May 20, 2010
General Motor’s Joint-Venture partner in China, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) rolled out a concept alongside GM’s EN-V at Expo 2010 which in many ways is more ground-breaking than the EN-V. The idea behind the YeZ Concept is that it will photosynthesize, absorbing carbon dioxide from surrounding air and emitting oxygen back into the atmosphere. [...]
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May 11, 2010
Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure cooker may be a new and quicker method for producing bio-oil from the organism. Researchers from the University of Michigan say that the new method of processing the fuel source ‘can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes.’ University of Michigan professors are working to understand and [...]
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