Tag Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Award supports study of internal-combustion diagnostic tool

January 10, 2012

For the past several decades, engineers have been investigating low-temperature combustion as a means of creating engines with diesel-like efficiency and no pollutant emissions. A UW–Madison mechanical engineering assistant professor has received a grant to study the process.

Novel gene increases yeast’s appetite for plant sugars

July 25, 2011

For thousands of years, bakers and brewers have relied on yeast to convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Yet, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers eager to harness this talent for brewing biofuels have found when it comes to churning through sugars, these budding microbes can be picky eaters.

Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in the Midwest

July 11, 2011

The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest.