Then, the only limit will be how much plant material is available (see article).
Evolution Resources wants to jump into the hot business of celluosic ethanol--converting otherwise useless plant material into fuel.
The earthworms selectively fed on slow-germinating, nitrogen-rich seeds and seedlings, actively ingesting the plant material, killing the young plant.
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It was intended for medicinal use as a nausea reliever or appetite stimulant for those unwilling to smoke plant material.
Such a painterly hand with plant material could only be credited to the influence of landscape designer (and hometown boy) Jacques Wirtz.
But that might alter when biotechnology delivers new enzymes that can make ethanol efficiently from just about any sort of plant material.
Earlier tests had shown that the coprolite was deposited around the time of the Cowboy Wash catastrophe and that it contained very little plant material.
City code says that all unpaved portions of the site shall be planted with grass or ground cover or shrubbery or other suitable live plant material.
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"Land plants have existed for about 400 million years and if you know where to look, you can find remains of fossil plant material from each of the ancient periods, " said Jahren.
By some estimates, it would take nearly two and a half times the 180 million hectares of current U.S. cropland to produce sufficient plant material that could be refined into enough biofuel to replace petroleum diesel altogether.
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"It's not our long-term solution because of the competition with feed, and fuel competition, but it is prompting us to put into place a refueling infrastructure that could be used with cellulosic ethanol, " made from other types of plant material such as timber waste or switch grass.
The technique works by focusing high-powered microwaves on plant-based material, transforming the tough cellulose molecules of the plant matter into volatile gases.
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The tax also applies to bags made from paper, plant-based material, or natural starch.
The physical anthropologist who carried out the examinations, Professor Andrea Cucina said the work could have been done to treat tooth decay, and suggested some plant or other material, which would have since decayed, could have been inserted into the hole.
The plant would slowly heat material to produce a gas that could be burned to create electricity.
The move comes 11 months after a tsunami in Japan wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, leaking radioactive material into the air and sea.
The problem is that there was a previous plant there (processing material from the local tin ores) which left quite a bit of radioactive residue around the place.
It says the cooling system used by the reactors kills too many aquatic organisms in the Hudson River and that the plant has leaked radioactive material into the river.
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Wednesday a fire was reported in the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant that was leaking radioactive material as early as Monday.
In December, four cabinet ministers warned in a joint statement that Lynas must export all waste material from its plant or see its operations suspended.
None of the Daiichi accidents were considered major safety hazards, and none caused any injuries or led to the release of any radioactive material outside the plant, until this month's accident.
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, as cores at the Fukushima Daiichi plant overheated and spewed radioactive material into surrounding areas, causing the evacuation of more than 100, 000 residents.
Specialty grass nurseries are the best source for local genetic material, and many native plant nurseries grow local clones.
Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material.
Iran told the agency that no nuclear material had been introduced into the plant, and enrichment levels would only be high enough to make nuclear fuel, not a bomb.
North Korea revealed a uranium-enrichment facility at the plant in 2010, another route to provide fissile material for nuclear weapons.
She added that the only safe way to eradicate the plant was to remove or sterilise all below ground material.
Is there a danger that material from a U.S. nuclear plant could be stolen and used in a weapon?
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Rather, it is cut high on the stalk and the remains of the plant are left to rot into a mat of organic material.
Papyri, the forerunner of modern paper, is sheets of laminated material made from thin strips of the Cyprus Papyrus plant.
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