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New Direction Of Bioenergy Research At University Of IdahoMoscow ID (SPX) Jan 07, 2011 A $25,000 donation from Texas entrepreneur Randy Hill and his company, APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP, to the University of Idaho has funded research focused on converting woody biomass to energy. The gift has allowed the university to install a pilot-scale pyrolysis unit at its steam plant. Pyrolysis is a type of incineration that uses almost no oxygen. When applied to an organic material like wood, pyrolysis yields biofuel plus a small amount of charcoal. Armando McDonald, professor ... read more |
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 New Dyes Improve Solar Technologies Chemists at the University at Buffalo have synthesized a new class of photosensitizing dyes that greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce two kinds of green energy: Solar ... more | .. |
 China pledges to enhance yuan flexibility China's central bank pledged on Thursday to increase the flexibility of its yuan exchange rate, ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States where the currency issue will be raised. ... more |
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 US oil spill probe blames bad management A US panel skewered British giant BP as well as Halliburton and Transocean, saying management failures were to blame for the Gulf oil spill, and warned without reform such a disaster could happen again. ... more | .. |
 Bacteria ate Gulf oil spill methane in 4 months The huge quantity of methane released in the Gulf of Mexico last year during the worst oil spill in US history was ingested by bacteria in four months, according to a scientific study published Thursday. ... more |
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 Openness on oil revenues seen as key to Sudan peace Greater openness from Khartoum about Sudanese oil revenues will be key to keeping the peace with the south after next week's independence vote, a campaign group warned on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China to buy EUR6.0 bn of Spanish debt: report Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing is willing to buy about EUR6.0 billion worth of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources. ... more | .. |
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 Is The Hornet Our Key To Renewable Energy As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun's energy and convert it to electrical energy. Now a Tel Aviv University team has demonstrated how a member o ... more | .. |
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 Household Sewage: Not Waste, But A Vast New Energy Resource In a finding that gives new meaning to the adage, "waste not, want not," scientists are reporting that household sewage has far more potential as an alternative energy source than previously thought ... more | .. |
 Graphene Grains Make Atom-Thick Patchwork Quilts Cornell University researchers have unveiled striking, atomic-resolution details of what graphene "quilts" look like at the boundaries between patches, and have uncovered key insights into graphene' ... more | .. |
 Recycled Haitian Concrete Can Be Safe, Strong And Less Expensive Nearly one year after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Republic of Haiti, engineering and concrete experts at Georgia Tech report that concrete and other debris in Port-au-Prince can be safely ... more | .. |
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 Wake Up And Smell The Willow More plant matter could be burned in coal-fired power stations if this 'green' fuel was delivered pre-roasted like coffee beans, according to researchers from the University of Leeds, UK. Many ... more | .. |
 US Does Not Have Infrastructure To Consume More Ethanol The United States doesn't have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with ethanol but could meet the standard with significant increases in cellulosic and next-genera ... more | .. |
 New Solar Cell Self-Repairs Like Natural Plant Systems Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service lif ... more |
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