sending her own science experiment into space. The Academy of the Holy Names freshman ...

Triglyceride turned biodiesel is considered a promising and sustainable alternative for cleaner future energy demand due to its salient features, such as eco-friendly physicochemical characteristics.

NORFOLK, Va. -- The scientists from Old Dominion University stood on the roof of the local sewage plant and smiled. "Look at the color," said Margaret Mulholland, pointing to emerald-green slime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 25—While everyone else was busy finishing their end-of-semester tests at Newton High School, senior Kallie Van Kley spent her ...

The current study involves the conversion of oil derived from Palm into biodiesel using a two-stage trans esterification process. The physiochemical and filterability characteristics of biodiesels are ...

Experiments to produce ethanol from just the fiber content of corn — not the food part — only make up one kernel in a larger array of U.S. and worldwide biofuel experiments. Consider, for example, ...

Lithuanian scientists discovered a way to reduce the cost of biodiesel production by adding the by-product of cigarette waste recycling. Stricter environmental norms and fossil fuel pollution call for ...

Students at three Glenn County schools got a hands-on lesson in creating biofuels Wednesday. Biofuel Blast is the 2009 National Science Experiment, part of the second annual 4-H National Youth Science ...

Madison WI, FEBRUARY 03, 2011 – The growing development and implementation of renewable biofuel energy has considerable advantages over using declining supplies of fossil fuels. However, meeting the ...

The federal Renewable Fuel Standard, adopted by Congress in 2005, requires U.S. biofuel production to increase from 9 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. A maximum of 15 billion ...