Tag: Nevada Gumweed

Nevada researchers working to turn gumweed plant into biofuel

Gumweed plant grows across Nevada’s high desert RENO, Nev. _ Three decades ago, a University of Nevada researcher who obtained one of the first U.S. Energy Department grants to study the potential to turn plants into biofuels became convinced that a roadside weed, curly top gumweed, was growing along the road to the future. Now, […]