Download or read book Slime written by Ruth Kassinger and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No organisms are more important to life as we know it than algae. In Slime, Ruth Kassinger gives this under-appreciated group its due." --Elizabeth Kolbert Say "algae" and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist. There are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae created the Earth we know today, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans, and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants. Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion dollar industry, with algae hard at work to make your sushi, chocolate milk, beer, paint, toothpaste, shampoo and so much more. In Slime we'll meet the algae innovators working toward a sustainable future: from seaweed farmers in South Korea, to scientists using it to clean the dead zones in our waterways, to the entrepreneurs fighting to bring algae fuel and plastics to market. With a multitude of lively, surprising science and history, Ruth Kassinger takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes, and into-the-kitchen tour. Whether you thought algae was just the gunk in your fish tank or you eat seaweed with your oatmeal, Slime will delight and amaze with its stories of the good, the bad, and the up-and-coming.
Download or read book Algae for Entrepreneurs written by David Sieg and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert Product Review: "Well... David has done it yet again! He has taken his vast knowledge of algae and written another great book. This one is for entrepreneurs who may be interested in starting their own algae oil business. Over 100's pages of inside knowledge that should cost $1000s but he is selling for pennies on the dollar. Everything is covered from head to toe including the all important stuff like legal aspects and government credits. You can't go wrong with any of David's books including this one." Bill Anderson, Author of "The Electricity Book" "Algae for Entrepreneurs lays out a Green Algae Strategy that offers millions of new jobs and fascinating new careers. Every chapter of Algae for Entrepreneurs offers dozens of new business and career opportunities. Wise readers will apply these insights to their favored industries. Every industry will benefit from new algae-based products. " Dr. Mark Edwards The "Algae Revolution" has begun. In a world-wide climate of massive unemployment, "down-sizing," and outsourcing, few opportunities exist today to create a lasting income that can serve your family for generations, help the global village, while at the same time, contribute to saving the environment. The Algae Revolution presents just such an opportunity. Forward thinking entrepreneurs are already jumping on the bandwagon. Big money is flowing to algal research and development in some of the world's largest industries. Big oil, the major airlines, big pharmaceutical, big agriculture, even the military is pumping money into this humble organism unparalleled in any time in human history. This book is written for entrepreneurs and small business owners, by an entrepreneur and small business owner. It is written for forward thinking individuals looking to cash in on the "Algae Revolution." It is the most complete treatment of the subject available anywhere.
Download or read book Technology Entrepreneurship A Treatise on Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship for and in Technology Ventures Vol 2 written by Runge, Wolfgang and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treatise is the first coherent and comprehensive presentation of the important sub-field of "technology entrepreneurship" emphasizing the science and engineering perspectives. It is a presentation of technology entrepreneurship as an inter-cultural approach referring to the US and Germany. It integrates micro- and macro aspects referring to numerous cases of firms' foundations. The book provides also a new semi-quantitative approach to growth of new technology ventures.
Download or read book Algae Microfarms written by Robert Henrikson and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How algae microfarms can help transform our food culture by growing abundant healthy food in a very small area and extend the growing season, affordably and profitably. Algae are 20 times more productive than conventional food and are well known as nutrient dense superfoods with valuable health and medical benefits. Over the past 30 years, large farms have grown algae for food, feed and fuel for thousands of useful products. Now an era of microfarms is emerging. Algae microfarms can empower people to grow healthy food in their own community for food security and self-sufficiency. Robert Henrikson founded one of the world's first and largest algae farms 35 years ago. Now the time has come to introduce the algae microfarmers who are growing algae for healthy foods in their local communities.
Download or read book Technology Entrepreneurship A Treatise on Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship for and in Technology Ventures Vol 1 written by Runge, Wolfgang and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treatise is the first coherent and comprehensive presentation of the important sub-field of "technology entrepreneurship" emphasizing the science and engineering perspectives. It is a presentation of technology entrepreneurship as an inter-cultural approach referring to the US and Germany. It integrates micro- and macro aspects referring to numerous cases of firms' foundations. The book provides also a new semi-quantitative approach to growth of new technology ventures.
Download or read book Green Algae Strategy written by Mark Robert Edwards and published by Talentdna. This book was released on 2008 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Algae Strategy provides a path to sustainable food and biofuels with one of the smallest and oldest plants on Earth; algae.
