Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus strives to stay on the forefront of leading integrated technologies. Dr. Dennis Zhang is one example of the outstanding faculty bringing this leading ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook With about 210,000 gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day, the recent explosion ...

Nevada-based Algae Systems says it has developed a way to make algae-based biofuel profitable by transforming raw sewage into fuel and clean drinking water.The company says it has a pilot plant in ...

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 — Scientists today described an advance toward a long-sought economical process that could turn algae, like the stuff of pond scum, into a revolutionary new and sustainable ...

During the first decade of the 21st century, the world saw a rapid surge of research and development activities surrounding algae biofuel. The concept, which combines biological carbon capture and ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a ...

ATLANTA, March 25, 2026 — Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet production costs remain a hurdle to its ...

May 25—While everyone else was busy finishing their end-of-semester tests at Newton High School, senior Kallie Van Kley spent her last day making biofuel. Dressed in a white lab coat and donning thick ...

Instead of going in the trash or, perhaps, a compost heap, a new study proposes that used coffee grounds could help feed biodiesel-producing algae. Published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable ...

SEQUIM, Wash. - A dozen glass cylinders containing a potential payload of bright green algae are exposed to hundreds of multi-colored lights, which provide all of sunlight's natural hues. The tiny ...

Scientists at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile contend that if biodiesel made from microalgae is used to power trucks and buses, it could cut GHG emissions by as much as 80%, according to a ...

under artificial lights at Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. Click on the image to watch an archived video about algae-based biofuels from NBC Nightly News. In the ...