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UCLA engineers develop new metabolic pathway for more efficient conversion of glucose into biofuels; possible 50% increase in biorefinery yield

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The new pathway is intended to replace the natural metabolic pathway known as glycolysis, a series of chemical reactions that nearly all organisms use to convert sugars into the molecular precursors that cells need. The researchers dubbed their new hybrid pathway non-oxidative glycolysis, or NOG. —Bogorad et al.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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This process allows all the carbon within the sugar to be converted to FAME, which will allow these lipids—used to produce sustainable aviation jet fuel (SAF)—to be generated at lower cost and with fewer feedstock, resource, and land requirements. INvizyne Technologies, Inc. The Wyss Institute at Harvard University. ZymoChem, Inc.,

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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A team from GM Research and Development (GMR&D), Advanced Engineering, and Product Engineering examined more than 50 types of electric and hybrid propulsion systems to find the best type for the second-generation Volt. Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. GM developed a hybrid-optimized engine based on the new Ecotec family of engines.

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