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Researchers develop dual cellular-heterogeneous catalyst technology to produce olefins from plant sugar

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A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author.

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New technology for simpler, more efficient production of “stubborn” metal and metal oxide thin films

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“Stubborn” metals, however—which include elements such as platinum, iridium, ruthenium, and tungsten, among others—are very difficult to convert into thin films because they require extremely high temperatures (usually more than 2,000 degrees Celsius) to evaporate. —William Nunn, first author.

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U Minn seeking to license new process to produce isoprene from biomass at high yield; green tires

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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U Minn researchers develop bio-based elastomers from recoverable methyl valerolactone; tires, gaskets, seals, etc.

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed and demonstrated at laboratory scale a novel process to synthesize low-cost, polymeric valerolactones with tunable mechanical properties and low glass transition temperatures. The University is seeking to license the technology. —Brutman et al. Brutman, Guilhem X.

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Researchers engineer E. coli for direct production of isobutyric acid

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota led by Prof. Isobutyric acid also can be further converted to methacrylate (i.e., The biological pathway uses renewable sugar feedstock instead of petroleum based feedstock. Kechun Zhang have engineered a synthetic metabolic pathway using fungal and bacterial enzymes in E.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware.

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UW Madison, U. Minn and Argonne focusing on high value commodity chemicals from biomass

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Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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