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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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But during her first year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln , she took a physics class and fell in love with the field thanks to her professor, she says. Finding a passion for medical physics research Richards-Kortum has been passionate about mathematics and science since she was a youngster.

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Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier post.). In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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a five-spot well configuration was drilled in the summer of 2007 consisting of a center injection well surrounded by four monitoring wells. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2017), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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DOE awarding $12.5M to nuclear energy projects, training

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Nebraska (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Texas A&M). Since 2007, the ATR NSUF Program has invested over $57 million in more than 40 experiments at the program’s research reactor facilities. Project will develop and demonstrate a. prototype system to monitor and provide. fabrication process. Lead organization. Description.

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EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

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In May, EPA released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Cassman, University of Nebraska; Dr. John R. Earlier post.) GHG emissions from foreign crop production.

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Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

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Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The GridWise smart-grid trial in the Seattle area in 2007 found that consumers lowered their energy use by 10 percent and utilities were able to shave their peak demand by 15 percent. By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. He states this as a positive of his program.

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