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KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

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However, lithium can form dendrites if it is not uniformly and effectively stored when cycling process, leading to large volume expansion of electrode, which in turn may shorten the battery’s cycle life and cause safety issues such as fire and explosion triggered by internal short-circuits.

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

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The certification means that the new generation of Series 2000 and 4000 engines, that currently account for 85% of our sales revenues, will be qualified to run on second-generation bio-fuels and on E-fuels. —“The Future Of Internal Combustion Engines As Seen By Rolls-Royce Power Systems”. but also second-generation biofuels).

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BP establishing $100M international research center for advanced materials for energy and industrial applications

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BP will establish a $100-million international research center, the BP International center for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM) to lead research to advancethe fundamental understanding and use of materials across a variety of energy and industrial applications. —Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive. —Bob Dudley.

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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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Fatalities from motor vehicle crashes involving a BAC level below 0.08%, by drinking driver status and BAC level, US Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2000?2015. Naimi, MD, MPH, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks.

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Lithium-iron battery maintenance guide

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The anode and cathode store lithium, while the electrolytes carry positively charged lithium ions from the anode to the cathode, and vice versa, through the separator. LiFePO4 will provide up to 2000 complete charging cycles or as many as 6000 partial cycles!

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DNV and PSE develop concept for on-ship chemical CO2 capture; capable of reducing ship CO2 emissions by up to 65%

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The system consists of a chemical absorption plant that separates CO 2 from flue gases; a liquefaction unit where the captured CO 2 is compressed and condensed using a refrigerant; and two storage tanks where the liquid CO 2 product is temporarily stored until discharge into transmission and storage infrastructures at the next suitable port.

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