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Growing dedicated energy crops in marginal and abandoned lands instead of prime agricultural fields will further benefit the soil and environment. Humberto Blanco-Canqui (2010) Energy Crops and Their Implications on Soil and Environment. Agron J 102:403-419 doi: 10.2134/agronj2009.0333.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Conceptual sketch of future metabolomics challenges and opportunities from May 2010 NSF-JST workshop on metabolomics. NSF and JST had held a joint workshop in May 2010 to identify and prioritize key strategic areas for metabolomics research. Click to enlarge. GMO products), etc.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced funding for a new joint research projects to advance clean emission technologies. Funding through the organizations’ Connecting through Research Partnerships (“Connect”) program has been granted for $125,000 for this project.

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MARCH 31, 2015

The study reveals that between 2000 and 2010, the population of East-Southeast Asia grew by 231 million people; if this were the population of a single country, it would be the fifth most populous country in the world. —Professor Annemarie Schneider from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead author. Resources.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

An autonomous vehicle system will be integrated with the simulator to test it in a virtual environment. Williams Advanced Engineering has been commercializing this technology since 2010, with previous projects including the development of road safety simulators to improve driving standards in Qatar.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Results appear in an open access paper in the journal Environment International. As a result, concentrations of particulate matter (PM 10 ) declined by more than half, from 196 µg/m 3 in 2001 to 89 µg/m 3 in 2010, as measured at eight sites throughout the city. The cost of premature death due to air pollution decreased by 3.83

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JUNE 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). An open access paper on the work appears in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Srivastava, V.,

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MAY 6, 2010

A study by researchers from the University of Oklahoma and the US Naval Research Laboratory has found that biodiesel is easily susceptible to biological degradation by anaerobic bacteria. In a fuel environment, anaerobic conditions prevail whenever heterotrophic microbial respiration consumes oxygen at a rate that exceeds diffusion.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. This first-generation lithium battery has undergone more than three years of coordinated field testing in Japan, North America and Europe in a wide variety of climatic environments and driving conditions. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 6, 2018

in 2007 to exceed 14% of the 2016-level worldwide GHGE by 2040, accounting for more than half of the current relative contribution of the whole transportation sector, according to a new study from McMaster University in Canada. It’s the energy consumption we don’t see. —Lotfi Belkhir.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

The company, Muradel Pty Ltd , is a joint venture of Murdoch University , Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd (the commercial development company of the University of Adelaide), and commercial partner SQC Pty Ltd. Incorporated in 2010, Muradel has raised A$5 million (US$4.96 —Professor Borowitzka.

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The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. The study, led by researchers from Imperial College London, found that up to 40% of lead in airborne particles today comes from the legacy of leaded gasoline. Harrison, Raquel Ochoa-Gonzalez, Anja H. 2102791118.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. But from 2010 to 2012, the. between 2010 and 2012—a difference of 1,500 cu. a decline of. km (1,032 cu.

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The University of Michigan has launched a new $1.2-million —Arun Agrawal, professor of natural resources and environment and co-principal investigator for the project. million research project called the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Chevrolet is investing in clean energy efficiency initiatives of US colleges and universities through its voluntary carbon-reduction initiative. Such funding enables universities to reduce their impact and save money on utility bills while engaging and educating students in their efforts. Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

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Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. In addition to their potential impact on the climate and ambient environment, it is important to compare the potential impacts of developing CNGVs and EVs on the energy supply system. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.]

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The air quality measurements were carried out using an automated monitoring station on the cruise ship Costa Pacifica which followed a fixed weekly route in the Western Mediterranean during 2009 and 2010. by weight, while previously, outside of Sulphur Emission Control Areas, a. sulphur content of up to 4.5% was allowed. Resources.

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Access to the latest technologies is gained through long-standing partnerships with leading manufacturers and universities, and by successfully scouting for industry newcomers. Another 50 systems are in operation at production sites around the world. Applications in series production.

