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New University of Cambridge laboratory focusing on next-generation energy storage and conversion

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The University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry recently opened the new Todd-Hamied Laboratory. Todd’ refers to Professor Lord Alexander Todd, Nobel Prize-winning chemist and former Master of Christ’s. Grey arrived at Cambridge in 2009, having spent 15 years at Stony Brook University (SBU). She received a BA and a D.

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DENSO partners with and invests in FLOSFIA to develop next-gen gallium oxide power semiconductor devices for electrified vehicles

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a tech startup spun out from Kyoto University, are partnering to develop a next-generation power semiconductor device expected to reduce the energy loss, cost, size and weight of inverters used in electrified vehicles (EVs). Ga 2 O 3 and demonstrated an 86% reduction in on-state loss compared to a SiC reference SBD. ?-Ga

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Researchers boost isobutanol production in yeast

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Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark engineered yeast ( S. Xiao Chen, Kristian F Nielsen, Irina Borodina, Morten C Kielland-Brandt and Kaisa Karhumaa (2011) Increased isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by overexpression of genes in valine metabolism. cerevisiae ) to boost the yield of isobutanol.

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Boeing, COMAC open facility to transform gutter oil into aviation biofuel

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of China (COMAC) opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as “gutter oil” in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. Biofuel produced by the China-US Aviation Biofuel Pilot Project will meet international specifications approved in 2011 for jet fuel made from plant oils and animal fats.

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Researchers improve the performance of sodium-ion batteries by using tailored carbon anodes with hierarchical porosity

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Researchers at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, have improved the performance of sodium-ion batteries ( earlier post ) by using tailor-made carbon materials with hierarchical porosity for the anode instead of common carbon-based anode materials. Advance Article doi: 10.1039/C1EE01744F.

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Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. —co-author Prof Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and professor at the University of East Anglia. Raupach (2011) Rapid growth in CO 2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis.

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Univ. of Missouri team progressing with convection battery; enabling rechargeable lithium-metal batteries

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Researchers at the University of Missouri led by Prof. Galen Suppes say that they have further developed and validated the “convection battery” or “convection cell” technology originally announced in 2011 and 2012 ( earlier post ). Lower mass often translates to lower costs. Source: Dr. Galen Suppes. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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