Researchers Tânia Forster-Carneiro and Rafael Gabriel da Rosa evaluated the efficiency and environmental impact of using corn stover with a technique that uses pure water as the only solvent for ...

MANKATO — The nine-county region has lots of corn fields, and after they are combined, lots and lots of corn stover — the brown leaves, stalks and cobs left behind. Now the area has received the first ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Proponents tout left over plant materials from corn harvest to make ethanol as an environmentally friendly way to produce the renewable fuel. But a new poll shows that many ...

RICHLAND, Wash. — Scientists at Washington State University have found a new way to produce sugar from corn stalks and other crop waste, potentially opening a new pathway to sustainable biofuels.

Corn is at the heart of the US food system. As the country’s most valuable crop, it generates about $75 billion in revenue every year. It’s also the most widely planted, grown in all 48 contiguous ...

Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a unique and environmentally friendly solution of utilizing crop waste to seal abandoned oil wells and capture carbon by permanently sequestering ...