By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON Frank Tenkorang was still a graduate assistant at Purdue University when his officemate mentioned some exciting news: the school had started powering its trucks with soy biodiesel. It was 2005, and the United States was jumping on the biofuels bandwagon. In the years since, Tenkorang has seen biofuels – corn-based ethanol in particular – evolve from a budding industry into an established part of the Midwest economy, and now into a … [Read more...] about Framing the Future of Fuel: Tenkorang studies ethanol’s reputation, impact on world food prices
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Haag student research with Twigg focuses on corn crop productivity, climate change
KEARNEY – Joe Haag is working to aid corn plant growth and crop productivity while finding a way to combat climate change. A University of Nebraska at Kearney biology student from Grand Island, Haag is studying with UNK biology professor Paul Twigg on his student research project. The work is focused on small plots of corn treated with biochar, a by-product from processing biofuels – in this case, switchgrass. The goal of the experimental plantings is to increase the … [Read more...] about Haag student research with Twigg focuses on corn crop productivity, climate change
