Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue's R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, holds a small vial containing results of a new catalytic process that can convert the lignin in wood into high-value chemical products ...

Fungi are major degraders of plant biomass, including leaves, stems and roots. Investigating the molecular mechanisms that ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers have demonstrated a new process to convert all biomass into liquid fuel, and the method could make possible mobile processing plants. The researchers at Purdue ...

Taking a chemical approach, researchers have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process is unprecedented in its use of untreated, ...

Humic acid (HA) is a macromolecular organic substance that is widely used in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, chemical industry, building materials, medicine, environmental protection, and a ...

FREDERICK, Md., Feb. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you know why passenger and freight planes are not using renewable biofuel? It's a simple reason - it costs too much. Atlantic Biomass Dual Pathway ...

As California works to meet climate and air quality goals, a key to the transition will come from biomass, which is renewable organic material from plants and animals. New research from the University ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Despite growing public opposition, the European Parliament voted this week not to declassify woody biomass as renewable energy. The forest biomass ...