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AUGUST 25, 2011

In July, at the Association for Computing Machinery’s MobiSys conference, researchers from MIT and Princeton University took the best-paper award for a system that uses a network of smartphones mounted on car dashboards to collect information about traffic signals and to then tell drivers when slowing down could help them avoid waiting at lights.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT. —Arun Majumdar.

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MAY 26, 2011

The SSFC could enable new models such as transportation ‘fuels’ tuned for power versus range, or cold versus warm climates, with flexible refueling and recycling options. 2011), Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery. Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The CSRC was formed in January 2011 with three charter members; the first phase of research will conclude in 2016. CSRC’s newly expanded mission recognizes that the emergence of advanced technologies is radically reshaping the transportation landscape. —Chuck Gulash, Director of CSRC.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta, who served under former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. From June 2010 to June 2011, some car manufacturers offered clean diesel as well as hybrid powertrains on the same model. Diesel/hybrid US take-rates, June 2010-June 2011. Data: Polk. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 31, 2017

These highly advanced systems are radically reshaping the transportation landscape, building a relationship between drivers, occupants and vehicles as teammates working together safely and conveniently. Another, with MIT, modelled in-vehicle voice command systems and driver behavior. —Chuck Gulash, Director of CSRC.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

The A123 patents cross-licensed in this agreement are separate from the original Nanophosphate patents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which are not included as part of this settlement. The financial terms of the settlement are not being disclosed at this time.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Unlike more conventional supercapacitor electrode materials with large surface areas and high porosities, the new hydrophilized polymer network uses ion-conducting channels for fast ion transport and charge storage. When sandwiched between and charged by two metal plates, the membrane can store charge at 0.2 —Xie et al.

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JULY 19, 2011

It also is standard on 2011-12 S60 sedans and 2012 model S80 sedans and XC70 wagons. The data are transmitted wirelessly and are used by transportation managers in a wide range of dynamic, multi-modal applications to manage the transportation system for optimum performance. Background. US DOT Connected Vehicles Research.

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JULY 22, 2023

Based on what module is chosen, the pupil is transported to a corresponding virtual location to complete tasks as a way of learning the material. STEM at the root Ganguly says she was inspired to help reform STEM education when she was a graduate student at MIT. Displayed on the student’s VR headset is a list of modules.

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MAY 15, 2010

An MIT-led team has designed an airplane that is estimated to use 70% less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of NO x. Images: MIT/Aurora Flight Sciences. MIT was the only university to lead one of the six US teams that won contracts from NASA in October 2008. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 22, 2016

PHEVLERs [ 3 ] are a disruptive technology that will help revolutionize both the clean transportation and the clean stationary energy sectors of our economy. The average PHEVLER would use more than 90% electric fuel and less than 10% liquid fuel to serve the annual transportation needs of a typical driver. [

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JANUARY 18, 2011

A collaboration including researchers from Boston College, MIT, the University of Virginia and Clemson University have achieved a peak ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of 0.8 Kanatzidis (2011) Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Nature Chemistry (2011) doi: 10.1038/nchem.955.

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MARCH 20, 2012

An earlier version of the paper was presented at the 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in 2011. AIAA 2011-1248). Silent Supersonic Transport (Tohoku University). Conceptual drawing of a supersonic biplane in flight. Credit: Tohoku University. Click to enlarge. The Busemann biplane. —Hu et al. —Qiqi Wang.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. The semisolid thick electrode is a material science innovation originating in Dr. Chiang’s lab at MIT. Chiang was also a co-founder of A123 Systems; 24M originated as an A123 spinout.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Researchers at MIT led by Drs. The MIT team found that a genetically engineered version of the M13 bacteriophage virus can be used to control the arrangement of the nanotubes on a surface, keeping the tubes separate so they can’t short out the circuits, and keeping the tubes apart so they don’t clump. Click to enlarge. Strano, Paula T.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

A new study by researchers at MIT has found that factoring the non-CO 2 combustion emissions and effects into the lifecycle of a Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK) aviation fuel can lead to a decrease in the relative environmental merit of the SPK fuel compared to conventional jet fuel. Aviation climate change impacts pathway.

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APRIL 23, 2011

In a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from MIT conclude that it is “ paramount ” that decision makers and the general public be given the range of LC-GHG emissions that could result from the production and use of a given bio or synthetic fuel, due to high variability within pathways.

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APRIL 29, 2009

the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Responsible for designing the transportation system for the Citadel of Masdar. Curitiba’s transportation system “is not extensive but it is very viable,” said Cervero.

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In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, for instance, Nissan developed and marketed a vehicle-to-building (V2B) charging system that enabled its Leaf EV to provide backup power. Another major challenge is how to balance the useful lifetime of EV batteries in transportation and non-vehicle applications.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Ethylene, with a $160-billion market, is a valuable commodity two-carbon chemical that can be oligomerized into transportation fuels. The company aims to achieve the catalyst performance required for commercialization in 2011. The chemistry we are pursuing, you could never make economic with a conventional catalyst.

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MAY 10, 2013

An interdisciplinary team from MIT, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and elsewhere has identified the major particles upon which cirrus clouds form. From 2002 to 2011, the team conducted four flight missions in regions of North America and Central America where cirrus clouds often form.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Quantitative data on actual, real-world, in-use HEV carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and fuel consumption are essential to validate projections on transportation energy use and for accurate regulatory mobile source emission models such as EPA’s Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES). Rouphail N. Part Transp. 2011.05.001. Jimenez, J.

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. —Sergey Paltsev, an author of the study and a principal research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. Cyprus offshore hydrocarbon exploration blocks.

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MAY 24, 2011

Shuguang Zhang, associate director of MIT’s Center for Biomedical Engineering, and postdocs Iftach Yacoby and Sergii Pochekailov, together with colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel and the in Colorado, have found a way to use bioengineered proteins to flip this preference, allowing more hydrogen to be produced. Ghirardi, Paul W.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Informatics and Telematics have devised a framework—the “shareability network”—to enable the systematic analysis of the tradeoff between collective benefits of sharing taxi services and individual passenger discomfort.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. superconducting” wire can transport hundreds of times more. superconducting” wire can transport hundreds of times more. later time.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ).

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