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Colorado State University Professor Developing Anaerobic Digester With Lower Water Requirements; Targeted at US Western States

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A Colorado State University professor is developing an anaerobic digester that turns animal waste into methane using much less water than conventional technology, making it more economically feasible and easier for use by feedlots and dairies in Western states. Tags: Brief. based Stewart Environmental Consultants Inc.

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Colorado State University Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2010 Hurricane Season

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The Colorado State University forecast team predicts an above-average 2010 Atlantic basin hurricane season based on the premise that El Niño conditions will dissipate by this summer and that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures will persist. Tags: Brief. Complete 2010 forecast (7 April).

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Researchers modify camelina to produce highest levels yet in transgenic plant oil of novel lipid acetyl-TAG; biofuel and industrial use

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Earlier work by Durrett and colleagues at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center had resulted in approximately a 60 mol% accumulation of ac-TAGs.). As one example, the viscosity of acetyl-TAG falls within or slightly above the specifications of diesel #4 fuel. —Liu et al.

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Colorado State University Spinoff to Commercialize 3D Li-ion Battery Technology for Higher-Capacity, Longer-Life Cells

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Tags: Batteries. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Mosby and Amy L. Prieto (2008) Direct Electrodeposition of Cu 2 Sb for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes. 130 (32), pp 10656–10661 doi: 10.1021/ja801745n.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The big-Mercury universe for 1964 included the top-grade Park Lane , the mid-level Montclair and the might-as-well-be-a-Ford-Galaxie Monterey. The door tag tells us that this car was assembled in St. 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder in Colorado wrecking yard. Louis on November 7, 1963.

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Study Concludes Colorado River Reservoirs Could Bottom Out from Warming, Water Management Business-as-Usual

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Colorado River Basin including major dams. All reservoirs along the Colorado River might dry up by mid-century as the West warms, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Roughly 30 million people now depend on the Colorado River for drinking and irrigation water.

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NASA and Univ. of Colorado form collaborative Sun-Climate Research Center

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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and The University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) have formed a new collaborative research center dedicated to the study of the Sun’s effect on Earth’s climate. Tags: Brief.

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