Download or read book Imagine Our Algae Future written by Robert Henrikson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine Our Algae Future. Visionary Algae Architecture and Landscape Designs. How will growing algae change the world and improve our lives?Imagine our future living in cities where buildings are covered with photosynthetic skins and vertical gardens, collecting the sun's energy and producing food and energy for urban citizens. Imagine greening desert coastlines and producing food for millions of people. Imagine algae systems that recycle polluting wastes into high value animal food, fuel and biofertilizers.This book reviews algae production, products and potential today and showcases some of the amazing visions of our future from the International Algae Competition. Our future with algae offers rich and diverse opportunities that will impact every aspect of our lives.International Algae Competition is a global challenge to design our future with algae food and energy systems. As a participatory design game, Algae Competition invited global citizens from around the world to design their own future with the foods they eat, systems that grow algae, and landscapes and cityscapes they dream of living in. 140 participants responded, representing 40 countries, and they submitted some amazing designs, projects and food ideas.Growing algae offers a future beyond scarcity toward sustainability and abundance. Here's a peek into this future.Imagine Our Algae Future chapters1. Introduction2. Algae Production, Products & Potential Today3. International Algae Competition AwardsExhibits from the International Algae Competition4. Algae Production Systems5. Visionary Architecture and Landscape Designs 6. Algae Food Development and Recipes7. References and Author Biographies
Download or read book Microalgae Biotechnology written by Clemens Posten and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antenna Mutants, Domestication, by Roberto Bassi Heterotrophic Cultivation, by William McCaffrey Chlorella for industrial applications: Advances and prospective, by Feng Chen Carotinoide, by Carola Griehl Engineering the algal chloroplast for synthesis of therapeutic proteins, by Saul Purton Design Concepts and recent developments of photobioreactors, by Clemens Posten Efficiency of flat plate reactors, by Mario Tredici Measuring modelling and control, by Olivier Bernard Microalgae in Life Support Systems, by Klaus Slenzka Heterotrophic oil production, by Makato Watanabe
Download or read book Chemistry Entrepreneurship written by Javier García-Martínez and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking guide to the commercialization of scientific breakthroughs in chemistry, from successful entrepreneurs Chemistry Entrepreneurship is a step-by-step guide that is specifically devoted to understanding what it takes to start and grow a new company in the chemistry sector. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers the various aspects of the creation of a new chemical enterprise including: the protection of the invention, the business plan, the transfer from the research center or university, the financing, the legal setup, the launching of the company and its growth and exit strategies. This hands-on book contains the information needed to help to determine if you have what it takes to be a chemistry entrepreneur, explains how to take an ideas out of the lab and into the real world, reveals how to develop your burgeoning business, and shows how to sustain and grow your business. This much-needed resource also includes interviews with founding scientists who created their own successful chemical companies. This important book: Provides the practical information on how to start a company based on a scientific breakthrough Offers information on the mindset it takes to become, and remain, successful in the marketplace Presents case studies from world-renowned and highly experienced professionals who have successfully started a company Written for chemists in industry, chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, Chemistry Entrepreneurshipis a guide for becoming a founder of a successful chemical company.
Download or read book Powering the Future written by Robert B Laughlin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Powering the Future, Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin transports us two centuries into the future, when we've ceased to use carbon from the ground -- either because humans have banned carbon burning or because fuel has simply run out. Boldly, Laughlin predicts no earth-shattering transformations will have taken place. Six generations from now, there will still be soccer moms, shopping malls, and business trips. Firesides will still be snug and warm. How will we do it? Not by discovering a magic bullet to slay our energy problems, but through a slew of fascinating technologies, drawing on wind, water, and fire. Powering the Future is an objective yet optimistic tour through alternative fuel sources, set in a world where we've burned every last drop of petroleum and every last shovelful of coal. The Predictable:Fossil fuels will run out. The present flow of crude oil out of the ground equals in one day the average flow of the Mississippi River past New Orleans in thirteen minutes. If you add the energy equivalents of gas and coal, it's thirty-six minutes. At the present rate of consumption, we'll be out of fossil fuels in two centuries" time. We always choose the cheapest gas. From the nineteenth-century consolidation of the oil business to the California energy crisis of 2000-2001, the energy business has shown, time and again, how low prices dominate market share. Market forces -- not green technology -- will be the driver of energy innovation in the next 200 years.The laws of physics remain fixed. Energy will still be conserved, degrade entropically with use, and have to be disposed of as waste heat into outer space. How much energy a fuel can pack away in a given space is fixed by quantum mechanics -- and if we want to keep flying jet planes, we will need carbon-based fuels.The Potential:Animal waste.If dried and burned, the world's agricultural manure would supply about one-third as much energy as all the coal we presently consume.Trash. The United States disposes of 88 million tons of carbon in its trash per year. While the incineration of waste trash is not enough to contribute meaningfully to the global demand for energy, it will constrain fuel prices by providing a cheap supply of carbon.Solar energy.The power used to light all the cities around the world is only one-millionth of the total power of sunlight pouring down on earth's daytime side. And the amount of hydropump storage required to store the world’s daily electrical surge is equal to only eight times the volume of Lake Mead.
