Category: Bioenergy and Bioproducts
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Posted on June 25, 2012
What is an enzyme?
In a mere 50 seconds, CALS’ Katie Helmich answers the question: what is an enzyme? Helmich is a research assistant in the Great Lakes Bioenergy […]
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Posted on June 19, 2012
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent
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. The […]
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Posted on May 31, 2012
New early career awards support biofuels research
A young generation of researchers are seeking biofuels in some unlikely sounding places: toxic algae blooms and cow stomachs. Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are […]
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Posted on March 5, 2012
CALS-based startup wins regional clean energy competition
This past weekend, a startup company co-founded by CALS biochemist Ron Raines won top prize–and $100,000 in prize money–at the second annual Clean Energy Challenge, […]
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Posted on February 13, 2012
Beyond the gas tank: Biomass can be used to produce a broad array of goods in Wisconsin
On Tim Baye’s list of Wisconsin biomass-based products, lipstick looms larger than ethanol. “One of the most attractive markets this year is a paraffin derivative […]
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Posted on December 19, 2011
Where are we now? Research highlights from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Tim Donohue has spent the last four years building a pipeline—but not the kind that springs to mind when we think of fuel. The professor […]
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Posted on November 30, 2011
CALS scientists help write guidelines for sustainable biomass production
CALS experts in agronomy, soil science, and wildlife ecology are part of a state/industry collaboration that published the Wisconsin Sustainable Planting and Harvest Guidelines for […]
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Posted on November 16, 2011
Forage know-how gives Wisconsin farmers an edge in growing biomass
Wisconsin farmers have been growing biomass for generations, says Kevin Shinners. They just have a different name for it. “Biomass is really just poor-quality forage,” […]
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Posted on October 5, 2011
Bioenery experts flock to Madison for Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit Oct. 6
Leading bioenergy experts will be in Madison this week to join researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI) and the Great Lakes […]
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Posted on September 13, 2011
Study: Wisconsinites have mixed views on ethanol
A majority of Wisconsinites support the use of ethanol blends if it keeps dollars and jobs in the United States and reduces air pollution, according […]