ABSTRACT Efficient and economical deconstruction of biomass is critical for the success of lignocellulosic biorefineries. Biomass pretreatment with ionic liquids (ILs) tackles this issue as it increases biomass saccharification efficiency at lower cellulose loadings. However, some ILs inhibit the activity of commercial cellulases and must be first be removed from the … [Read more...] about Promoter Useful for High Expression of a Heterologous Gene of Interest in Aspergillus Niger 2016-092
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Bijels with Sub-Micrometer Domains 2018-024
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Emulsions for personal care products, flavors, and fragrances Membranes and devices for catalysis and energy storage Soft robotics Shape-shifting fluids ADVANTAGES: Improved stability Cost-efficient fabrication ABSTRACT: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from the … [Read more...] about Bijels with Sub-Micrometer Domains 2018-024
Optimized, Energy Efficient Prefetcher Hardware Architecture 2018-061
APPLICATIONS: High performance computing, e.g., image processing, climate modeling, physics simulation, gaming, facial recognition Consumer electronics Mobile devices BACKGROUND: Technology improvements in combination with power and clock frequency constraints have propelled greater parallelism in order to continue to accelerate growth in computer performance. … [Read more...] about Optimized, Energy Efficient Prefetcher Hardware Architecture 2018-061
Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid 2017-111
APPLICATIONS: Power system maintenance Grid reliability monitoring ADVANTAGES: More effectively addresses signal background noise More accurately locates potential transformer failures ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a technology to locate the position of partial discharge events in the power grid based on the information from a … [Read more...] about Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid 2017-111
Novel Peptide Capable of Stimulating Disease Resistance in Plants 2016-030
APPLICATIONS: Biofuel feedstocks Agriculture ADVANTAGES: Synthetic polypeptide Enhanced disease resistance Robust immune response Target plants can be engineered to constitutively express the receptor and inducibly express the peptide ABSTRACT: Pamela Ronald and researchers at Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have discovered raxX, a … [Read more...] about Novel Peptide Capable of Stimulating Disease Resistance in Plants 2016-030