With the atomic force microscope, surfaces can be viewed at the atomic level without destruction. Medicine, agriculture and environmental benefit. Hard to imagine is what we do not see. This not only very young children find difficult. Therefore an instrument to look into the world of molecules that are only a few nanometers in size, [...]
Biodegradable plastics based on starch, sugar and cellulose have a growing ecological significance. 4 percent of the world’s annual oil production for the production of conventional plastics are used. Because this fossil fuel only limited available, and also during its combustion pollutants are released, the search for environmentally friendly alternatives made from renewable resources is [...]
The U.S. Army know you must constantly renew their thoughts about participating in the “new war scenarios” of the XXI century, from Cold War. And one of the things that military leaders have always sought is that its forces deployed to be independent, energetically speaking. Currently the U.S. military have policies and procedures for interacting [...]
In the greenway to the fuels derived from biological and non-polluting, more needs to be done. However, some Latin American countries years ago and others more recently have embarked on the highway full of research and studies with a single purpose: to put aside reliance on fossil fuels, which harm the planet given the components [...]
The jatropha plant emerges as viable alternative to fossil fuels in the medium term, energy and environmental interest. In recent years, advances occur in the field of biofuels, despite the difficult economic situation worldwide. The difficulties of ensuring the financing of certain projects with an interesting long-term returns, failed to stop the interest in developing [...]
In 2020 in Italy at the request of biodiesel and bioethanol will be 6 million tons. Germany and France forward in the search for production of biofuels from micro algae. The demand for biodiesel and bioethanol in Italy will be 6 million tonnes in 2020, 12% of the estimated total requirement for the 27 EU [...]
