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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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volts to 0.24 volts, so only 8% of the electrical energy is turned to heat. You need large auxiliary systems to remove the carbon dioxide and water, and it’s very hard to do this.” This reduces the voltage loss by a factor of five, from 1.2

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

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On its road to its record range, Lucid developed a 900-volt battery system with a proprietary battery management system and miniaturized drive units. Its materials and PR activities trade of the vehicle’s off-road capabilities and adaptability for camping, for instance, offering an optional cooking stove that stores in the Gear Tunnel.

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The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

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Here is a small sampling of what transistors have become in the last 75 years: Ephemeral: Researchers in Illinois developed circuits that dissolve in the body using a combination of ultrathin silicon membranes, magnesium conductors, and magnesium oxide insulators. Five minutes in water was enough to turn the first generation to mush.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. Camelina will be engineered with. field trials.

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