Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study. Adding ethanol to soil allows plants, including rice and wheat, to thrive after two weeks without any water. As ethanol is safe, ...

Northwest Iowa's rich fertile soil, which traditionally makes the region one of nation's top corn producers, is rapidly growing a new industry. Since 2001, six area ethanol plants have opened, ...

Jeff Reints stands near an ethanol plant in Shell Rock, Iowa, near his farm. While most of his corn goes to the POET Bioprocessing ethanol plant, he's opposed to a pipeline that would carry CO2 away ...

Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan. Led by Motoaki Seki, researchers show that adding ethanol ...