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Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

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Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) that are assembled with alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) have several significant advantages in comparison to state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). (1) 2) Oxidation of direct alcohol fuels (e.g., methanol and ethanol) is also significantly faster in AFCs. (3) —You et al.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. This is due to the 30 to 40 percent increase in emissions EVs create in comparison to manufacturing an ICE vehicle, mainly from its battery production.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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The cost of platinum makes hydrogen fuel cells an expensive proposition even in comparison to lithium-ion batteries. In comparison to a pure battery electric vehicle, FCEVs are more complex and heavier. 2011) Bottled Lightning: super batteries, electric cars and the new lithium economy. John Murray. Tillemann,L.,

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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I’m senior editor Eliza Strickland , and today I’m talking with Stanford University’s Russell Wald about efforts to regulate artificial intelligence. It’s kind of interesting how the US can see what happens in New York. But what happened with New York City’s hiring algorithm law? And that’s a concern.

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The Cold War Arms Race Over Prosthetic Arms

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Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. The New York Times ran a story claiming “New Process Will Help Amputee To Control Limb With Thought.” Cost was one major hurdle.

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EV Chargers for All!

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Therefore, it is not surprising that homeowners (with an median household income of $82,210, according to NMHC data) make up nearly nine out of 10 sales of all new U.S. Nor is it surprising, as a University of California, Berkeley study found, that homeowners purchase EVs at nearly six times the rate of renters.

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First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

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McDonald of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jeffrey C. Bemis of Litron Laboratories, Rochester, New York, and Lance M. Hallberg of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and their colleagues.

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