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University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an. National Renewable. High Performance, LowCost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost.
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Phinix,LLC; Rare Earth Element Separation Using Gas-Assisted Micro-Flow Extraction with Task-Specific Ionic Liquids Partners: NICHE Industrial Chemicals, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University DOE share:$500,000; Cost share $225,000; Total costs: $725,000.
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sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. Massachusetts, Lowell. The reactor delivers.
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