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APRIL 6, 2018
A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have demonstrated CO 2 reforming of dimethyl ether (DME) over a Ni/?-Al Al 2 O 3 catalyst for the first time. The selectivities of CO and H 2 exceed 63% and 74% respectively at 700 °C.
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JANUARY 23, 2015
A new research collaboration between A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Sembcorp Marine Ltd, University of Glasgow and University of Glasgow Singapore (UGS) aims to improve make a ship’s hydrodynamics and energy efficiency. Fuel Efficiency High Performance Computing Ports and Marine'
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MARCH 19, 2012
A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore has used DNA to functionalize double wall carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) and to direct the growth of ultra-small FePO 4 nanoparticles (~5 nm) uniformly distributed on the DNA@DWNT for the development of a novel network nanostructure. —Guo et al.
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DECEMBER 3, 2014
Researchers from UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new technology for direct solar water-splitting—i.e., mol, which corresponds to an overall solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency of 0.0017%. Credit: ACS, Liu et al. Click to enlarge.
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APRIL 27, 2012
Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. —Miettinen et al. Chris Malins. Asner, Simon N.
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JULY 31, 2017
An international research team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts.
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