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Biochar is the solid carbon-rich product of heating biomass with the exclusion of air (pyrolysis or “charring”). If added to soil on a large scale biochar has the potential to both benefit global agriculture and mitigate climate change. It could also provide an income stream from carbon abatement for farmers worldwide. However biochar properties are far from uniform and biochar production technologies are still maturing. Research is beginning to point the way toward a targeted application of biochar to soils that maximizes its benefits.

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Greater understanding of the mechanisms contributing to chemical and enzymatic solubilization of plant cell walls is critical for enabling cost-effective industrial conversion of cellulosic biomass to biofuels. Here we report the use of correlative imaging in real time to assess the impact of pretreatment as well as the resulting nanometer-scale changes in cell wall structure upon subsequent digestion by two commercially relevant cellulase systems. We demonstrate that the small noncomplexed funga

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