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MAY 29, 2020

Oil spill clean-up is an expensive and complicated process that often harms marine life and further damages the environment. The OHM (oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic) nanocomposite slurry can be used to coat any cheap, commercially available sponge. The team plans to develop and commercialize OHM technology for environmental clean-up.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Although the researchers demonstrated this method in a small-scale, highly controlled environment with dimensions of just nanometers (billionths of a meter), they have already come up with concepts for scaling up the method and making it practical for real-world applications. —Renu Sharma. Canhui Wang, Wei-Chang D.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Previous studies have shown that allowing the oil flow through porous carbon particles infused with palladium is an effective method, but those carbon particles are not cheap, said Prairie Research Institute researcher B.K. The Natural Environment Research Council, UK also supported this research. 2017.08.007.

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JULY 8, 2022

ROS-I ] Planning minimum-time trajectories in cluttered environments with obstacles is a challenging problem. Its structure is 3D printed and easy to repair, and it's supposedly cheap, although I don't know how cheap. Thanks to all those that submitted, and we look forward to more success stories in the years to come! [

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APRIL 6, 2015

For that reason, two-phase reaction media seem to be the most suitable environment for these particular enzymes. The results, the authors suggested in their paper, constitute a good starting point for efficient and cheap biodiesel production. The next step would be to adapt the methodology to readily available cheap waste oils.

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MAY 8, 2023

—Cafer Yavuz, professor of chemistry, and director of the KAUST Oxide and Organic Nanomaterials for Energy & Environment (ONE) Laboratory Previous carbon capture methods included chemisorption, where chemical bonds form between CO 2 molecules and the surface. Resources Zhiling Xiang, Congyan Liu, Chunhui Chen, Xin Xiao, Thien S.

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APRIL 16, 2014

While the development of new photocatalysts that can split water by absorbing visible light has been worked on globally, there are cost- and environment-related issues because many of the available photocatalysts contain expensive rare metals, such as tantalum, or high concentrations of lead, which is very toxic. —Manikandan et al.

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JUNE 27, 2014

However, the limited resources of vanadium, the high expense associated with the cell materials, and the toxicity hazard of using large quantities of soluble vanadium, have been the major challenges to the widespread adoption of the vanadium redox flow battery. None of today’s mature battery technologies meet all of these requirements.

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JULY 8, 2016

Finally, in many MENA countries, government policies that made available low-priced fuel and electricity contributed to an ‘entitlement mentality’ among citizens toward cheap energy. In turn, these attitudes have encouraged energy-intense habits, influencing the design of the built environment and guiding patterns of human settlement.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A number of factors are pushing Saudi Arabia to raise its crude-oil production capacity, but the wide range of potential outcomes suggests that such an increase is a risky strategy for the kingdom and the global environment, according to a new article by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. —Krane (2017).

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APRIL 11, 2014

The researchers attributed the ability to change the intrinsic catalytic properties of Cu for this notoriously difficult reaction to the growth of the interconnected nanocrystallites from the constrained environment of the oxide lattice. We have a solution to this problem that’s made of copper, which is cheap and abundant. Christina W.

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MARCH 2, 2018

To apply this technology to real applications in the future, we are currently aimed at producing this single atom catalyst in a cheap and large-scale way, while improving its performance and maintaining its efficiency. The scientists say this is a major step toward recycling CO 2 for usable energy and chemicals. —Haotian Wang.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment. —Prof. MOF Technologies is also hoping to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage, natural gas processing and hydrocarbon separations.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

The funding from A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) will support research teams from A*STAR research institutes and local institutes of higher learning to develop solutions to manage environmental deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change brought on by rapid growth and urbanization.

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JANUARY 6, 2013

The methods had to be nondestructive, simple and cheap—using as few sensors, electronics and supporting hardware as possible while still remaining effective at identifying and decreasing sulfation. In a recent study, the researchers looked for ways to improve regular battery management practices. Ying Shi, Christopher A.

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APRIL 24, 2013

The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. A nanostructured hybrid of these two materials, however, remained active and stable even after 500 hours of testing in a highly acidic environment. Energy Environ. Source: BNL.

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JULY 31, 2023

Raibert showed concept art at ICRA that included robots working in domestic environments such as kitchens, living rooms, and laundry rooms as well as industrial settings. “I You could talk about what you want to do, but people talk about all kinds of things that way—the future is so cheap, and so variable.

