Washington State University

A process for manufacturing aliphatic amines and nitriles by using the Fischer Tropsch synthesis (FTS), in the production of chain-lengthened hydrocarbons from CO and H 2 and their terminal nitrogen functionalization using ammonia. The method can include activating a catalyst with a feed gas, wherein the feed gas comprises H 2 /CO mixtures; providing a temperature between 180° C. and 300° C. under a pressure between 1 bar to 25 bar; wherein the nitrogenates include at least one aliphatic amine and/or nitrile; and setting or adjusting the H 2 /CO ratio to selectively synthesize amines and/or nitriles over other nitrogen containing compounds.

Methods of controlling the maturation of plants and/or plant products (e.g. fruit, vegetable, ornamentals, etc.) by manipulating Alternative Oxidase (AOX) activity. An increase in activity hastens the maturation process while a decrease in activity slows or stops maturation.

Embodiments provide thermochemical energy storage materials, methods and systems. Materials include organic or organometal material hydrates and corresponding anhydrates including isolate site hydrates like alendronate sodium trihydrate, channel associated hydrates like cromolyn sodium, and ion associated hydrates like ibuprofen sodium dihydrate, and nedocromil sodium. Preferred hydrates have hydrophobic backbones and hydrophilic sites or channels.

The present disclosure provides bovine animals and methods to create recipient bovine animals for spermatogenic stem cell transplantation/complementation through modulation of the NANOS2 gene. In one embodiment genome editing was used to create bovine animals with insertions or deletions (indels) that inactivate or otherwise modulate NANOS2 gene activity so that resulting male bovines lack functional germ cells yet retain functional testicular somatic cells, and bovine females are fertile. These bovine males can then be transplanted or complemented with donor cells capable of giving rise to cells of the spermatogenic lineage, or spermatogenic stem cells and used for breeding.

Disclosed is a novel room-temperature curable bio-based epoxy vitrimer with a simple design of the chemical structure. A hempseed oil-derived glycidyl ester type epoxy (HOEP) was synthesized and then blended with a bisphenol A epoxy (DER331) to manipulate the properties of the resulting vitrimer s. An aliphatic amine hardener, diethylenetriamine (DETA), was selected as hardener to realize the room temperature curing in presence of triethanolamine (TEOA) as the catalyst. Unlike the traditional glycidyl ether epoxy-amine the thermosets which are based on sable C—N and ether linkages, the epoxy vitrimer herein includes ester bonds with HOEP and hydroxyls formed from the reaction of amine and epoxy in its cross-linked network. Dynamic transesterification (DTER) between the ester bonds and hydroxyls take place at elevated temperatures, imparting the vitrimer significant stress relaxation behavior and repairability. This provided a viable method to produce room temperature curable epoxy vitrimer s.

The present invention relates to a Babesia antigen comprising at least a portion of a gametocyte HAPLESS2/GCS1 (HAP2) protein, vectors and cells expressing such antigen, compositions and kits comprising such antigens, and methods of using such antigens to interfere with the Babesia transmission by competent ticks.

A stem controlled valve uses a stack which includes a plurality of spacing discs and a plurality of sealing discs, where the spacing discs are interdigitated between the sealing discs, or uses a monolithic plug or inner wall of a valve seat with spaced apart extension areas. The sealing discs or extension areas are slightly larger in diameter than a valve seat they fit within or plug wall they fit against such that they elastically deform against the inner wall of the valve seat or the outer wall of the plug. For sealing in cryogenic applications, at least the outer portions of the sealing discs, or the extension areas in the case of a monolithic plug and inner seat wall are pre-stressed to generate void spaces that govern deformation and cryogenic pliability of the single or groups of sealing discs.

A biocompatible alloy that includes titanium, copper, and at least one metallic element selected from: tantalum, niobium, zirconium, zinc, tungsten, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, calcium, chromium, molybdenum, tin, manganese, iron, and cobalt.

Metal-based batteries incorporating magnets to apply Lorentz force are disclosed herein. In one example, a zinc-bromine battery includes an aqueous electrolyte containing bromine (Br 2 ), bromine ion complexes, or bromine precursors, a plurality of zinc cations (Zn 2 +), and a plurality of anions of bromine; a first electrode containing zinc (Zn); a second electrode in fluid communication with the first electrode via the aqueous electrolyte; and a magnet proximate to the first electrode and/or the second electrode. The magnet has a field strength to exert sufficient Lorentz force on the plurality of zinc cations (Zn 2 +) such that the zinc cations (Zn 2 +) forming a vortex proximate to a surface of the first electrode during galvanic charging and discharging of the zinc-bromine battery.

The embodiments herein are directed to dry wall waste mixtures, formed under pressure into example embodiments referred to herein as dry wall waste blocks (DWBs) and/or gypsum wallboard waste blocks (GWWBs) and tile structures. DWBs/GWWBs mixtures in particular, often incorporate a higher percentage in the composite mixtures from about 60% up to 85% of dry wall waste than other mixtures and beneficially often incorporates substantially all of the wallboard facing paper as part of the composite mixture. That is, waste processing is simplified by comingling core and paper layers in the final product. DWBs/GWWBs mixtures utilize demolition and construction waste, replacing a high percentage of Portland cement with waste-derived binder.