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MIT, Novogy team engineers microbes for competitive advantage in industrial fermentation; the ROBUST strategy

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Researchers at MIT and startup Novogy have engineered bacteria and yeast ( Escherichia coli , Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica ) used as producer microbes in biofuel production to use rare compounds as sources of nutrients.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego , where she served as chair of the EE department and director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. She has held several leadership positions in the IEEE San Diego Section , including chair, secretary, and treasurer.

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Scientists at DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory propose solution to a barrier to fusion

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Gates and Delgado-Aparicio now hope to test their theory with experiments on a tokamak called Alcator C-Mod at MIT, and on the DIII-D tokamak at General Atomics in San Diego. When the islands grow large enough, the electric current that helps to heat and confine the plasma collapses, allowing the plasma to fly apart.

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DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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Cornell University, in partnership with the University of California, San Diego, will examine the combustion characteristics of several diesel/biofuel blends. MIT, in partnership with University of Central Florida, will develop detailed kinetic models for several biofuels using an advanced computational approach.

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Video Friday: Modular Polygons

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Researchers led by the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new model that trains four-legged robots to see more clearly in 3D. MIT ] The next frontier of technology is here. Nature ] Thanks, Bram! UCSD ] Thanks, Liezel! A full-scale prototype of Space Suit SuperLimbs was constructed and tested.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. The Navy assigned him to work at aircraft manufacturer Convair , in San Diego.

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Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

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Over the last three years, CSRC has launched 34 research projects with 17 partner institutions, including The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; George Washington University; MIT Age Lab; Ohio State University; Stanford University; Transportation Active Safety Institute; UC San Diego; University of Iowa; University of Michigan Transportation Research (..)

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