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Industrial biotechnology news: 2010

• December

  • Response to the Committee on Climate Change Fourth Carbon Budget comment on sustainable biofuels - News - 15 December

    We are very interested in the work of the Committee on Climate Change which brings valuable focus on how the UK can and should reduce…

• November

  • New research identifies drivers and barriers for bioenergy development - Press release - 23 November

    Economic attractiveness, environmental sustainability and technology barriers have been identified as among the most critical factors…

  • BBSRC in line with Government response to European ILUC consultation - News - 15 November

    In line with the UK's recent response to the European Commissions' consultation on ILUC impacts of biofuels, BBSRC supports research…

• October

  • Towards the quintessential green technology - Feature - 13 October

    BBSRC-funded researchers at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) have developed a scalable model for the sustainable production of valuable…

  • EU project seeks to turn renewable materials into biofuel - Press release - 7 October

    The project aims to discover enzymes from microorganisms, and use them to develop a biotechnological method of producing renewable fuels…

• September

  • Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce following enzyme discovery - Press release - 13 September

    Researchers…have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult…

• July

  • BBSRC response to The Bow Group Target Paper, ''The Case for Energy Crops'' - News - 22 July

    BBSRC notes with interest The Bow Group Target Paper, “The Case for Energy Crops”, and welcomes that the Group has highlighted a role…

• March

  • Seafarers’ scourge provides hope for biofuel future - Press release - 8 March

    For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage…

• February

  • Your old sofa – and much more – could be composted, say scientists - Press release - 22 February

    Polyurethane plastics used to make a host of products, from furniture fillings to shoe soles…

  • Gene discovery to increase biomass needed for green fuel - Press release - 10 February

    Manchester scientists have identified the genes that make plants grow fatter and plan to use their research to increase plant…

• January

  • Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research - Press release - 25 January

    Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier…