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MBL begins first test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production

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A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago.

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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

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Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels.

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DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

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University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. University of Colorado, Boulder of Boulder, Colorado will receive $2 million to develop a novel solar-thermal reactor to split water with concentrated sunlight. FuelCell Energy Inc.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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Advanced Water Splitting Materials. 19 projects will leverage the HydroGEN Consortium to accelerate the development of advanced water-splitting materials for hydrogen production, with an initial focus on advanced electrolytic, photoelectrochemical, and solar thermochemical pathways. Carnegie Mellon University. DOE share (FY17).

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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In addition to Deutch, the SAB includes: MIT Chemistry Professor Daniel Nocera (Sun Catalytix founder); Harvard University Professor George Whitesides; Washington University Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry Mark Wrighton; MIT Chemical Engineering Professor Kenneth Smith; and University of Utah Distinguished Professor Henry White.

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Researchers predict average Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead zone” slightly above-average in Chesapeake Bay

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NOAA­-supported modeling is forecasting this year''s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone to cover an area ranging from about 4,633 to 5,708 square miles (12,000 to 14,785 square kilometers) or about the size of the state of Connecticut. Later this year, researchers will measure oxygen levels in both bodies of water.

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