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Researchers team up algae and bacteria to boost hydrogen production

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A team from the University of Cordoba in Spain and the University of Tehran in Iran has been searching for ways to increase hydrogen production by using microorganisms, specifically microalgae and bacteria. This knowledge may open new possibilities for the biohydrogen production from industrial wastes.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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Fuzzy theory is wrong, wrong, and pernicious,” said William Kahan, a highly regarded professor of computer sciences and mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. Kalman in 1972, who is now a professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Research in Iran was nonexistent.” But Zadeh never wavered.

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Iranian Researchers Show Dilute Acid Hydrolysis Process for Production of Furans from Rice Straw

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Researchers at the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), have demonstrated the use of a dilute acid hydrolysis process to convert rice straw—a cheap, abundant and mainly unused ag waste—to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural. Both furans are components for production of different chemicals and fuels.

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ACS Meeting Symposium Focuses on Conversion and Utilization of CO2 for Fuels and Chemicals

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Our research proposes the utilization of CO 2 into fuel, recycling the gas and using it as a raw material rather than a waste product. The University of Liverpool work received support from the European Union ELCAT (Electrocatalytic gas-phase conversion of CO 2 in confined catalysts) project. Robert Dorner. Scott Shaw. Earlier post.).

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Baker Institute: energy-subsidy reform can be achieved with proper preparation, outside pressure

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Reform of energy subsidies in oil-exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University''s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Navigating the Perils of Energy-Subsidy Reform in Exporting Countries ” was authored by Jim Krane, the Wallace S.

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