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LANL, U Arizona study finds vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

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New DNA analysis by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Arizona has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Credit: Seth Steichen and Judith K.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,999.

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LLNL-led team to use microorganisms to separate and purify rare-earth elements; biomining

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Under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), the team was awarded an initial $4 million in funding R&D in Phase 1 with an option for up to an additional $9 million based on program performance in follow-on phases.

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DOE announces $18.6M to support production of low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts

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million in funding to eight university and industry projects to develop biomass feedstocks to produce affordable biofuels and bioproducts that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The US Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) awarded $18.6 4,551,944 . 4,551,944 . 4,551,944

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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The Los Angeles megacity—the third-largest metropolitan area in the world—occupies 4,850 square miles and houses more than 18.5 million people. Other cities Gurney has mapped to this degree are Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Baltimore. Gurney hopes that will inspire people to become more engaged in policy development. Gurney, K.

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Study finds Colorado River Basin’s worst known megadrought was 1,800 years ago

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—Connie Woodhouse, a professor at the University of Arizona and a study co-author. —Edward Cook, a dendochronologist at Columbia University. It’s quite compelling from the available tree-ring data that the second century experienced an extraordinarily severe drought, highly persistent, and very intense. McCabe, G.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

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The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. kWh energy storage system.

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