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Genomatica Develops Bio-manufacturing Process for Methyl Ethyl Ketone; Potential Product for Struggling Corn Ethanol Plants

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The process converts sugar and water into this valuable chemical, most prominently used as a solvent in paints and coatings for furniture. In September 2008, Genomatica announced a novel bio-manufacturing process for the production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable feedstocks—sugar and water.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people.

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Flat Lenses Made of Nanostructures Transform Tiny Cameras and Projectors

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Imagine a shallow marsh filled with seagrass standing in water. Where light ordinarily bounces off a material in the form of reflection, it would pass around this type of metamaterial like water going around a boulder in a stream. It took until 2000 before the theory of metamaterials was implemented in the lab.

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