Samani Tupufia

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Is there a software or easier method of calculating tree volume or forest volume per acres available?

My team we are looking into conducting a forest inventory of a 6000acres of forest plots and were simply looking for some methods or even a free software or app to assist us with our work. This...

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Whats the best pratice to culture photosynthetic bacteria inside lab?

Hi all please just wanted to ask if anyone can suggest a strategy or protocol or a layout etc to culture isolated photosynthetic bacteria in lab and what sort of light source to best fit this type...

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How can we extract aromatic compounds from oils etc.?

We are trying to extract and analyse aromatic compounds from coconut oil etc..., if anyone could kindly assist with some process or methodology (GLC, HPLC) for such request.

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Culturing Algae for Biofuel, how can i go about that (Lab scale)??

I am a biofuel person and mainly into biodiesel. The algae movement is getting very interesting and am wondering if I could get some assistance from you on how to culture algae (fresh water/...

23 January 2013 2,131 7 View

Enzyme immobilization?

I am using liquid enzymes (lipase) for my biodiesel research but they are very hard to recover in order to improve the production cost. I am looking for an idea or recommendation from experts if...

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Is there a chemical test (quick test) we can use to determine if the plastic material is starch based or biodegradable?

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Is there a simple protocol to extract enzymes from plant materials?

I am working on a fruit, "breadfruit", to see how I can extract enzymes from it. Experts are amazed with the fast enzymatic activities of this fruit and I was wondering if there's a simple...

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