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LANL, U Arizona study finds vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

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New DNA analysis by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Arizona has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Credit: Seth Steichen and Judith K.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. in EE at Iowa State University , in Ames.

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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. The teams applied advanced propulsion systems, electrification, SAE Level 2 automation, and vehicle connectivity to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer.

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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2019) “The Hestia fossil fuel CO 2 emissions data product for the Los Angeles megacity (Hestia-LA),” Earth Syst. Data , 11, 1309–1335 doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1309-2019. The Los Angeles megacity—the third-largest metropolitan area in the world—occupies 4,850 square miles and houses more than 18.5 million people. Patarasuk, R.,

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DOE awards $18M to six projects for algae-based biofuels; targeting <$5/gge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $18 million in funding to six projects to reduce the modeled price of algae-based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) by 2019. Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), Duke University. Duke University will receive up to $5.2

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Disruption, Disrupted

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The Nature study divides innovation into two categories: disruptive concepts that make old technologies obsolete and concepts that consolidate knowledge based on existing technologies. Many studies had credited disruptive ideas with causing the explosive growth of science and technology since the mid-20th century.

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TSMC to Build Chip Fab in Japan

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The announcement comes just a few months after the chip giant announced its intention to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona. The plant will use 22- and 28-nanometer line processing," said Tadahiro Kuroda , Director of Systems Design Lab (d.lab) at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. "So

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