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MAY 16, 2010

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have synthesized manganese-platinum (Mn-Pt) nanocubes that how better electrocatalytic properties than their spherical counterparts. Alloys with Mn and platinum can provide a less expensive, more active catalyst in the PEM environment, the authors note. —Kang and Murray.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Scientists at the University of Kent (UK) and University College Cork (Ireland) have manipulated simple bacteria into constructing internal empty bacterial microcompartments (BMC) from five shell proteins in which biofuels or vaccines could be produced. Michael Prentice, Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University College Cork.

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Anastas is currently on public service leave from Yale University, where he holds the Theresa and H. John Heinz chair in Chemistry for the Environment and Directs the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise.

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Source: Kawamura et al 2010-01-2175. Researchers from Tokyo City University and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Lab in Japan are developing a multi-cylinder direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) for application in heavy-duty vehicles. Click to enlarge. —Kawamura et al.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

INCCA will provide its first research findings to the IPCC by November 2010, according to prime minister Manmohan Singh, and its findings will form part of the panel’s fifth assessment report, due to be finalized in 2014.

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JULY 9, 2012

is developing several new safety systems—factoring in driver behavior in the modern traffic environment—towards achieving its 2020 goal that nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car. Crossroads and junctions are the most complex part of the modern traffic environment. Click to enlarge. Volvo Car Corp.

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Niobium consumption is driven by GDP but also by the regulatory environment as microalloying enhances construction safety. CAGR between 2010 and 2019, accelerating since 2016, according to Roskill Information Services. Niobium consumption has increased at a 5.0% The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008.

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B9B approaches the Mertz Glacier tongue 7 January 2010. B9B makes contact 7 February 2010. The Mertz Glacier tongue breaks off 20 February 2010. A number of on-going field and research activities will follow up this calving event and its impact on the local environment. Photo: Neil Young. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 29, 2011

By attempting to transfer parts from algae and bacteria into plants, the researchers hope to make the environment in the plants’ cells around RuBisCO richer in carbon dioxide which will allow photosynthesis to produce sugars more efficiently. In September 2010, an Ideas Lab was held in Asilomar, Calif.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Researchers from Washington University and Purdue University report on the ability of the single-celled cyanobacterium Cyanothece 51142 to produce biohydrogen under aerobic conditions in a paper published 14 December in the journal Nature Communications. — Himadri Pakrasi. Sherman, Himadri B.

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Sensor fusion also is a building block in the development of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles, which are designed to maintain lane position and adapt to traffic environments. 2010) Sensor Fusion as an Enabling Technology for Safety-critical Driver Assistance Systems, SAE Int. GM and V2X. Boss” Kettering. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 9, 2010

by 2010 and 9% wt. For this innovation, Rafiee is the winner of the 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize, and is among the four 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prize winners this year. Rafiee is the fourth recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize. Low density.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004. 10, 8881-8897, doi: 10.5194/acp-10-8881-2010. Munger, J.

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MARCH 18, 2013

In a white paper published in 2010, SMART Managing Director Susan Zielinski noted: Recognizing that no single solution will save the day for transportation in this rapidly urbanizing and increasingly complex world, a groundswell of transportation innovation is arising worldwide. Zielinski, S.

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The Power Japan Plus cell is based on the work of Professor Tatsumi Ishihara at Kyushu University in Japan; Power Japan Plus will continue developing the dual carbon battery technology in partnership with Prof. Ishihara and the university. Energy Environ. Click to enlarge. Read, Arthur V. Cresce, Matthew H. Onagi et al.

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A study by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK has found that while Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOCs) and Diesel Particle Filters (DPFs) has been very effective in controlling the tailpipe emissions of solid particles, there has been little change in the liquid mode ( 104 cm −3 /24-hour mean) defined by WHO. 2023.107888

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AUGUST 18, 2010

A new survey by researchers from Columbia University, Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon University finds that many Americans have a very poor understanding of energy use and savings. For instance, those who identified themselves in the survey as pro-environment tended to have more accurate perceptions. Shahzeen Z.

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Today’s launch is a landmark occasion for the UK automotive industry, and this project will begin to examine the points where the vehicles meet the built environment—energy generation, battery charging and driver behavior. The other five manufacturers that will roll out vehicles in 2010, include: smart ed (40 battery electric cars).

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