On Chicago's near West Side, high school students are refining used cooking oil from local restaurants into usable biodiesel. They brought their biodiesel-fueled go-kart to an Illinois Department of ...

ALBANY — Low-carbon, alternative fuels, everything from soybean oil to leftover restaurant cooking oil, could power vehicles and home heating systems in New York State under proposed legislation aimed ...

Scientists are genetically engineering microbes to withstand industrial conditions for biofuel production. Researchers found that partially suppressing genes in cyanobacteria improved their growth ...

PHOENIX — Fire departments in the Phoenix metropolitan area are looking at ways to protect residents as some residents try to produce biodiesel at home. Gilbert Fire Department Chief Collin DeWitt ...

To make beer and wine, a microscopic fungus called yeast consumes sugars in fruits or grains and converts them into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. But the microbe yeast cannot tolerate ...