When it comes to watermelon farming, 20 to 40 percent of the crops are left unsold due to irregularities (such as bird pecks) that keep them from passing quality control. According to Discovery, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed a novel method to produce biodiesel from waste oil. This simple process requires relatively mild heat ...

Kevin Lofgren in the lab holding a flask containing the pure biodiesel product made with the process described in the journal Energy & Fuels. UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to ...

To make beer and wine, a microscopic fungus called yeast consumes sugars in fruits or grains and converts them into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. But the microbe yeast cannot tolerate ...

Scientists are genetically engineering microbes to withstand industrial conditions for biofuel production. Researchers found that partially suppressing genes in cyanobacteria improved their growth ...