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Duke researchers boost electrolyzer productivity with microfibrous flow-through electrode; 12.5- to 50-times greater than conventional

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Ben Wiley, a professor of chemistry at Duke University and his team are investigating how nano- and microstructured porous electrodes can improve the productivity of hydrogen generation in a zero-gap, flow-through alkaline water electrolyzer. Wiley Lab, Duke University). Inset: Electron microscope view of the felt. Yang et al.

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Burlington Hydro Takes Delivery of First EV in Commercial Fleet Application in Canada

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(Ontario, Canada) has taken delivery of the first all-electric vehicle to be used in a commercial fleet application in Canada—the REV 300 ACX (a retrofit Ford Escape). The demonstration project will entail a one-year study that will be conducted by the University of Waterloo with funding from Transport Canada.

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First snapshots of CO2 molecules trapped in MOFs shed new light on carbon capture

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Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage—part of a metal-organic framework (MOF), with great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids. —Stanford postdoc Kecheng Wang.

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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli strain to increase propane yield, although the amounts are still far too low for commercialization. coli bacteria.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Managed by the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, the new projects will build on that success by researching alternative methods of extraction and the potential for commercialization, as well as the environmental impact of natural gas extraction from hydrate formations. The University of Texas at Austin.

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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The people who developed the Alto came to Xerox PARC from universities, industrial labs, and commercial ventures, bringing with them diverse experiences and skills. Alan Kay Metcalfe left PARC in 1979 to found 3Com, which, along with other startups, commercialized Ethernet.

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ORCnext project concludes waste heat recovery efficiency can be boosted by 20-25%

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The project, funded by the government agency IWT, ran from February 2012 to January 2016 and was a partnership between Ghent University, University of Antwerp, University of Liège and Atlas Copco. The Rankine Cycle transfers waste heat to a working fluid at a constant pressure. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Economic analysis.

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