At Virginia Tech, Zhang has been researching ways to use enzymes to extract hydrogen from plant biomass.

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We are actively researching ways for Henry and others to perform tasks like these on a daily basis.

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But there are predictions that one or two developers are researching ways to turn car technology on its head.

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Although Mr Peruvemba says his firm has started manufacturing displays with flexible backplanes in-house, its many partners are also busy researching ways to make electronic paper as flexible as the real thing.

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Industry heavyweights like Cosan (CZZ) are also researching ways to make fuel ethanol friendly for jet fuel, and turn sugarcane bagasse, the leafy waste of the cane stalks after they are crushed into sugar molasses, into second generation ethanol, as well.

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From designing actual tools to researching the best ways to create small manufacturing businesses in urban areas, The Humblefactory is designed to spur a movement that, in itself, was spurred by modern business practices.

CNN: A factory for the emerging 'makers'

Rather than viewing this as necessitating the long-term continuation of incentives, however, we are researching how to implement incentives in ways that inculcate persistent habits.

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It was when the Kyoto accord was first signed in 1997 that George started thinking of new ways to sell carbon credits and started researching iron fertilization.

CNN: Topical waters