Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils. The collaborative project is led by researchers ...

Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team from the universities of Stuttgart und Tübingen, together with the China West Normal ...

Palm oil is a vital ingredient in many foods, beauty products, cleaning products and biofuels. But it has also been a massive cause of deforestation in South East Asia in recent years. Companies are ...

A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11898190B2) discloses a method for producing microbial oil by genetically modifying a labyrinthulid, specifically by disrupting and/or silencing a ...

Biodegradation is an important natural process during oil spill cleanup. A new study revealed that using spill treating agents does not negatively impact naturally occurring biodegradation. Using ...

A Texan company promises clean hydrogen at less than US$1/kg, after testing a fascinating new technique in the lab and the field. The idea is to pump specially developed microbes into depleted oil ...

Found in everything from chips to toothpaste, our addiction to the oil is destroying rainforests. But oily microbes may finally offer a sustainable alternative. However, an alternative to palm oil may ...

In such oil spill incidents, large quantities of chemical dispersants, ranging in the millions of liters depending on the amount of oil, are routinely applied to dissolve oil slicks, prevent oil from ...