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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The following Stanford faculty members received funding for advanced research on photovoltaics, battery technologies and new catalysts for sustainable fuels: Self-healing polymers for high energy density lithium-ion batteries. Maximizing solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency in photo-electrochemical cells. Light trapping in high?efficiency,

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Axens, Total and IFPEN launch new technology for bio-ethylene production through dehydration of bio-ethanol

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Axens, Total and IFPEN have introduced Atol, a technology for profitable production of polymer-grade bio-ethylene via the dehydration of ethanol (C 2 H 6 O). The significant potential to be integrated with both upstream ethanol production and downstream ethylene conversion. Earlier post.)

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VTT Launches European NEMO Project for Cellulosic Ethanol

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The production of ethanol by fermentation consists of four stages: the pre-processing of the raw material; the conversion of carbohydrates from polymers into sugar; the fermentation of sugar into ethanol using microbes; and the distillation of ethanol. Source: Universita Degli Studi di Milano. Click to enlarge. million (US$11.7

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Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

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Our goal: to listen in on the electrical conversations taking place among thousands of neurons at once in any given thimbleful of brain tissue. It paves the way for future brain-computer interfaces that may enable paralyzed people to communicate at speeds approaching those of normal conversation. organometallic polymer for the shanks.