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By Steve Karnowski Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's lab at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PAUL, Minn. The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's lab at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.

Driven by renewed investment as oil prices push $100 a barrel, Roger Ruan and scores of scientists around the world are racing to turn algae into a commercially viable energy source.