Innovation Pipeline

Pamela Contag is a microbiologist who’s as comfortable in the lab as she is in the boardroom, dealing with the business of running a company. She has plenty of experience there, having helped found two startups: Cobalt Technologies and Xenogen. She also sits on the Department of Energy’s Biomass Advisory Board.
Contag is an astute [...]

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The push to reduce energy consumption is broad and deep. And for homeowners who are looking to reduce their energy costs, there are standard practices, such as turning down the thermostat, changing out light bulbs and purchasing energy-efficient appliances.
But the U.S. building sector’s energy consumption is still expected to increase by 35 percent between now [...]

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Selenium is a potent environmental contaminant produced by oil refineries and chemical plants. Removing it from industrial wastewater takes time and money. To date, the process has involved a chemical process that employs catalytic reduction to convert selenium to an inert form.
Japanese researchers from Osaka University and Shibaura Institute of Technology have now developed a [...]

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