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| − | <p>Corns of Wrath <h>
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| − | <p>It is a strange new world. <h>
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| − | Famine and malnutrition is on the loose, but the food production is on the rise. <h>
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| − | Farm labors are worth a few small dime, but the farmlands are expanding all the time. <h>
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| − | From where does these problems come from? Who are to blame? And where can we find the solution? Now, it takes a long story to tell how we came up with our own answer. It takes a half a semester of an Eng-lit class, an equivalent amount of classroom drowsiness, and a biochemistry article. <h>
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| − | Contrary to common belief, cars can eat food like people, too. Of course, they won’t be able to consume corn tortillas or puddings, but nonetheless, they can eat crops. Such became possible by the science of ethanol fermentation, a technology that produces biofuels easier and cheaper than contemporary petroleum in regions like the Southern US. This was a breakthrough for many fuel-thirsty nations of Europe and North America. Biofuels save the Earth, according to many environmentalists, and yet considerably cheaper. At this point, no one realized the real problem behind this seemingly fantastic innovation. That’s what we learned <h>
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| − | The true failure of biofuels, especially the ethanol biofuels, lies not in its feasibility or capabilities, but in the social structure it resides. Limited landmass, limited transportation, and global inequalities of capital allows the misallocation of crop supply. <h>
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| − | Our goal basically is to suggest a method to turn the inedible cellulose part of the corn into ethanol, saving the edible parts for human consumption and processing fuel at the same time-not to mention reducing waste. The current situation is a dilemma between our economic and humanistic priorities. Of course, we So we thought; if we could keep the food and still produce ethanol, the dilemma
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| − | <li> A clear and concise description of your project.</li> | + | <li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/nsf-wp052708.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/nsf-wp052708.php</a></li> |
| − | <li>A detailed explanation of why your team chose to work on this particular project.</li> | + | <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicellulose#/media/File:Hemicellulose.png">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicellulose#/media/File:Hemicellulose.png</a></li> |
| − | <li>References and sources to document your research.</li> | + | <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylose#/media/File:Xylofuranose.png">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylose#/media/File:Xylofuranose.png</a></li> |
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| | + | <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannose#/media/File:Mannose_structure.svg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannose#/media/File:Mannose_structure.svg</a></li> |
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| − | We encourage you to put up a lot of information and content on your wiki, but we also encourage you to include summaries as much as possible. If you think of the sections in your project description as the sections in a publication, you should try to be consist, accurate and unambiguous in your achievements.
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| − | Judges like to read your wiki and know exactly what you have achieved. This is how you should think about these sections; from the point of view of the judge evaluating you at the end of the year.
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| − | <p>iGEM teams are encouraged to record references you use during the course of your research. They should be posted somewhere on your wiki so that judges and other visitors can see how you though about your project and what works inspired you.</p>
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| − | <p>See how other teams have described and presented their projects: </p>
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| − | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Imperial/Project"> Imperial</a></li> | + | |
| − | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Project_Overview"> UC Davis</a></li>
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| − | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:SYSU-Software/Overview">SYSU Software</a></li>
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