Stories indexed under: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Total: 10

• DOE renews Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center April 4, 2013 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison $25 million per year to fund the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) for another five years.
• Bioenergy center supports new science education framework Nov. 20, 2012 Teachers aiming to meet new federal standards for science education have a new resource at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC).
• New biorenewables technology moves closer to marketplace Oct. 23, 2012 A licensing agreement for a novel renewable chemical and biofuel production method between Hyrax Energy and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation promises to accelerate commercial development of the technology and lead to high-quality U.S. jobs.
• Science and law connect in campus collaboration July 25, 2012 Have you ever wondered how scientists decide which problems to work on or what inventions to develop?
• Designing microbes that make energy-dense biofuels without sugar June 27, 2012 With metabolically engineered microorganisms hungry for levulinic acid, rather than sugar, a University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineer aims to create more sustainable, cost-effective processes for converting biomass into high-energy-density hydrocarbon fuels.
• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent June 18, 2012 The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is marking the arrival of summer with a milestone: the first patent issued on the center's technology.
• New early career awards support biofuels research May 31, 2012 A young generation of researchers are seeking biofuels in some unlikely-sounding places: toxic algae blooms and cow stomachs.
• Award supports study of internal-combustion diagnostic tool Jan. 10, 2012 For the past several decades, engineers have been investigating low-temperature combustion as a means of creating engines with diesel-like efficiency and no pollutant emissions. A UW-Madison mechanical engineering assistant professor has received a grant to study the process.
• Novel gene increases yeast's appetite for plant sugars July 25, 2011 For thousands of years, bakers and brewers have relied on yeast to convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Yet, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers eager to harness this talent for brewing biofuels have found when it comes to churning through sugars, these budding microbes can be picky eaters.
• Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in the Midwest July 11, 2011 The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest.