APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lignocellulosic biofuel production High value chemical production ADVANTAGES: Rapid, high throughput Simultaneously detects several enzyme activities ABSTRACT: Lignin, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass, may be an important starting material for biomaterial or biofuel production. Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy … [Read more...] about Determining Ligninases Activities through Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) 2016-109
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MyGreenCar – Personalized Vehicle Energy Efficiency and Range Predictor 2014-134
ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab's Samveg Saxena has developed MyGreenCar, an app enabling selection of an energy efficient car model based on a user's unique driving style and patterns. A user installs the app and selects cars of interest from a database of almost 5,000 car models. As the user drives in typical traffic and topography, the MyGreenCar model predicts and summarizes … [Read more...] about MyGreenCar – Personalized Vehicle Energy Efficiency and Range Predictor 2014-134
Optimizing Photosynthesis with an Enzyme from Green Algae 2016-105
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Food production Biomanufacturing ADVANTAGES: Increases antioxidant content in plants Accelerates photoprotection to improve photosynthetic efficiency ABSTRACT: A research team including Berkeley Lab’s Zhirong Li and HHMI’s Kris Niyogi has discovered a new enzyme that accelerates the xanthophyll cycle … [Read more...] about Optimizing Photosynthesis with an Enzyme from Green Algae 2016-105
Identifying Organism Interactions with High Throughput Enrichment Culturing 2016-132
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Microbial community engineering to Improve agricultural yields Design probiotic applications in humans or livestock Engineer increased industrial fermentor yields ADVANTAGES: Simultaneously evaluates all possible interactions from a mixed consortia High throughput Accurate ABSTRACT: Adam Arkin and Nicholas Justice of … [Read more...] about Identifying Organism Interactions with High Throughput Enrichment Culturing 2016-132
Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies
Berkeley Lab technologies enabling energy-saving roofs, next generation Li-S batteries, faster development of disease-fighting therapeutics, safer drinking water, and risk assessment for proposed carbon capture technologies each received 2016 R&D 100 Awards last week at a recognition event in Washington, D.C. Since 1984, Berkeley Lab has won 85 R&D 100 … [Read more...] about Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies