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Searching In The Microbial World For Efficient Ways To Produce BiofuelAlbany CA (SPX) Sep 29, 201 With the help of genetic materials from a cow's rumen, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing new ways to break down plant fibers for conversion into biofuel. To convert corn stover and switchgrass into biofuel, the plant fibers must first be broken down into sugars. But cell wall polymers are cross-linked in various ways that make them very resistant to breaking down, according to Dominic Wong, a chemist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Western Regional Res ... read more |
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Sep 29, 2010Eurus Energy America and NRG Solar have joined forces to build what will be, upon completion, the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) generating facility in California. When operating at full capacity, the three Avenal zero-emission solar projects--Avenal Park, Sun City and Sand Drag--will generate a total of 45 megawatts (MW), enough power to meet the needs of 36,000 homes cleanly and efficiently. ... more  
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 29, 2010Conductive polymers are plastic materials with high electrical conductivity that promise to revolutionize a wide range of products including TV displays, solar cells, and biomedical sensors. A team of McGill University researchers have now reported how to visualize and study the process of energy transport along one single conductive polymer molecule at a time, a key step towards bringing ... more  
Panama City (AFP) Sept 27, 2010A Chinese freighter has become the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary, the canal authority said Monday. "The ship 'Fortune Plum,' whose name foreshadowed its good luck, became the one millionth vessel to cross the inter-oceanic canal since it was opened," the Panama Canal Authority said in a statement. The vessel actually cros ... more |
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German cabinet approves contentious nuclear plansBerlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved on Tuesday hotly disputed plans to postpone by more than a decade the date when Europe's biggest economy abandons nuclear power. "For the first time in many years, a German government is setting out a energy plan for the long term," Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle told reporters in Berlin. "It sets out a good and detailed roadmap with the era of renewable energy as the destination." In a country with strong public misgivings about the safe ... read more |
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