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Utah State University will share a $900,000 government research grant for biofuel production.
The Utah school will team with Montana State University to grow species of algae that thrive in geothermal vents and the Great Salt Lake in a test of their oil content.
USU energy lab director Jeff Muhs says algae that can withstand saline environments are useful because they could possibly be used to produce fuels using plentiful ocean water, sparing more valuable fresh water.
The research is one of six biofuel projects around the country funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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