Sanyo delays launch of corn-based optical disc. sanyo delays launch of corn. Sanyo Electrichas delayed the introduction of an optical disc based on a polymer derived from corn that was announced last year as a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic discs. Sanyo Electrichas delayed the introduction of an optical disc based on a polymer derived from corn that was announced last year as a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic discs....

Researchers say converting forests and grasslands to ethanol producing corn or oil palm plants could actually double the CO2 levels over the next thirty years. Corn and palm oil-based ethanol had been touted by scientists as potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% versus petroleum. He also contends that farmers will clear even more land because most of the corn will be diverted to ethanol production....

Corn prices, along with all other staple foods, have risen dramatically in the past few years - since fall 2006, a bushel of corn has risen from about $2.50 each to approximately $6.51. Almost all of US ethanol is made from corn and an estimated 25% of the entire US crop will be used for ethanol production this year....

Biofuels such as bioethanol or soy biodiesel aren’t exactly new, but especially what we can buy today isn’t exactly efficient (E-85 fuels typically decrease the gas mileage by about 30%), brings economic concerns (as e-85 production cuts into the availability of products such as corn) and we recently also heard about environmental problems as the production bioethanol requires lots of ext... And the trend appears to be that we are moving away from corn and soy....

Bezos’ Seattle-based Blue Origin suborbital space venture is starting the process to build an aerospace testing and operations center on a portion of the Corn Ranch, a 165,000-acre spread that the 41-year-old billionaire purchased north of Van Horn, Texas....

By dumping in some water, corn and sugar people can churn out around 5 to 10 gallons of ethanol per hour at $1.00 to $1.25 a gallon....

This uses Gestertek technology and Stratagem content to give shoppers a real interactive showcase, be it causing ripples in a lake when you walk past or disturbing a corn field on your way to the carpark....

Corning& MIT group seek gene activators. corning. A new paper in Science, by the MIT-related Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research and fiber optics maker Corning, reveals a new method using biochip technology for finding the genome's master switches....