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Researchers find “zip-lignin” native to multiple plant species; potential for new approaches to degrading lignin for biorefineries

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In 2014, researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues successfully engineered poplar trees to produce lignin that degrades more easily, thereby lowering the effort and cost to convert wood to biofuel. Earlier post.).

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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In an accompanying editorial in The Lancet , Dr. Bert Brunekreef, a professor at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and Dr. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” Of the people in the study, 39% were white, 27% black, 22% Hispanic, and 12% Chinese.

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New study on Holocene conundrum suggests need for reexamination of both proxy data and climate models

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The study was supported by grants from the US National Science Foundation, the Chinese National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. Both communities have to look back critically and see what is missing. I think it is a puzzle. —Zhengyu Liu.

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New Process for Conversion of Levulinic Acid to -Valerolactone without External Hydrogen; Intermediary for Biomass-Derived Fuels and Chemicals

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Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the conversion of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) by heterogeneous catalysts without using external hydrogen. A paper on their work appeared online 24 September in the journal ChemSusChem.

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Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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The next step in the implementation of the project will be establishment of a joint Chinese-Russian working group. The Chinese delegation came to St. Rusatom is currently building its first floating nuclear plant, the Akademik Lomonosov ; the second of the vessel’s two reactors was installed in February.

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Researchers in China produce highest octane gasoline fuel reported from biomass

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Recently, Professor James Dumesic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his colleagues developed an approach for the production of alkenes by polymerization of butenes obtained from decarboxylation of ?-valerolactone valerolactone using a solid acid catalyst.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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