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JUNE 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). An open access paper on the work appears in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Srivastava, V.,

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste such corn stover and orange peels into a variety of useful products ranging from spandex to chicken feed. The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Now, University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering researchers have developed a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a “stubborn” group of metals and metal oxides to be made into thin films. —William Nunn, first author. Truttmann, and postdoctoral researcher Anil Rajapitamahuni.

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APRIL 2, 2019

The deaths caused per bushel in western corn belt states such as Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska tend to be lower than in eastern corn belt states such as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. —lead researcher Jason Hill, associate professor at the University of Minnesota (UMN) College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

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JULY 2, 2017

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. Joseph McAuliffe ( earlier post ).

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MAY 15, 2016

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have introduced a new method for identifying NO x emissions hotspots using high-fidelity Lagrangian vehicle data to explore spatial interactions that may influence emissions production. —Kotz et al. Kotz, David B. Kittelson, and William F. 6b00550.

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Optimization problems—such as scheduling the hundreds of National Football League (NFL) games while attempting to abide by the league’s many, many rules—can take huge computing resources. The new approach “uses nature to solve the problem,” says Chris Kim, the University of Minnesota professor of electrical engineer who led the research.

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APRIL 10, 2019

A new study by a team from the University of New Mexico, University of Washington and the University of Minnesota examines the health and economic impacts of PM 2.5 —University of New Mexico economics professor Andrew Goodkind. pollution (particulates and precursors) in the United States. precursor emissions.

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MAY 31, 2019

Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. —Meng Wang. The study is unique in its focus on ozone exposure rather than particulate matter.

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MAY 21, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

million of funding to a Rio Tinto-led team to explore carbon storage potential at the Tamarack nickel joint venture in central Minnesota. Tamarack is a nickel, copper and cobalt project located in central Minnesota that is currently progressing towards feasibility studies. The US Department of Energy has awarded $2.2

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.

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JUNE 29, 2012

An international team led by University of Minnesota chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis reports in the journal Science on a prototype of a new catalyst made of orthogonally connected microporous zeolite nanosheets ( earlier post ). Credit: U of Minn. Click to enlarge. Korea and Sweden.

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APRIL 18, 2017

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, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Deborah K.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

This project aims to deliver stress-tolerant sorghum lines, addressing DOE’s mission in the generation of renewable energy resources. The team will then deploy these genes using tools of the emerging field of synthetic biology to accelerate development of elite energy sorghum varieties for production under marginal environments.

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JULY 9, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota led by Prof. The researchers have filed for a patent on the technology, and the University of Minnesota is seeking commercialization partners. Kechun Zhang have engineered a synthetic metabolic pathway using fungal and bacterial enzymes in E. Credit: Zhang et al.

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JUNE 30, 2012

Robert Blanchette, University of Minnesota) Click to enlarge. —Clark University biologist David Hibbett, senior author. Scanning electron micrograph of wood being decayed by the white rot fungus. Punctularia strigoso-zonata. Once you have white rot you can break down lignin, the major precursor of coal.

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JUNE 1, 2017

Gas Technology Institute: A Novel Catalytic Membrane Reactor for DME Synthesis from Renewable Resources – $2,300,000. Wichita State University: Alkaline Membrane-Based Ammonia Electrosynthesis with High Efficiency for Renewable and Scalable Liquid-Fuel Production – $855,000. Giner, Inc.: REFUEL SBIR/STTR. Molecule Works, Inc.:

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Minnesota, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Delaware has developed a new chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of common plastics. The new method has a 97% yield and uses biomass as the feedstock.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 Earlier post.). BioCee’s latex, thin-film coatings—originally developed by Prof. Lawrence P.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Researchers from the University of Minnesota report finding a new strain of cold-tolerant, lipid-producing yellow-green algae— heterococcus sp. DN1 —in the snow fields of the Rocky Mountains. They report their finding in a paper accepted in the journal Biotechnology Progress. David Nelson, lead author.

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MAY 25, 2016

In an accompanying editorial in The Lancet , Dr. Bert Brunekreef, a professor at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and Dr. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” (As noted above, the participants in this MESA-Air study experienced concentrations between 9.2

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MARCH 24, 2011

million ARPA-E funded project on direct solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), University of Minnesota graduate student Janice Frias (who earned her doctorate in January) has determined the biosynthetic mechanism by which a protein (OleA) transforms fatty acids produced by bacteria into ketones, which can be cracked to make hydrocarbon fuels.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the “fuel market rebound effect” is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met. for its analysis. —Hill et al. 2016.07.035.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. University, North.

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APRIL 15, 2010

A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota has found that hillslope processes influence biomass productivity. Scientists at the University of Minnesota led by Gregg Johnson investigated differences in woody and herbaceous crop productivity and biomass yield as a function of landscape position at the field scale.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

The EPA can encourage these agencies to follow the lead of states like Minnesota, which is already releasing guidelines for E-85 remediation. There is no scientific consensus on the climate friendly nature of US produced corn-based ethanol, and it should not be credited with reducing GHGs when compared to the burning of traditional gasoline.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Larry Wackett, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, has a paper in press in the journal Current Opinion in Biotechnology reviewing approaches to engineering microbes to produce advanced biofuels, including renewable hydrocarbons. —Wackett 2010. 2010.10.010.

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JULY 17, 2014

New projects to be funded this year will build upon gains in genetic and genomic resources for bioenergy and biofuels. Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Amy Brunner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Robin Buell, Michigan State University. John McKay, Colorado State University.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Xcel Energy has released the preliminary results from its wind-to-battery (W2B) storage project in Minnesota, and termed the technology successful. Reduce the need to compensate for the variability and limited predictability of wind generation resources.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The award is a portion of a $40-million grant presented to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ), a consortium led by Washington State University (WSU). NARA includes a broad consortium of scientists from universities, government laboratories and private industry. Earlier post.). NARA award. DLA contract.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Projected GHG emissions in Minnesota with different reduction wedges and wedge portfolios, in million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent. The team from the Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative, University of Minnesota examined the potential for policies and technologies to effect GHG reductions across all sectors in the state.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Researchers at MIT, with colleagues at the University of Minnesota, have provided evidence and theoretical rate coefficients for new pathways in the low-temperature oxidation of hydrocarbons. Credit: ACS, Jalan et al. Click to enlarge. Their paper is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Amrit Jalan, Ionut M.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Based on their findings in a new study, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota suggest that modifying urban form—as a means of affecting motor vehicle usage—may be a strategy to mitigate urban air pollution. —Bechle et al. Bechle, Dylan B. Millet, and Julian D.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011

The study examined the FCI of transportation fuels on a lifecycle basis within a specific state, Minnesota, and compared the results to FCIs using national averages. —Boies et al. Ultimately, the rate at which alternative fuels are produced and decarbonized will largely be driven by policies such as an LCFS. —Boies et al.

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JULY 31, 2009

Credit: Jungkyu Choi, University of California, Berkeley; Mark A. Snyder, Lehigh University; and Michael Tsapatsis, University of Minnesota. Researchers led by chemical engineer Michael Tsapatsis of the University of Minnesota reported this discovery in the 31 July issue of Science. Click to enlarge.

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