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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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