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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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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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AUGUST 28, 2018

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Lubricant performance testing was conducted on steel surfaces at the University of North Texas.

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MAY 31, 2017

Since its launch in 2011, CSRC has collaborated with leading North American universities, hospitals, and research institutions on projects aimed at reducing traffic casualties, and sharing the results publicly so that all can benefit. One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine. —Chuck Gulash.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

A regional interdisciplinary team led by Montana State University has received $6 million from the National Science Foundation to address questions about whether biofuels and carbon capture technologies can be sustainably introduced into the Upper Missouri River Basin.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

The researchers think that camelina producing acetyl-TAGs is a renewable resource with potential industrial uses, including plasticizers, biodegradable lubricants and food emulsifiers. The researchers have been supported with a four-year $1.5 million joint US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy grant.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The research was funded in part by the Nebraska Corn Board and through the Hatch Act (University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division). Additional support for the project was provided by the State of Nebraska Transportation Services Bureau and The Shop, Inc. Cost per mile. Source: Hanna et al. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

—Doug Landis, a biologist at Michigan State University (MSU) and corresponding author. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, University of Nebraska, Bard College and Trinity Christian College were part of the research. —Doug Landis. Werling, Timothy L.

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APRIL 9, 2009

Researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska have identified one of the key proteins in microalgae responsible for concentrating and moving carbon dioxide into cells. Martin Spalding, professor and chair of the department of genetics, development and cell biology, Iowa State University.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will lead a $13.5-million, To improve sorghum’s productivity under resource-limited conditions, the team is taking a systems approach. million, multi-institutional research effort to improve sorghum as a sustainable source for biofuel production. —Daniel Schachtman.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), University of Maryland School of Medicine, published the sequence and analysis of the castor bean ( Ricinus communis ) genome in Nature Biotechnology. A research team co-led by scientists from the J. Draft genome sequence of the oilseed species Ricinus communis.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Nitrate output columns represent mean values and the 80% credible intervals from modeling. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

program; and create the DriveElectricMN.org website as an online resource. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. University, North. University of Central. Bay Area Air Quality. Center, Inc.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Participating in this review were Dr. Holly Gibbs, Stanford University; Dr. Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University; Dr. Jason Tullis, University of Arkansas; and Dr. Brian Wardlow, University of Nebraska. Boyer, Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Kenneth G.

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MAY 23, 2009

With plans to inject over two million tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the project—an international collaboration that includes Spectra Energy, the Province of British Columbia, Natural Resources Canada, the PCOR Partnership, and DOE—will also be one of the largest carbon sequestration projects in the world.

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JULY 23, 2009

University of Georgia, Athens, $1,200,000. University of Florida, $643,000. Michigan Technological University, $900,000. This research will generate resources and innovations that can enable robust biomass productivity under marginal conditions for sustainable lignocellulosic biomass production.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The plant will be hosted at one of two Nebraska Public Power District sites, where opportunities for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration have been investigated and where the need for low-carbon power and hydrogen is imminent. The principal biomass to be used is corn stover, prevalent in Nebraska where the plant will be located.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America. Adler and Stephen J.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

This research was conducted by Xu in collaboration with Jilian Fan and Chengshi Yan and John Shanklin of Brookhaven''s Biosciences Department, and Rebecca Roston, now at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Brookhaven National Laboratory is supported by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy.

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