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Thailand’s EV industry growing rapidly

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According to the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand, the number of companies that are part of Thailand’s electric vehicle industry has risen significantly since 2015, from 76 to 420 in 2019. million units in 2018.

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Researchers from Caltech and UC San Diego report very high performance catalysts to convert seed oils to olefins

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The ethanolysis of fatty acids derived from seed oils could provide a renewable source of LAOs. olefins (LAOs) and other terminal-olefin products. Phil Szuromi (2015) “Olefins from seed oils at industrial scales” Science doi: 10.1126/science.347.6221.516-f. —Marx et al. Sullivan, A. Melaimi, M., Virgil, S. Weinberger, D.

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JBEI researchers use proteomics to ID 1750 unique proteins in switchgrass

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Lao et al. Jeemeng Lao, Manoj Sharma, Rita Sharma, Susana M. Heazlewood and Benjamin Schwessinger (2015) “Proteome profile of the endomembrane of developing coleoptiles from switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum )” Proteomics doi: 10.1002/pmic.201400487. González Fernández-Niño, Jeremy Schmutz, Pamela C. Ronald, Joshua L.

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Materials science as key enabler for clean energy transition

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If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. The global emissions of CO 2 doubled from 1975 to 2015, and are projected to triple by 2040 if we stay on our present course4. Where are we heading?

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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The overall study area covered East-Southeast Asia and included 17 countries: China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR); Taiwan; Japan; Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vietnam. Resources. A Schneider et al.

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