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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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The Iowa farm boy was introduced to science by Illa Podendorf , an author of children’s science books and a family friend who kept the young Craford supplied with texts that suited his interests. Soon, in 1974, he was bumped up again to technology director, and moved from Monsanto’s corporate headquarters in St. Louis, and St.

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Iowa City Transit. Iowa City Transit will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life, to ensure a state of good repair. The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit) serving the St. Bi-State Development Agency. City of Jackson. 5,500,000.

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DOE Investing Up to $78M Investment in Two Consortia Targeting Algae-Based and Biomass-Based Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuels and Infrastructure; $1.6M for Ethanol Blends Fueling Infrastructure

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Led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts. National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) ($44 million).

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute. In addition, she said the Iowa State team has already pulled in multiple partners willing to help commercialize distributed biorefineries. of Adel; and the Iowa Energy Center.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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These vehicles will be the first electric transit buses deployed in Iowa. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. Project partners are MidAmerican Energy and Proterra. Mountain Rides Transportation Authority.

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

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The new maize sequence was produced by a consortium of researchers that was led by the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University in St. and included the University of Arizona, Iowa State University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Schnable of Iowa State University.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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Iowa State University. Iowa State University will develop a new process to create glassy solid electrolytes (GSEs) that allow for long lifecycle batteries, an important goal for the energy storage community. Washington University in St. The Washington University in St.

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