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Montana State University Researchers: Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae

November 13, 2010 /

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Montana State University researchers http://www.montana.edu/energy/ have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae’s production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.

"We are looking at everything from biofuels, to fuel cells, to wind, to carbon sequestration," said Lee Spangler, Energy Research Institute director. "This work by the algal group is an exciting example of how we take university research and make it available to the private sector through licensing."

By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9083