Ethanol
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Urbee 2, the first road-ready, fuel-efficient, 3D printed car will hit the roads by 2015, at which time KOR EcoLogic aims to demonstrate the 7 hp (5 kW) three-wheeled, rear-steering eco-hybrid by crossing the US while using only ten gallons of fuel.
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ScienceAlcohol appears to diminish zebrafishs' fear of a robotic version of one of their natural predators, the Indian leaf fish. The experiment suggests that robots could be effective in other animal behavioral studies.
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Austrian company See Algae Technology will debut its algae production and harvesting process in a biomass plant in Brazil.
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A new system for detecting counterfeit whiskey is simpler and less costly than traditional methods.
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ScienceBy looking at the digestive system of termites, researchers have discovered a cocktail of enzymes that unlocks access to the sugars stored within the cells of woody biomass that could help make it a more viable source of biofuels, such as ethanol.
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Juha Kankkunen has set a new 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) world speed record for driving on ice. Driving the world’s fastest soft top, an all-wheel drive Continental Supersports, the record was set on the frozen waters of the Baltic Sea
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ScienceThe biofuel industry stands to benefit from the development of a new variety of yeast which produces ethanol from plant products more efficiently.
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ScienceA genetic discovery could allow biofuel crops to produce more biomass within the same amount of land.
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Kia's Soul Flex uses ethanol, which is 40% cheaper than gas in Brazil, gets a 44 percent improvement in fuel efficiency, with power and torque figures also a slight improvement compared with the existing petrol model.
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The E-Fuel MicroFusion Reactor lets you break down organic waste for subsequent distillation into ethanol fuel.
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Researchers from University of Cincinnati have found a way to create a photosynthetic material from foam which uses plant, bacterial, frog and fungal enzymes to produce sugars from sunlight and carbon dioxide that could be used for biofuel.
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Engineers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a way to convert 95% of the energy of cellulosic biomass into jet fuel using stable, inexpensive catalysts, basic equipment and minimal processing.
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