Lignocellulosic biomass is considered as a major feedstock to produce value-added renewable chemicals. In this study, a new water-based lubricant was prepared using biomass-derived levulinic acid (LA) ...

Catalytic transformation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (γ-GVL) is an important route for biomass upgradation. Because both Bro̷nsted and Lewis acidic sites are required in the cascade ...

Grant Frerking was a Tennessee football walk-on when he became a CEO millionaire. Now he's facing allegations and legal issues threatening his future.

Plant cell wall components such as cellulose are abundant sources of carbohydrates that are widely used in biofuels and bioproducts; however, extraction of these components from plant biomass is ...

Following the Spending Review, Defra has secured a multi-year funding commitment from HM Treasury. More than £2.7 billion will be invested in sustainable farming and nature recovery a year from ...

Scotland's red meat sector has enormous growth potential with growing domestic and international demand. But that potential has been squandered by years of political indifference, shallow words, and a ...

Father's Day 2025 is coming this weekend and for those who are yet to buy anything for the big day, we have got you covered with this gift guide, all for under £55, that is sure to please all of ...

This study examined the effects of liming, straw return, and local sediment amendments on nutrient availability and barley yield in Eldoret, Kenya. Plots were established with 1% and 3% of two local ...

In Morocco, the price of barley and straw are three times what they were before the drought, while the price of alfalfa has more than doubled. “The future of this profession is very difficult.

The HHV for juice processing residues varied from 16.53 to 18.72 MJ kg −1 (Table 4), which is higher than the HHV reported for other lignocellulosic biomass, such as rice husk, ponkan peel, sugarcane ...

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Tuesday directed Punjab and Haryana governments to make it mandatory for brick kilns in non-NCR districts to use paddy straw-based biomass pellets ...