Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2012
CSR Project 130 will draw on the carbon-neutral solid biofuel research expertise of the University of Minnesota and the modern steam mechanical engineering capabilities of SRI. CSR plans to break the world record for steam locomotive speed, reaching 130 mph (209 km/h). Locomotive 3463. Figure of person provided for scale.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. AOI 5: Natural Gas Engine Enabling Technologies.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste such corn stover and orange peels into a variety of useful products ranging from spandex to chicken feed. The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 10, 2021
“Stubborn” metals, however—which include elements such as platinum, iridium, ruthenium, and tungsten, among others—are very difficult to convert into thin films because they require extremely high temperatures (usually more than 2,000 degrees Celsius) to evaporate. —William Nunn, first author.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2011
Researchers at the University of Minnesota led by Prof. Kechun Zhang have engineered a synthetic metabolic pathway using fungal and bacterial enzymes in E. Isobutyric acid also can be further converted to methacrylate (i.e., coli to enable the direct biosynthesis of isobutyric acid from glucose. Credit: Zhang et al.
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2021
But internal communications, obtained by WHYY’s PlanPhilly through a right-to-know request, reveal the incident shook SEPTA’s top executives and triggered a serious reevaluation of its plans to convert more of its fleet to electric power. Proponents, like engineering professor Jeremy J.
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