Sugar was once king in Hawaii, steering the economy and politics while shaping the multicultural identity and colorful pidgin English language of these islands.

While a method to turn sugar to gas already exists, it requires extremely high temperatures which made the process less energy efficient. The new process converts the sugars to fuel in mere minutes by running a mixture of water and sugar over...

EcoFactor: Sustainable production of gasoline from sugar. Do you think adding sugar to your gas tank will ruin your vehicle? Well, think again, because a few researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison certainly have an...

Two separate research teams have claimed to have converted sugar from agricultural waste and non-food plants into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals. The two teams are chemical engineer Randy Cortright and...

Strong grain prices and Montana’s oil boom are leading to questions about the future of the state’s beet industry and its sugar factories.

Southern sugar farmers, struggling with rising fuel and production costs, say the federal government’s decision to allow more foreign sugar into the United States to ensure adequate supplies is premature and could depress their...

Sugar futures tumbled to a seven-month low on Thursday as investors bet that a glut in supplies will push prices down until major sugar-growers like Brazil and India scale back production.Other commodities traded lower in a broad sell-off led by a...

Sugar prices sank to a five-month low Thursday as a higher output from top producer Brazil helped push world supply beyond demand estimates.Other commodities traded lower in a broad sell-off led by crude oil, which retreated Thursday after hitting...

The farm bill that just sailed through Congress includes provisions aimed at helping sugar growers, which is of special interest to Minnesota, the nation’s largest producer of sugar beets.The legislation calls for a gradual 5.2 percent...

This is an interesting piece of household utensil. It is named Weather Spice Bottles and can be kept on the kitchen shelves or dining tables. Four containers, with shapes resembling four different weather conditions- sun, cloud, lightning and...