RALEIGH, N.C. -- The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah ...

When discussing climate change, carbon dioxide sucks up a lot of the air, so to speak. Less attention is spent on methane, which accounts for 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions but is 80 times ...

Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria. In a new publication, microbiologists from Radboud University have demonstrated that it is ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Generating power while purifying the ...

<p><br><P> A natural byproduct of human waste will be converted into electricity to power St. Mary's County's main sewage treatment plant. Using 94 percent federal stimulus funds, the St. Mary's ...

Manure is regarded to be the best natural fertilizer for farms, but the ones from horses may have more purpose apart from enriching one's harvests, with a new study claiming that it can be transformed ...

Small bacteria found in fertilizer-polluted freshwater ditches, streams, and lakes are like little power generators, according to new research from Radboud University in the Netherlands. There, ...

A system uses cow manure, a digester and fuel cells to generate electricity at Bar 20 Dairy in Kerman, California. Mooove over, Big Oil. Cows from Bar 20 Dairy in California are helping fuel more than ...