In the Spotlight
Biofuels Engineering Process Technology
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Our own John (Nhuan) Nghiem has co-authored a very important book on biofuels.
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Breaking News Siemens Partners With USDA ARS to Improve Conversion of Second-Generation Feedstocks to Chemicals and Biofuels
Atlanta, GA - Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. and the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreegment (CRADA) that will improve the processes used to convert second generation, non-food-based, biofuel feedstocks, including perennial grasses, animal wastes and agricultural residues such as corn stover, into liquid bio-fuel intermediates, such as bio-oil.
As part of the CRADA, Logical Innovation of Richmond, VA, will work with researchers at USDA/ARS's Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, PA, to improve on pyrolysis oil production via innovative control technologies.
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Beefing Up Barley Research Results Have Prompted Ethanol Producers to take Another Look at This Crop
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In the ethanol world barley may be corn’s poor cousin, but research efforts have made it an attractive feedstock option in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.
Read more about the research in the October 2008 issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine . |
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Food Safety Developments are in the Air
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An experimental treatment that relies on cold plasma, which is created by introducing electricity into a gas until free electrons are liberated, may one day keep fresh produce like apples and almonds safe from potentially harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli . Photo courtesy of Paul Pierlott. |
An experimental treatment from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) could one day help protect some fresh produce from potentially dangerous microbes such as Salmonella , Listeria and Escherichia coli O157:H7.
The treatment relies on cold plasma, which is generated when some form of concentrated energy--in this case, electricity--is introduced into a gas until free electrons are torn from the gas's atoms.
At the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa., microbiologist Brendan Niemira and engineer Joseph Sites --who are developing the process--exposed Golden Delicious apple samples to various microbial pathogens. Then they treated the samples with plasma.
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ERRC Participates in Bioenergy Awareness Day in Washington, DC, June 10-20, 2008 |
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Upcoming Events
- November 6 - Health Benefit Open Season Representative's will be in the Auditorium from 11 Am to 2 PM
- November 11 - Closed for Veterans Day
- November 14 - Seminar: "Introduction of two-dimensional comprehensive gas chromatography with time of flight mass spectrometry (GC-GC/TOF-MS) and its analytical applications", presented by Dr. Eunha Hoh, MBRC, in Room 2006 at 2 PM
- November 20 - Native American Heritage Month - There will be a display of Native American artifacts from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Room 3008
- November 25 - Green Team Meeting, Noon to 1 pm
- November 27 - Closed for the Thanksgiving holiday
10 Most Recent Publications
Additional Publications - We have 5600+ publications online that you can view and print.
The following publications are not yet online. To request a reprint, please email Patti.Durkin@ars.usda.gov with your name, address, and reprint number.
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AUTHOR |
7993 |
Membrane damage and viability loss of Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella enteritidis in liquid egg by thermal death time disk treatment |
D.O. Ukuku, T. Jin, and H. Zhang |
7992 |
The application of "omics" technologies for food safety research |
P.M. Fratamico |
7991 |
DNA sequencing and identification of serogroup-specific genes in the Escherichia coli O118 O antigen gene cluster and demonstration of antigenic diversity but only minor variation in DNA sequence of the O antigen clusters of E. coli O118 and O151 |
Y. Liu, P. Fratamico, C. Debroy, A.C. Bumbaugh, and J.W. Allen |
7990 |
Identification of decorin and other proteins in bovine hide during its processing into leather |
M.L. Aldema-Ramos, R.J. Latona, L.L. Fortis, and W.N. Marmer |
7989 |
Enzymatic dehairing of cattlehide with an alkaline protease isolated from Aspergillus tamarii |
D. Anandan, W.N. Marmer, and R.L. Dudley |
7988 |
Industrial products from biodiesel glycerol |
R.D. Ashby, V.T. Wyatt, T.A. Foglia, and D.K.Y. Solaiman |
7987 |
Effect of chlorine dioxide gas on polymeric packaging materials |
S. Netramai, M. Rubino, R. Auras, and B.A. Annous |
7986 |
Enhancing water removal from whole stillage by enzyme addition during fermentation |
A.B. Henriques, D.B. Johnston, and M. Al-Dahhan |
7985 |
Thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in ground beef under isothermal and dynamic temperature conditions |
L. Huang |
7984 |
Analysis of Al-2/LuxS-dependent transcription in Campylobacter jejuni Strain 81-176 |
Y. He, J.G. Frye, T.P. Strobaugh, Jr., and C.-Y. Chen | |