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New catalyst improves conversion of CO2 to syngas

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The study was supported by UIC’s Chancellor Innovation Fund; by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant #53062-ND6; and the Herbert E. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Fuels' Paaren Graduate Fellowship.

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Opibus raises $7.5M to mass-produce electric buses & motorcycles

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Opibus an African electric mobility company has announced that it has closed on a round of equity and grant fundraising totalling $7.5 million in grants in a round led by Silicon Valley fund At One Ventures, backed by Factor Ventures and pan-African VC firm Ambo Ventures from the angel investors. Opibus raises $7.5M

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Cambridge team demonstrates light-driven photoreforming of unprocessed biomass to H2 at room temperature

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Biomass conversion is one of the most affordable routes to generate sustainable H 2 , but this process requires the demanding chemical transformation of lignocellulose. In the interest of increasing the selectivity and efficiency of this conversion, it is possible to replace the thermal input with sunlight. Wakerley, Moritz F.

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Univ. of Exeter team engineers unique biological pathway for the production of diesel range hydrocarbons by E. coli

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The results presented in this article, although at a very early stage in product development, contribute toward the goals of advanced biofuels by providing metabolic pathways for the production of industrially relevant, petroleum-replica fuel molecules. —Howard et al. —Howard et al. Kolak, George N. Taylor, David A.

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UCSD, South 8 team report improved liquefied-gas electrolytes for Li-metal batteries

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The UC San Diego team’s simulation and characterization tools, many developed in the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion led by Shirley Meng, allow the researchers to explain why lithium metal anodes perform better with liquefied gas electrolytes. In contrast, most of conventional electrolytes fail to work below minus 20 ?C.

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Modified enzyme can increase second-generation ethanol production

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glucosidase and belongs to glycoside hydrolase family 1 (GH1), acts in the last stage of biomass degradation to produce free glucose for fermentation and conversion into ethanol. The study resulted from a project with a regular research grant from FAPESP and a Thematic Project also supported by FAPESP. The enzyme, which is called ?-glucosidase

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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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Photos have become the universal form of casual conversation,” he said in a 2018 interview with The Institute. It only took 50 milliseconds to capture the image, but it took 23 seconds to record it to the tape,” Sasson said in the 2015 Times article. Sasson fixed those problems and was granted a U.S.

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