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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

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Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have crossed American sweetgums with their Chinese cousins, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. NAM will deploy its advanced, cost effective and environmentally friendly process technology to provide a ~60% reduction in carbon intensity relative to the traditional Chinese synthetic graphite.

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