Microarray analysis was performed at different time points to determine yeast genome - wide response when exposed to salt, acid, hypoxic conditions, and hydrogen peroxide, as well as ethanol, isopentenol, and
other biofuels candidates.
Not exact matches
Another
candidate for a trim might be the biological and environmental research (BER) program, which supports, among
other things, DOE's work on advanced
biofuels and climate research.
The second is that someone will ask the
candidate whether he or she supports the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS: the federal program that, among
other things, requires all gasoline sold in this country to contain a minimum amount of «renewable
biofuel» — which in Iowa, of course, means corn - based ethanol.
Perhaps this view will become the new received wisdom — it's quoted in today's NYTimes column by economist Paul Krugman, «Grains Gone Wild,» who cites «the rise of demon ethanol and
other biofuels,» and points out, «Oh, and in case you're wondering: all the remaining presidential
candidates are terrible on this issue.»
With this in mind, climate change could be just another unique opportunity for weeds and
other hardy plants to fulfill
other roles: as potential
biofuel candidates (kudzu, swtichgrass and jatropha for example), as a source of natural materials for furniture, or even as food — because weeds are evolving, just as we are.
Ethanol
Biofuel Feedstocks Gain a New
Candidate: Kudzu Kudzu Harvesting for the Production of Ethanol, Redux Ethanol: How the Fuel is Produced, Growing Corn and
Other Feedstocks, and More