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UCLA engineers develop new metabolic pathway for more efficient conversion of glucose into biofuels; possible 50% increase in biorefinery yield

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The new pathway is intended to replace the natural metabolic pathway known as glycolysis, a series of chemical reactions that nearly all organisms use to convert sugars into the molecular precursors that cells need. The research is published in the journal Nature. However, the two remaining glucose carbons are lost as carbon dioxide.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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Over the years, researchers tried several approaches, some taking technologies from more traditional displays, others evolving from the original e-paper’s unique design. These are but a few of the factors we took into consideration when designing the algorithms, called waveforms, that we use to set the sequence of voltages.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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This process allows all the carbon within the sugar to be converted to FAME, which will allow these lipids—used to produce sustainable aviation jet fuel (SAF)—to be generated at lower cost and with fewer feedstock, resource, and land requirements. Thus, this carbon utilization process is designed to operate with zero carbon dioxide release.

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Capacitor Working Principle, Types and Application

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All these factors are of utmost importance while designing a capacitor. capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is C1+C2+…….Cn, Capacitors are also used for smoothing device for various wave generators and frequency converters, inverters for example rectifier and are also used where the switching frequency is high.

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Capacitor Working Principle, Types and Application

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All these factors are of utmost importance while designing a capacitor. capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is C1+C2+…….Cn, Capacitors are also used for smoothing device for various wave generators and frequency converters, inverters for example rectifier and are also used where the switching frequency is high.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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After proving a initial look at the design and capability of the different components ( earlier post ) late last year, GM is now providing deeper technical insight into the second-generation platform. In designing the second-generation system, GM engineers built on the knowledge and data gained from the first-generation Volt. (A

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