Industrial Biotechnology
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Increasing anti-cancer compounds in plants by using nanoparticles
Researchers from Urmia University have used nanoparticles to increase the production of anti-cancer compounds in the root of Dracocephalum Kotschyi.
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Behavior of metal oxides in the catalytic pyrolysis of poplar wood
Researchers have investigated the effect of various transition metal oxides on the final products of catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. Their findings indicated that different metal oxides render different final products in this process. Complications and pollution which are caused by fossil fuels have motivated scientists to look for alternative sources…
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Designing a reliable wind farm through hybridization with biomass energy
Wind farms are usually hybridized with solar or diesel energy to work at optimum capacity. Now researchers have introduced biomass as an alternative energy source to keep the energy production at wind farms at optimum level.
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Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content – study
Arsenic contamination in rice poses a serious health risk in many parts of the world. But an international study has shown that husking rice before parboiling reduces arsenic content, potentially lowering the risk of cancer.
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Edible insects? Lab-grown meat? The real future food is lab-grown insect meat
Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration, deforestation - and of course, climate change. Plant-based diets, insect farming, lab-grown meat and genetically modified animals have all been proposed as potential solutions.
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General Motors to ethanol: Focus on 95 octane fuel standard, or miss the window altogether
In Florida, General Motors VP Dan Nicholson told delegates at the National Ethanol Conference that “High octane is essential to realize better efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions,” but warned the US ethanol industry to get behind the 95 octane fuel standard, warning that 98 RON is a bridge too far,”…
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BASF is the first chemical company to certify biomass balanced products according to the new REDcert2 standard for the chemical industry
BASF is going to certify its biomass balanced products according to the new REDcert2 standard for the chemical industry by the end of 2019 – thereby, it will be the first company in the industry.
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