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DECEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. The science of biomass conversion is very complicated. Researchers have used expensive precious metal catalysts such as platinum for biomass conversion.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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MAY 26, 2022

The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights, and ideas. Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. The core business is the production of renewable fuels and clean, efficient energy conversion technologies.

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JUNE 30, 2015

A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that harvests energy from a car’s rolling tire friction. Wang estimates about a 10% increase in the average vehicle’s gas mileage given 50% friction energy conversion efficiency. —Mao et al.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have deciphered the structure of a bacterial phytochrome, a light-sensing molecular “switch”, similar to that used by plants. At Brookhaven, Li’s group used two imaging techniques.

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JULY 17, 2015

He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Though this idea could be developed in the future, currently it has no existing infrastructure to support it [ 9 ]. This idea did not work because all car manufacturers would have to adopt a uniform battery structure.

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