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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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CEC funds $11M project to fast-track commercialization of clean energy technologies: CalTestBed

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The California Test Bed (CalTestBed) initiative is designed to reduce the stumbling blocks of time, cost, and bureaucracy most entrepreneurs face when trying to bring breakthrough concepts to market. —Sandra Brown, UC San Diego’s vice chancellor for research. The initiative will provide $8.8

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. Credit: Olivia Graeve/Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. The work is at the proof of concept stage and is part of a $1.2-million Click to enlarge.

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New cobalt-free high-voltage spinel cathode material with high areal capacity

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Researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Texas at Austin, with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have developed a thick cobalt-free high voltage spinel (LiNi 0.5 O 4 (LNMO)) cathode material with high areal capacity.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. Credit: Olivia Graeve/Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. The work is at the proof of concept stage and is part of a $1.2-million Click to enlarge.

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New split-cycle concept to control diesel HCCI combustion

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A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. Tamagna, D., Gentili, R.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include: Achates Power, San Diego, CA. DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France.

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