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From Iowa State Daily — Two Iowa State engineering professors presented their work in developing biopolymers from soybean oil for asphalt production Monday at an open house. The open house was hosted at Iowa State’s

From Iowa Soybean Association — Earlier this week, Iowa State University’s BioCentury Research Farm celebrated soy as a major component of a paving project.

Soon enough we may be driving into work on roads made with soybeans. Thanks to researchers and engineers at Iowa State University, soybean oil was used for the first time in Iowa to create a bio-based polymer that acts as a binding agent, or

Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov.

The BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) recently completed new fermentation and distillation projects in the Biochemical Processing Train.

From Biofuels Digest

From Our CR (Cedar Rapids seasonal magazine)

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This fall the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) supported two capstone projects. The student teams were allowed to use space, tools and other equipment needed to complete their projects.

From Biofuels Journal

Autothermal pyrolysis with process intensification is the Bioeconomy Institute’s latest breakthrough in thermal deconstruction of biomass into biofuels and biochemicals.

On Oct. 10, the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) hosted 329 students from Ames High School's earth and space science classes.