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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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Consortia researchers will leverage their expertise and resources in solar technology, advanced biofuels, and building efficiency. Louis; Corning Incorporated; General Electric Company; Konarka Technologies, Inc.; The Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center is part of the US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy.

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

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The new maize sequence was produced by a consortium of researchers that was led by the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University in St. and included the University of Arizona, Iowa State University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. The HapMap was produced by a team led by Edward S.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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University of Arizona. Arizona State University. Washington University, St. Understand and build nano-structured electrode components as the foundation for new electrical energy storage technologies. Computational Catalysis and Atomic- Level Synthesis of Materials: Building Effective Catalysts from First Principles.

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