Download or read book Entrepreneurship written by Michael Laverty and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level. Due to the wide range of audiences and course approaches, the book is designed to be as flexible as possible. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner, and specific components such as the business plan are provided in multiple formats. Entrepreneurship aims to drive students toward active participation in entrepreneurial roles, and exposes them to a wide range of companies and scenarios.
Download or read book 3rd Generation Biofuels written by Eduardo Jacob-Lopes and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 1170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3rd Generation Biofuels: Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production is a comprehensive volume on all aspects of algal biofuels, offering the latest advances on commercial implementation. In addition to the fundamentals, the book discusses all applied aspects of 3rd generation biofuels production, including design approaches, unit operations of the upstream and downstream biomass processing, and every potential microalgae-based energy product, including microbial fuel cells. Policy, economic, environmental, and regulatory issues are addressed in a dedicated section. Finally, the book presents pilot and demonstration-scale projects for 3rd generation biofuels production in the format of a white paper. Each chapter reviews the state of the art, discusses the disruptive technological approaches that will potentially enable large-scale production, and concludes with specific recommendations on how to achieve commercial competitiveness. The book provides readers with an invaluable reference for researchers, graduates, and practitioners working in the areas of renewable energy, bioenergy and alternative fuels, and biotechnology. - Offers a sequential framework for the design of process plants using 3rd generation feedstock - Presents dedicated sections on case studies at pilot and demonstration scales as well as on policy, economic, and environmental issues - Provides a global perspective on biofuels production, with more than 40 contributions from world-renouned experts
Download or read book Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae written by Faizal Bux and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microalgae are an invaluable biomass source with potential uses that could lead to environmental and economic benefits for society. Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae: Biodiesel and Value Added Products presents the latest developments and recent research trends with a focus on potential biotechnologically related uses of microalgae. It gi
Download or read book European Entrepreneurship in the Globalizing Economy written by Alain Fayolle and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role can entrepreneurship play in a European economy that is more and more open to the rest of the world? In this European Union construction, what is the place of the nation states and economies that have only recently converted to a free market economy? It is these questions, among others, that the book explores and discusses in particular. The future steps in required developing European entrepreneurship in a dynamic and international context are also analyzed and synthesized. The expert contributors reveal both the macro and micro factors that influence European entrepreneurial development, with an emphasis on high-tech firms. The particular topics addressed include: SME research and innovation policy issues; starting and growing a new venture; innovation, marketing and entrepreneurial networks; entrepreneurship and regional (cross-border) development; building competitive advantage of SMEs; and social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship.
Download or read book Food Microbiology Based Entrepreneurship written by Natarajan Amaresan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is first part of the 3 volume set focusing on basic and advanced methods for using microbiology as an entrepreneurial venture. This book deals with the concept of entrepreneurship skills for production, cost-benefit analysis and marketing of button, oyster, milky mushroom, Ganoderma sp, Single cell protein, Breads, Cheese, Yoghurt, Wine, Beer, Probiotics, Prebiotics fermented vegetables, and Fermented Fish etc. Chapters cover the applications of microorganisms in small and large scale production to achieve a sustainable output. This book provides essential knowledge and working business protocols from all related disciplines of food and dairy industry, probiotics industry, mushroom industry, beverage and baking industry, poultry industry, and aquaculture industry etc. This book is useful to graduate students, research scholars and postdoctoral fellows, and teachers who belong to different disciplines via botany, food microbiology, biotechnology, aquaculture microbiology and poultry microbiology. The other two volumes are focused on agriculture and industrial microbiology.
Download or read book The Science of Algal Fuels written by Richard Gordon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being “oilgae from algae,” mainly oils and fuels for engines. Among the prominent algal groups that participate in this process are the diatoms and green algae (Chlorophyceae). Their metabolism and breeding play an important role in biomass and extraction of crude oil and algal fuel. There is a strong relation between solar energy influencing algal culture and the photobiology of lipid metabolism. Currently, many international meetings and conferences on biofuel are taking place in many countries, and several new books and proceedings of conferences have appeared on this topic. All this indicates that this field is “hot” and in the forefront of applied bioscience.
Download or read book Making Algae Photobioreactors at Home written by David Sieg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
