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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. Announced in 2016 and funded with $15.76 The courses reached students at Washtenaw Community College, Purdue University and U-M.

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. cerevisiae that is more resistant to the toxic effects of ionic liquids (ILs) used to generate sugars from lignocellulose. Myers, Charles Boone, Joshua J.

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DOE announces additional MEGA-BIO: Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels award; $1.8M for deconstruction of biomass

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In August 2016, DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) selected three projects for an initial round of funding. Department of Energy (DOE) will award a fourth project up to $1.8 million under the MEGA-BIO: Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels Funding Opportunity. Earlier post.) The total funding for the four MEGA-BIO awards is $13.1

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Researchers find “zip-lignin” native to multiple plant species; potential for new approaches to degrading lignin for biorefineries

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In 2014, researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues successfully engineered poplar trees to produce lignin that degrades more easily, thereby lowering the effort and cost to convert wood to biofuel. Earlier post.). Free, Seonghee Lee, Bronwen G. Grabber, Troy M.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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In an accompanying editorial in The Lancet , Dr. Bert Brunekreef, a professor at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and Dr. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” (As noted above, the participants in this MESA-Air study experienced concentrations between 9.2

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Tesoro to acquire renewable fuels company Virent

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The companies initiated a strategic relationship in January 2016 ( earlier post ), and have worked together to establish a forward plan to scale-up the technology and reduce deployment risks to meet the increasing demands for high quality, renewable fuels and chemicals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Researchers discover lower-cost, energy-efficient way to produce alane for hydrogen storage

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Wendell Miller Professor of Energy Science at Iowa State University’s department of Materials Science and Engineering. Pecharsky (2016) “Towards Direct Synthesis of Alane: A Predicted Defect-Mediated Pathway Confirmed Experimentally” ChemSusChem 9, 2358 doi: 10.1002/cssc.201600338. Resources. Herwadkar, J. Johnson, S. Peña-Martin, A.

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