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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Unifrax recently broke ground on its first production line located in New Carlisle, IN, which is expected to come online in early 2022. The SiFAB technology becomes part of a Unifrax battery portfolio that also consists of thermal management products and separator media.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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Agriculture didn’t come back on her radar until 2006, when she joined the Purdue faculty. Through her contributions to plant breeding, she is helping improve the security and resilience of food production internationally. Crawford recently helped lead a project funded by the U.S. They were former students, colleagues, and friends.

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BP renews commitment to MITEI with second $25M pledge

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Launched in 2006 with BP as the inaugural founding member, the MITEI conducts multidisciplinary research aimed at tackling complex energy challenges such as increasing energy supply, improving efficiency, and addressing environmental impacts of energy consumption. —Ellen Williams, BP’s Chief Scientist.

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Aemetis to license InEnTec gasification technology to produce cellulosic ethanol; coupled with LanzaTech syngas-to-ethanol tech

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Under the Master Agreement, Aemetis has predominant exclusive rights to use the InEnTec Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) gasification equipment and technology for cellulosic ethanol production until 2024. The PEM system uses heating from electrically conducting gas (a plasma) to convert the feedstock (usually waste) to valuable products.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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thesis in 1963 at MIT. Those workstations, as they were called, came to be used by most computer-generated-imagery production companies through the 1980s. For his work in the industry, Catmull received the 2006 IEEE John von Neumann Medal. They then built the E&S Picture System—the next generation of LDS displays.

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California Air Resources Board Pushes for Restoration of DOE Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; Tackles the Four Miracles

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Several major automakers are pursuing early market testing with consumers beginning this year and are expected to ramp up production to nearly 50,000 vehicles in california by 2017. Production. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Storage Policy. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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