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May 19 2012

Development of low-cost energy storage devices advanced

Although the superior electrochemical performance of supercapacitors capable of rapidly storing electrical energy is due to reversible ion adsorption in porous carbon electrodes, the molecular origin of this phenomenon is still poorly understood. A quantitative picture of the structure of an ionic liquid adsorbed inside realistically modelled microporous carbon electrodes is now proposed by an international team of materials researchers comprising University's Dr Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University), Mathieu Salanne, Céline Merlet and Benjamin Rotenberg (Université Paris 06), Paul A. Madden (Oxford University) and Patrice Simon and Pierre-Louis Taberna of Université Paul Sabatier).

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Bayer and KWS to breed non-GM herbicide-tolerant sugar beet

Bayer CropScience and KWS SAAT AG are partnering to develop sugarbeet cultivar that is tolerant to herbicides used in broad-spectrum weed control. Scheduled to be released during the second of the decade, this non-GM beet cultivar is likely to be welcomed by farmers.

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Plants growth response to shade offer clues to improved plant architecture for field crops

Plants are extremely competitive, especially when it comes to getting their fair share of sunlight. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have determined precisely how leaves tell stems to grow when a plant is caught in a shady place.

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LANXESS partners with Evocatal to develop biocatalysts for rubber production

LANXESS, which produces specialty chemicals, is partnering with the biotechnology firm Evocatal in the development of biotechnological methods for the synthesis of precursors for the rubber production. The goal of the project is to make use of local renewable materials in the manufacture of rubber upstream products. The cooperation aims at identifying new pathways for synthesis and developing effective biocatalysts.

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