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Engineered Plant Produces Compounds for Plastics
Plants may have in theory the kinds of raw materials for plastics obtained from petroleum-based chemicals, but in reality, getting plants to accumulate these desired products in any meaningful quantity has been an elusive goal. In a step toward industrial-scale green production, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New…
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Math Model Developed for Biofuels Development
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) created a techno-economic model that can help accelerate development of biofuels to compete with gasoline. This online, wiki-based model is designed to help researchers pursue promising strategies for cost-efficient biorefinery operations The JBEI team at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California designed the model…
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Study: Scented Products Stink with Unlisted Chemicals
A study by an engineering professor at University of Washington (UW) in Seattle found that 25 commonly used scented products emit an average of 17 chemicals each, including some toxic substances. Only in a few instances were the potentially dangerous chemicals disclosed on the product labels. All were widely used brands, with more than half…
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Noninvasive Alcohol Test Gains U.S. Army Grant
The U.S. Army has awarded a grant to TruTouch Technologies, a developer of alcohol testing systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the company to further develop its technology. The grant for $438,000 was awarded by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at Fort Detrick,…
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Drug Companies Urged to Conserve Antibiotics to Fight Resistance
A new report recommends that pharmaceutical companies take a different approach to combating resistance to antibiotic drugs. An article published today in the journal Health Affairs suggests physicians, hospitals, and drug makers coordinate their practices to extend the effective lifetimes of antibiotics. The paper, by Aaron S. Kesselheim of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard…
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Nanoscale Silicon Oxide Circuits Break Memory Barrier
Rice University scientists in Houston, Texas have created the first two-terminal memory silicon chips that can be manufactured with nanoelectronic techniques and promise to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore’s Law, which states the number of devices on a circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months. Professor James Tour initially showed how electrical…
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Patent Awarded for Antimicrobial Polyurethane Resins
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. in Wilmington, Massachusetts, has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on its patent for antimicrobial polyurethane resins and derivative products. The notice indicates that AdvanSource Biomaterials is entitled to this patent under the law. The patent covers a drug-free, antimicrobial technology to eradicate Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…
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U.S. Using More Renewables, but Less Energy Overall
In 2009, Americans burned less energy overall, but still managed to use more energy from renewable sources, according to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. LLNL computes and charts energy consumption annually, using data provided by the Energy Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Energy (see below). LLNL calculates Americans in 2009 consumed…
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Granholm Offers Michigan as Template for Clean Energy Economy
Probably no U.S. state has suffered more from the collapse of American manufacturing in the first decade of the 21st century than Michigan. But that state’s governor now offers Michigan’s experience as a model for rebuilding the country’s economy with clean energy as its core. Governor Jennifer Granholm — in a talk that was equal…
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Financing Tips from Angel and VC Investors
The FundingPost.com Angel Investor and Early-Stage VC Event in Washington, DC today drew a full house of 125+ entrepreneurs and investors to the K Street law offices of Bingham McCutchen. Participants heard elevator pitches from 15 entrepreneurs, ranging from a day-spa that features exotic destination themes, to a genetics lab seeking funds for a joint…
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