Gevo, a maker of biofuels, sued DuPont and its business partner Butamax Advanced Biofuels in federal court in Delaware, alleging infringement of a new patent for alcohol-fermentation processes ...

DuPont Biofuels on track to commercialize its biofuel technologies, including biobutanol and cellulosic ethanol. This week at the Piper Jaffray Alternative Energy Symposium, which focused on ...

Novel 'nano-reactor' pumps out hydrogen biofuel "The reaction runs both ways -- it can be used either as a hydrogen production catalyst or as a fuel cell catalyst," researcher Trevor Douglas ...

Butamax, or Butamax-licensed biofuel producers, will pay Gevo if its bio-butanol is used in jet fuel or marine gasoline. The goal of the company is to sell bio-butanol at gas stations by late 2017 ...

In 2017, DuPont closed a cellulose-based ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa. The chemical maker had spent $200 million on a fermentation process that turned corn cobs, stalks, and leaves into the fuel ...

Scientists focused their analysis on specialized regions within the microbes' cell membranes called membrane domains that play a critical role in organizing proteins and maintaining cell stability.

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The resulting biomaterial, called P22-Hyd, is said to not only be more efficient—it can also easily be produced using a simple fermentation process, and it can all be done at room temperature.

DuPont has benefited mightily from the growth of corn ethanol because of the role of its Pioneer Hybrid division in supplying farmers with genetically modified seed.

One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from ...

DOVER, Del. — Chemical maker DuPont said Tuesday it will begin marketing biofuels for the transportation sector next year through a partnership with oil company BP PLC.

One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from ...