APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Feedstocks for biofuel production and other industrial applications Plants with increased resistance to pathogens ABSTRACT: Xylan is one of the major polysaccharides in cellulosic biomass. There are four Arabidopsis reduced water acetylation (RWA) genes shown to be involved in the acetylation of xylan during secondary wall biosynthesis. … [Read more...] about Dominant Negative Mutations of Arabidopsis 2013-051
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Beam Processing for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance 2013-185
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Thermoelectric materials for Waste heat recovery from power plants, automobiles, and other heat sources Solid state cooling Interfacial thermal management ADVANTAGES: Simultaneous improvement in Electrical conductivity (up to 200%) Thermopower (up to 70%) Enhanced ZT (approximately 1.4) at room temperature No need for … [Read more...] about Beam Processing for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance 2013-185
Berkeley Lab Wins Seven 2015 R&D 100 Awards
Berkeley Lab's seven R&D 100 award-winning technologies promise to advance healthcare, transportation, and energy production, among other applications. For details about each of the Lab's winners, go here. Presented by R&D Magazine, the R&D 100 Awards recognize the year’s top 100 technology products from industry, academia, and government-sponsored research, … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab Wins Seven 2015 R&D 100 Awards
HPC Technology Hot List
Berkeley Lab's Top High Performance Computing-Related Technologies Collective Memory Transfers for Multi-Core Processors Flexible Bandwidth Reservations for Data Transfer Green Wave: Energy Efficient HPC Design Optimized for Seismic Imaging Graphene-based Optical Modulator / Multiple Layer Graphene Modulator Contact ipo@lbl.gov to discuss licensing or … [Read more...] about HPC Technology Hot List
Consolidated Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels using Ionic Liquids 2014-139
APPLICATIONS: Biomass pretreatment Biofuel production Fermentation of sugars from biomass for other industries ADVANTAGES: Enables “one-pot” processing without extensive washing or special enzymes Enables reuse of ionic liquids ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a technology to overcome the pH mismatch … [Read more...] about Consolidated Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels using Ionic Liquids 2014-139