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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Goal: Improve sucrose accumulation in sweet sorghum through investigating the mechanisms regulating carbon allocation to stems. This research will use a combination of approaches to identify bioenergy relevant genes and to understand their functions in carbon partitioning in sweet sorghum. Luca Comai, University of California, Davis.

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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The other program, Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advancements for Light-metal Systems (METALS, earlier post ), provides $32 million to 18 projects to find cost-effective and energy-efficient manufacturing techniques to process and recycle metals for lightweight vehicles. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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