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MSU Web site, film and teacher's guide focus on alternative energy - 2010-12-02 - MSU researchers have developed a Web site, film and teacher materials that explore alternative energy research.
MSU: Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae - 2010-11-12 - Montana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae's production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.
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MSU's research sets record of $109.5 million - 2010-07-26 - Working to solve the world's problems in biomedicine, energy and the environment, MSU won a record $109.5 million in research dollars this past year.
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MSU receives $2 million to further study diesel-producing South American fungus - 2009-12-28 - MSU has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its study of Gliocladium roseum, a fungus that naturally produces compounds like those found in diesel fuel.
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Course offers high school teachers a glimpse at the inner workings of solar cells - 2009-08-06 - High school science teachers from across the West learned how to make advanced solar cells as part of an engineering course in MSU's Masters of Science in Science Education program.
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BSCSP and Keystone Center to host free climate change training seminar for Montana teachers - 2009-07-28 - The Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership and the Keystone Center will host a free, two-day, professional training seminar in Billings on Aug. 19-20 for Montana teachers to help them learn how to teach students about climate change.
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Registration opens for the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership Annual Meeting - 2009-07-09 - Registration is now open to the public for the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership Annual Meeting, Sept. 23-24 in Gallatin Gateway.
MSU sophomore finds success in budding career with local biotech company - 2009-02-13 - MSU sophomore Elizabeth Aisenbrey has gone from writing college entrance essays to writing grant proposals as she works to build a career at CTW Energy, a local company that's finding ways to use algae to produce energy.
MSU shares in $1.4 million grant for carbon sequestration research - 2009-01-22 - Researchers at MSU, the University of Montana and Montana Tech will split a $1.4 million Department of Energy grant to study the environmental effects of carbon sequestration.
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Department of Energy awards $66.9 million to MSU for carbon sequestration - 2008-11-18 - The Department of Energy has awarded $66.9 million the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership at MSU to fund a major carbon sequestration study in southwestern Wyoming.
MSU researchers receive grant to study algae as a source of biofuel - 2008-11-13 - Researchers at Montana State University have received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the oil produced by algae, which could be used as a renewable source of biodiesel.
MSU-led team finds new type of fuel in Patagonia fungus - 2008-11-03 - A team led by a Montana State University professor has found fungus that produces a new type of diesel fuel. Gary Strobel calls it "myco-diesel."
A 50-foot conversation-starter: MSU installs wind turbine on campus - 2008-10-14 - MSU's Wind Applications Center installed a 1.9-kilowatt wind turbine on campus Monday as part of the Montana Wind for Schools program.
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Carbon sequestration conference to be held Oct. 20 at MSU - 2008-10-06 - A conference on "Regional Opportunities in Agriculture and Forestry Carbon Sequestration" will be held Monday, Oct. 20, at Montana State University.
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Public invited to Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership meeting - 2008-09-22 - Residents of six states are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership to be held Oct. 28 and 29 in Spokane, Wash.
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