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Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

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Rupp is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) and affiliated to ETH Zurich (Switzerland). They also visited the Battery and Electrochemistry Laboratory BELLA in Karlsruhe, which has been funded equally by KIT and BASF SE since 2011.

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Ballard Power subsidiary Protonex receives $5.8M purchase order for power manager units

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million purchase order for the supply of Squad Power Manager ( SPM-622 ) Special Operations Kits for end customer US Special Operations Command. These Protonex SPM-622 kits have been specifically designed for the requirements of US Special Operations Command and will be deployed with designated Special Operations forces for use in the field.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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after her parents bought her chemistry kits. Her parents also bought her older brother engineering kits, and Parker helped him complete them. But by the time she started there, he had left to join the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. At the time, her father was a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power launches module system for EV and ESS applications; no-weld integration

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earlier post ) recently launched its Ensemble Module System; a “kit” of standard components that provides OEMs and pack assemblers with a simple, cost-effective way to assemble large format battery pack solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) applications. Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc.

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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

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Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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In fact, after only a few days of producing these substitute Israeli Emergency Bandages, volunteers used them to complete individual first-aid kits, which were then sent to the front. 3D Tech ADDtive In addition to health-care products, the 3D-printing community in Ukraine has been making tactical tools for the military.

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First minimal synthetic bacterial cell designed and constructed by scientists at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics; 473 genes

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Pelletier, Center for Bits and Atoms and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. This paper signifies a major step toward our ability to design and build synthetic organisms from the bottom up with predictable outcomes. Ellisman, Ph.D., Strychalski, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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