16/08/2023 -
Un centro científico internacional tendrá su sede en el INTI en el marco de un acuerdo conjunto con el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de la...
03/11/2020 -
An international research team has sequenced the full genome of an ornamental variety of miscanthus, a wild perennial grass emerging as a prime candidate for sustainable bioenergy crops. The genome...
29/07/2020 -
As climate change becomes increasingly difficult to ignore, scientists are working to diversify and improve alternatives to fossil-fuel-based energy. Renewable bioenergy crops, such as the perennial...
14/07/2020 -
After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing...
26/02/2020 -
Take biomass-derived acetone -- common nail polish remover -- use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you have a domestically generated product that can be blended with...
08/08/2019 -
Al encuentro, moderado por el Dr Gabriel Sternik del Centro de Biotecnología Industrial de INTI, asistieron académicos y profesionales vinculados a las industrias de...
03/05/2019 -
Biochemists have discovered two ways that autophagy, or self-eating, controls the levels of oils in plant cells. The study describes how this cannibalistic-sounding process actually helps plants...
19/03/2019 -
The Danish biotech Enduro Genetics has shown it can improve the yield of fermentation by engineering bacteria to become ‘addicted’ to being productive.
15/11/2018 -
La bioenergía es un tipo de energía renovable que está en auge en todo el mundo porque es limpia (genera pocos residuos y son biodegradables) y permite aprovechar desechos...
05/10/2018 -
Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops -- corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, for example -- is a poor use of land, which is a precious resource in the fight against climate change, says...
21/09/2018 -
Intestinal bacteria can create an electric current, according to a new study. The results are valuable for the development of drugs, but also for the production of bioenergy, for example.
16/04/2018 -
An unconventional mélange of algae, eucalyptus and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage appears to be a quirky ecological recipe. But, scientists have an idea that could use that recipe to help...