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MAY 9, 2012

In contrast, the principal metals in the new compound developed by the Brookhaven team are both abundant and cheap: $20 per kilogram for nickel and $32 per kilogram for molybdenum. In this new catalyst, nickel takes the reactive place of platinum, but it lacks a comparable electron density. Sasaki, K., Frenkel, A. Marinkovic, N.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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MARCH 11, 2023

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. With funding from the California Air Resources Board , the team installed an AC-150 drive in a Volkswagen Beetle.

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EVs are Better for the Environment Over the course of their lifetimes , EVs generate less than half of the GHG emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. In addition, electricity in the U.S.

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MARCH 2, 2015

Because they make driving safer and more comfortable, because they conserve resources and protect the environment, and because they bring together the mobile and the digital worlds. Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever. Winterkorn stressed that “ at Volkswagen, technology is never an end in itself.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Had Trek been a larger company with more resources and more patent experience, the story might have had a different ending. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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JUNE 29, 2009

Linc Energy says it can now use this abundant and relatively cheap gas to make synthetic liquid hydrocarbons (with a focus on diesel). “My The increase in exploitable coal possible with UCG may be less when site selection is constrained by geologic and hydrologic criteria to protect the environment.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

At the same time, this helps to limit mitigation costs for developed countries, as it is relatively cheap, and generates income for developing countries. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) is the national institute for strategic policy analysis in the field of environment, nature and spatial planning.

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MAY 6, 2019

Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. The result is a win–win for climate and security. Geopolitical friction is low. Technology breakthrough. ?A A major technological advance steers the world along a different path.

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

I can see the appeal of Tesla for someone who wants to start a robotics career, since you’d get to work on a rapidly evolving hardware platform backed by what I can only assume is virtually unlimited resources. The five-finger hand is necessary, Tesla says, because Optimus will be working with human tools in human environments.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Our experience so far is that ferrite magnets are an efficient, reliable and relatively cheap solution, both when it comes to the infrastructure and on-board sensor technology. Sensor fusion for precise autonomous vehicle navigation in outdoor semi-structured environments,” Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2005. —Jonas Ekmark.

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AUGUST 15, 2015

The approach enables solving lithium-ion and other battery/electrochemical storage models accurately in a robust manner in a cheap microcontroller with minimum memory requirements. A paper on the approach is newly published in the journal Computers & Chemical Engineering. conservation laws, boundary conditions, etc.). Venkat Subramanian.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Running a startup isn't cheap. It will make for more reliable and less costly transmission of information bits between the transmitter and receiver in a wireless environment, Rajanna says. Many founders bootstrap their company to survive. IEEE is helping members who are entrepreneurs save money through its new Powered by IEEE program.

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MARCH 7, 2011

While cellulosic biomass like corn stover and switchgrass is abundant and cheap, it is much more difficult to utilize than corn and sugar cane. Higher alcohols such as isobutanol are better candidates for gasoline replacement because they have an energy density, octane value and Reid vapor pressure that is much closer to gasoline, Liao said.

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APRIL 17, 2018

MGs are therefore very promising candidates for structural applications, especially for high-cycle use in chemically harsh environments. In the metallic glass study, the research team investigated thousands of alloys that each contain three cheap, nontoxic metals. Fang Ren, Logan Ward, Travis Williams, Kevin J.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Electric vehicles (EV) or (BEV) are a clean, quiet alternative to conventional automobiles, which are powered by petroleum derivatives that, when burned, emit noxious gases into the environment.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Since we live in a world of scarce resources, it pays to be more economical. We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. The automobile industry is investing in protecting the environment. The brands look enticing, but some options are way cheaper. Why cheaper? We want to save money.

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APRIL 18, 2022

These “deep” artificial neural networks have proved immensely successful, but they require enormous computing resources and energy to run. Admittedly, using superconducting elements imposes a lot of overhead—you have to build everything in a cryogenic environment so that your devices remain cold enough to superconduct.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Adjusted for inflation, they cost about US $8,000 and weren’t even a thousandth as fast as a cheap gaming computer today. I thought I could move far beyond simple crosshairs and text on a flat plane to create virtual objects that could be spatially registered to real objects in an ordinary environment. Louis Rosenberg.

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AUGUST 16, 2009

CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons over catalysts has been known for several decades but has been shown very little research and development attention, as other technologies have been much cheaper and efficient in yielding cheap oil. Most research to date however is focusing on the sequestration of CO 2 in underground reservoirs.

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