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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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—Brian Wilcox, co-founder and chief engineer of Marine BioEnergy. million federal grant to cover the cost of the USC Wrigley Institute study. The good news is the farm system can be assembled from off-the-shelf products without new technology. Navarrete, Diane Y. Kim, Cindy Wilcox, Daniel C. Reed, David W.

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4,400 Chevrolet Volt Owners to be Eligible for Free Home 240V Charging Stations

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In many cases, it will include the cost of home installation. The projects are made possible with a grant of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). or Coulomb Technologies.

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NC Transportation Center

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Mike Easley said Tuesday that, depending on the support from federal grants, the state may give $5 million to start and $1 million annually to operate the Advanced Transportation Energy Center there. liter turbocharged gasoline engine." The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas vehicles.

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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast

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Rapid advances in synthetic biology coupled with ever decreasing costs of DNA synthesis suggest that it will soon become feasible to engineer new eukaryotic genomes, including plant and animal genomes, with synthetic chromosomes encoding desired functions and phenotypic properties based on specific design principles.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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