PAPERS OF NOTE
August 31, 2009

Bacteria, catalysts advance biofuel efforts

* A polymer containing platinum efficiently turns methane into methanol and can be reused repeatedly. See Solid Catalysts for the Selective Low-Temperature Oxidation of Methane to Methanol, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 1, 2009.

* A strain of bacteria produces useful amounts of butanol, which can be used as a fuel. See Evolution of solvent-producing Clostridium beijerinckii toward high butanol tolerance, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 19, 2009.

* Navy researchers are working on producing jet fuel from carbon dioxide. See Catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to feedstock chemicals for jet fuel synthesis, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 16, 2009.


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