Monthly Archives: October 2014

Happy Halloween

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Raceway pond status on 10/29/14

Algae at the farm of NC A&T are enjoying one of last warm days in 2014.

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Journal host

Because our host at ipower is not accessible for visitors, our journal is temporarilyhosted at http://thefutureenergy.org/journal/.

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Algae Raceway Ponds at NC A&T

Algae Raceway Ponds running at a farm of North Carolina A&T State University on 08/15/14 and 8/29/14.  

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A novel Pd/Fe2O3 catalyst for the hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derived phenolic compounds

According to a report on the Biomass Magazine, a novel Fe2O3 based catalyst was developed by researchers at Washington State University (http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/11086/new-catalyst-could-improve-biofuels-production). The addition of Pd remarkably promotes the catalytic activity of Fe catalyst, for the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of m-cresol, which is a model chemical of lignin … Continue reading

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What is a review article?

Three years ago, two Master students asked me this question at the same time. “A review paper synthesizes the results from several primary literature papers to produce a coherent argument about a topic or focused description of a field. The … Continue reading

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bad news for renewable energy

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Self archiving, self publishing, and sharing publications @ResearchGate

ResearchGate’s self-definition is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators (http://www.researchgate.net/). The interface is easy to use, and recommended by many users.  The major feature of the ResearchGate is … Continue reading

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Green open access-self archiving policy, blue, yellow, white, and golden open

Green open access is also called self archiving. Most traditional publishers, who make money from subscriptions, have a similar policy. The author may self archive/upload the preprints anywhere.  A preprint is a DRAFT of a scientific paper that has not yet been … Continue reading

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“Are you sure another OA journal is needed?”

When I said that I’ll launch my open-access journal (OA j), Mr. Bealle asked me to think it again. I understand that he’s tired to see another greedy and irresponsible publisher. This is a very complex question, my original answer … Continue reading

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