Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) has emerged as a vital forage resource, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions, due to its high biomass yield and adaptability to diverse agronomic ...

We are passing through difficult times in terms of energy supply and prices. Energy supply is decreasing and international energy prices are increasing. It has become vital for us to look for and ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group are collaborating with a group of Elephant Grass (Miscanthus) farmers to use Elephant Grass to produce biodegradable plastic car ...

The Cao-vit, or eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus), is a critically endangered primate only found in northern Vietnam and across the border in China’s Guangxi province. The conservation ...

Researchers in England are working toward the day when parts of old cars can be tossed on the compost pile and left to rot. Farmers and engineers are looking at using elephant grass to manufacture ...

Researchers in Wales have helped unlock the DNA of a plant that could have a key role in fighting climate change. The scientists from Aberystwyth University were part of a global team to sequence the ...

In the oil and gas industry, times are surely changing. Once, energy leaders looked for elephant fields, but now it seems more of them are checking out the possibilities of elephant grass, to say ...

Ireland could meet 30 per cent of its entire electricity requirement by planting just 10 per cent of arable land with elephant grass. Promoted as the ideal plant for biomass energy production, its ...

The rush around the world to plant crops used to produce biofuel has not only sparked a global food vs. fuel debate, but it’s also putting biodiversity at risk ...

The elephant grass grown at the seven-hectare Fiskerton site could earn the council £4,000 a year Growing elephant grass could generate £4,000 of revenue-per-year for Nottinghamshire County Council, ...