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New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

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WGS is an endothermic process typically carried out in industry at high temperatures (about 350 °C) with either an iron oxide- or copper-based catalyst to achieve almost complete CO conversion. The most active photocatalyst tested was Au/TiO 2 which achieves CO conversion of about 40% in 4 hours under the tested reaction conditions.

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Venter to Keynote Algae Biomass Summit

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Prior to this announcement, SGI announced deals with BP in exploring biological conversion of subsurface hydrocarbons and a deal with Malaysian company ACGT to explore oil producing crops such as oil palm and jatropha. Earlier post.). His presentation at the Algal Biomass Summit is titled “From reading to writing the genetic code.”.

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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This article will also show how the price of oil contributed to the current housing crisis as well but the responsibility of that problem has other root causes that will not be discussed here. All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001. About the Author.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system. Thelma Estrin, who also worked on the WEIZAC, championed the use of computers for medical research and treatment.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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Included in AEO2014 is a set of eight “Issues in Focus” articles, exploring topics of special significance, including changes in assumptions and recent developments in technologies for energy production and consumption. The roll-out began on 7 April and will conclude on 30 April.

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Researchers Propose Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Pathway for Synthetic Fuel Production

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Energy conversion efficiency (%). Total cost estimate (2001$/GJ), inc. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es802853g. Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Biomass-Fired Biomass Gasification with CO 2 Capture Coal Gasification with CO 2 Capture. Fuel productivity (kg fuel/100 kg resource). Land area for biomass growth (m 2 /ton fuel/yr).

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The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

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—Edwin Catmull During the next five years the team created so many pioneering rendering technologies that when Catmull tried to list all its achievements years later, he opted to stop at four pages, according to an article on the history of Pixar. The algorithm creates 3D models and textures from sets of rules.

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