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Tufts: Expanding uses for bioengineered bacterial spores

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By Tufts University

July 02, 2026

Tufts University researchers have found new ways to expand the potential for using bacterial spores as catalysts for chemical reactions, biofuel production, or breaking down pollutants.

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Why use living cells? NLR is making chemicals with enzymes alone

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By National Laboratory of the Rockies

June 29, 2026

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies are addressing the technical challenges for “cell-free” biomanufacturing, which could reduce the costs of biobased chemicals.

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Trump signs bill reauthorizing SBIR and STTR programs

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By Erin Krueger

April 15, 2026

Business Policy 

President Donald Trump on April 13 signed the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act. The legislation reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

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The U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in March each voted in favor of a bill to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer programs. The legislation currently awaits action from President Trump.

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At PNNL, AI is accelerating the US bioeconomy

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By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

February 11, 2026

PNNL researchers are using AI to help accurately predicting how organisms’ characteristics respond to not only their genes, but also their environments (a nascent field called “predictive phenomics”).

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The USDA on Dec. 30 announced new research and development priorities for 2026. One of the five new priorities focuses on market expansion and creating new uses for U.S. agricultural products, including for use in biofuel and bioenergy.

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The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 1 announced it has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The change is effective immediately, according to the agency.

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Current barriers to higher biomass-based diesel blends have been identified along with strategies to address them.

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Ethanol Producer Magazine and BBI International are now accepting speaker presentation proposals for the 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW). The event is scheduled for June 9-11, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska.

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DOE funds 6 bioenergy projects

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By U.S. Department of Energy

September 05, 2024

The U.S. DOE has awarded Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funding to six bioenergy projects, including those focused on low-carbon liquid biofuels for aviation, marine and rail transportation.

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SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference and Expo, being held Sept. 11-13 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Computational Science Center are hard at work enabling the conversion of biomass to fuels and products at industrial scale.

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El Barbary Hassan, department professor and scientist in the Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has received a $610,000 NIFA grant to take foundational steps toward producing viable fuels from agricultural waste.

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