The Biofuel Magazine website reports that scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States) have developed a “method to accelerate stability testing of biodiesel fuel and identified additives that enhance stability at high temperatures”. The factors that affect the stability of a biodiesel product are oxidation and heating. Usually, the evaluation of oxidative and thermal stability is done separately. The new method allows the evaluation of both at the same time. According to NIST scientist, Thomas J. Bruno, the “advanced distillation curve method” could accelerate and simplify testing of biodiesels”. Additionally, the new method was also used to “demonstrate the effectiveness of three additives in reducing oxidation of biodiesel at high temperatures, as would occur in aviation fuels”. The research results involving the use of the new method are published in the journal, “Energy and Fuels” (URL above)..