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State tests: Mounds of oil refinery byproduct safe
2013-04-19 13:25:21| Waste Management - Topix.net
Tests by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have found that hulking black mounds along the banks of the Detroit River in southwest Detroit don't pose a threat to human health.
Scientists turn toxic by-product into biofuel booster
2013-02-04 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes -- long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline -- have figured out why the natural reaction typically stops after three to five cycles. Armed with that knowledge, they've devised a strategy to keep the reaction going. The biochemical details -- worked out at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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Scientists turn toxic by-product into biofuel booster
2013-02-04 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh kmcnulty@bnl.gov 631-344-8350 DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Engineered enzyme increases output of alkanes, possible replacement for key component of gasoline UPTON, NY-Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes — long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacem…
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Byproduct May Go From Bane To Boon
2013-01-23 18:21:44| Chemical Processing
Researchers developed a way to use trifluoromethane to create valuable chemicals.
Coal Plant Byproduct May Reduce Phosphorus Runoff
2013-01-10 23:05:00| National Hog Farmer
An Ohio State University (OSU) scientist says an abundant byproduct from coal-burning power plants, if spread on farmers' fields, could help control phosphorus runoff that contributes to Lake Erie's harmful algal blooms. read more
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