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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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Ames Lab researchers boost thermoelectric conversion by TAGS materials

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A team led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory recently reported that doping members of the well-established TAGS group—tellurium, antimony, germanium and silver—of thermoelectric materials with 1% of cerium or ytterbium can boost the thermoelectric figure of merit by up to 25%. Levin, B.A.

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Rosetta Green and Seambiotic Will Collaborate in the Development and Large-Scale Growth of Improved Algal Strains for the Biofuel Industry

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Rosetta Green, a company applying microRNA technology to plants and algae for the cleantech and plant biotech industries ( earlier post ), and Seambiotic, a company specializing in the growth of algae at industrial scale ( earlier post ), have signed a collaboration agreement to develop and test improved algal strains for the biofuel industry.

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Murata and Michelin co-develop embeddable RFID module for tires

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The robust passive RFID tags require no external power supply and will continue to operate while being driven on for extremely high mileages. An embedded tag is the only way to identify tires, from the cradle to the grave, consistently. This new generation of RFID tags is already in more than four million Michelin tires.

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BIO Calls for Policies to Nurture BioBased Chemicals and Plastics Industry in US

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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is calling for US Federal policies to nurture the biobased chemicals and plastics industry in the US as a means to offset the two-decade-long shift of the industry away from the US and towards the Middle East and Asia. Tags: Brief. US chemical market trade imbalance.

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European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

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European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7 Resources.

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Australias CSIRO Convenes Symposium on Engineering Plant-Based Oils to Replace Industrial Oils

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Australia’s CSIRO is convening a meeting next week at which some 200 plant oil researchers will share their research into how renewable plant-based oils can be engineered to replace industrial oils that have traditionally been manufactured from petroleum. CSIRO Plant Industry Deputy Chief Dr. Allan Green. Tags: Brief.

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