Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

There are some amazingly smart people doing important research everywhere. For one, take a look at what RTI in NC is doing.

RTI International won a prestigious "R&D 100" award for a technology that removes large amounts of pollution from synthetic coal gas, or syngas, expanding the prospects for coal to replace imported petroleum and natural gas.

The annual R&D 100 award, sponsored by the leading trade journal R&D Magazine, honors the most significant new technologies of the year.

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