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Phantom road study shows road noise degrades habitat

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A study by researchers at Boise State University in Idaho has found that road noise degrades habitat that is otherwise suitable, and that “ the presence of a species does not indicate the absence of an impact. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —Ware et al. Ware, Christopher J.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Idaho National Laboratory. Pipersville, Pa. New York, N.Y.

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US Departments of Agriculture, Energy partner to award $4.9M for bioenergy research

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Fiscal Year 2015 grants include: AWARD TABLE. North Carolina State University. University of Idaho. Cornell University. University of Georgia. Lead Awardee. Description. Characterizing the Defense Hierarchy of Populus trichocarpa and its Hybrids Goal: To develop an integrative, hierarchical model of P.

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ZeaChem signs contract to develop advanced drop-in biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol

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Production of bio-based jet and diesel is expected to begin in 2013 and production of bio-based gasoline, part of the C 3 product platform, will follow in 2015. Design of the AFRI project is underway and the equipment modules are expected to be installed in 2013. Zeachem uses an acetogen to ferment biomass-derived sugars to acetic acid.

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DOE researchers develop energy-efficient, cost-effective process to extract rare earth elements from scrapped magnets

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John Klaehn and Eric Peterson of DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory collaborated in an early phase of the research focused on chemistry, and Ananth Iyer, a professor at Purdue University, later assessed the technical and economic feasibility of scale-up. That’s a huge missed opportunity considering 2.2 Daejin Kim, Lawrence E. 5b01306.

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Punching above its weight

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Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering. We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb.

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Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015. As part of the project, KHLim will acquire several electrical vehicles, such as bikes, scooters, motorbikes and cars, which will be rented to the general public at the University campus.

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