Climate Change The scientist still fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot A decade of investment in advanced biofuels led nowhere, but Jay Keasling remains undaunted. by James Temple 2018-05-10T00:00:00-04:00
Climate Change The Biggest Clean Energy Advances in 2016 Bionic leaves, a hot solar cell, and other picks for the most notable renewable energy strides in 2016. by James Temple 2016-12-29T14:45:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy How Drones Can Give a Boost to Biofuels The U.S. is funding research to breed better sorghum plants using sensor-laden drones and data mining. by Christina Couch 2016-04-21T14:07:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy The Race for the Ultra-Efficient Jet Engine of the Future Two radically different engine designs aim to make flying cleaner and quieter. Which one will win? by Richard Martin 2016-03-23T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy The Problem with Biofuels The U.S. Navy is touting its “Great Green Fleet,” but why haven’t biofuels made a bigger splash despite a decade of hype and investment? by Richard Martin and Michael Reilly 2016-01-27T16:20:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy At a Crossroads, Biofuels Seek a New Path Forward New microbes and new techniques show promise for advanced biofuels, but the industry is still years away from real progress. by Richard Martin 2015-06-29T00:00:00-04:00
View What Obama Meant by “Converting Sunlight into Liquid Fuel” Here’s what the president was talking about when he referred to solar liquid fuels in the State of the Union address last night. by Kevin Bullis 2015-01-21T13:08:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Yeast 2.0 Designer changes in the first artificial yeast chromosome could help advance synthetic biology. by Susan Young Rojahn 2014-03-27T15:52:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Should Energy Startups Be Funded as Charities? Investments in energy start-ups can count as charitable grants. Could this funding approach help get new technologies to market? by Kevin Bullis 2013-12-17T09:35:24-05:00
Sustainable Energy A Lifeline for a Cellulosic-Biofuel Company $100 million in new funding will keep the woodchip-to-gasoline company Kior afloat, for now. by Kevin Bullis 2013-10-23T16:06:00-04:00
