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OCTOBER 1, 2012

At CEATEC Japan 2012 this week, Nissan Motor Co. The car uses a remote monitoring system that recognizes the surrounding environment through use of an all-around view camera and 4G mobile communications. Storke Professor at Stanford University, moderated by journalist Taro Kimura. Clifford Nass, Thomas M.

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APRIL 26, 2012

The White House today released a national Bioeconomy Blueprint , a comprehensive approach to harnessing innovations in biological research to address national challenges in health, food, energy, and the environment.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As one example, GM Global Technology Operations LLC and the Regents of the University of Michigan recently were recently awarded a US patent (Nº 8,261,860) for a plug-in series hybrid or range-extended electric vehicle powertrain using multiple free piston linear alternator (FPLA) engines. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). —Horst E.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. This will be offered at the university pump in a 10:90 mixture with gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Prior to opening the Solar Park, the Chattanooga plant became the first auto plant in the world to receive LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council in 2012. 2012 baseline. In 2012, the factory produced more than 152,400 cars. It remains the only auto plant worldwide to earn the LEED Platinum certification.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales and US-based energy crop company Ceres, Inc. 2012) High Resolution Genetic Mapping by Genome Sequencing Reveals Genome Duplication and Tetraploid Genetic Structure of the Diploid Miscanthus sinensis. The results are published in the current edition of the online journal PLoS One.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Daimler Greater China and Beijing’s Tsinghua University have signed a contract to continue and further to expand their research cooperation begun in 2012 for another 3 years. The expanded research collaboration with Tsinghua University again shows Daimler’s clear commitment to R&D activities in China.

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MARCH 19, 2012

A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore has used DNA to functionalize double wall carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) and to direct the growth of ultra-small FePO 4 nanoparticles (~5 nm) uniformly distributed on the DNA@DWNT for the development of a novel network nanostructure. doi: 10.1039/C2EE21320F.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Researchers at Peking University have developed a new methodology to model black carbon (BC) emissions from diesel and gasoline motor vehicles. Black carbon is a key short-lived climate change forcer ( earlier post ) and motor vehicles are important sources of BC in the environment. Credit: ACS, Wang et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 20, 2010

Honda Motor Company will introduce a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) to the US market in 2012, said President & CEO Takanobu Ito in his mid-year address in Tokyo, Japan. Vehicles equipped with this new system are scheduled to go on sale in 2012 in Japan and the US. Plug-in hybrid.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Linck and colleagues had earlier published a paper in the journal Environ. Department of Energy (EERE Office of Biomass Program), CRI Catalyst Company, Cargill, Johnson Timber Corporation, Parabel, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, Blue Marble Biomaterials, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Michigan Technological University.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

student in civil engineering at Virginia Tech, and Hesham Rakha, director of the Center for Sustainable Mobility at the transportation institute and professor of civil engineering at the university, models the driverless vehicles as autonomous agents controlled by the intersection controller (manager agent).it —Zohdy and Rakha 2012.

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MARCH 20, 2013

—Jacob Sterling, head of Environment and CSR, Mærsk Line. Professor Claus Felby at the University of Copenhagen is leading that project, which is also looking at lignin as a potential marine fuel as well as other sustainable sources of biofuel with consideration for logistics and scale production challenges. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Financial incentives by country and corresponding EV market share for 2012. National charging infrastructure by country and corresponding EV market share for 2012. Estonia deciding to buy 500 MiEVs in 2012 or Belgium offering high financial incentives but perhaps not to the right market, noted lead author Will Sierzchula.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

autumn and 9% in the winter between 2003 and 2012, an. The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. But from 2010 to 2012, the. minimum in September 2012.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

In March 2012, President Obama announced a plan to invest $1 billion to catalyze a national network of up to 15 manufacturing innovation institutes around the country that would serve as regional hubs of manufacturing excellence that will help to make our manufacturers more competitive and encourage investment in the United States.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. In April 2012, the State Council approved the “Development Plan of Energy-Efficient and New-Energy Vehicles (2012?2020),” Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Ships traditionally use heavy fuel oil which, from 2012, can have a sulfur content of up to 3.5% for cargo vessels (before 2012 this limit was 4.5%). The results of the study, entitled “Impact of a European directive on ship emissions on air quality in Mediterranean harbours”, have been published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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JUNE 28, 2020

Access to the latest technologies is gained through long-standing partnerships with leading manufacturers and universities, and by successfully scouting for industry newcomers. Another 50 systems are in operation at production sites around the world.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

Peter Burns, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a co-author of the new paper, had previously made spherical uranium peroxide clusters, rather like carbon “buckyballs,” that can dissolve or exist as solids. Burns, and Alexandra Navrotsky (2012). Christopher R. Sigmon, Peter C.

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MAY 13, 2013

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada , hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term goal to supply Air Canada. The first assessment is expected by the end of 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Date palm juice inhibited corrosion of an aluminum alloy called AA7075, used in aerospace and other applications, in a salt solution, according to a new study by Husnu Gerengi at Duzce University in Turkey. However, that film breaks down in some harsh environments, such as seawater, leaving the metal vulnerable. NaCl Solution.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin led by Dr. James Dumesic report on the use of a biphasic reaction system using γ-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent for the deconstruction of cellulose to produce levulinic and formic acids, which can be later converted to biofuels. Energy Environ. —Wettstein et al.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

This research is a collaborative venture between the University of Bristol (UK), The University of California, Santa Cruz (USA), The University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Butler (2012) Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica. —Wadham et al. Resources.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

The collaborative study between government, non-government, university and community partners will collect both airborne and ground-based measurements to determine how air pollutants are transformed and transported across the landscape. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

2012, in Tampa, Fla.the nanoparticle size, composition, and local environment can be tailored on the atomic scale to tune the reactivity, selectivity, and thermal stability of the catalysts. Elam (2012). —Jeffrey Elam. They also have demonstrated size and shape selectivity for the nanobowl catalysts.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, will this month launch a pre-production phase of Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use large amounts of flash-based SSD (solid state drive) memory.

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. To better understand the sources and the transport mechanisms, we conducted eBC and PNSDs measurements during an intensive campaign at two locations in the urban area of La Paz/El Alto from September to November 2012. Alfred Wiedensohler from TROPOS.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

In the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Congress directed the FAA to establish a test site program to integrate UAS into the National Airspace System. In March 2012, the FAA published a Request for Comments in the Federal Register, and in April, the FAA hosted two webinars to solicit additional public input. Background.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

—John Reilly, co-director of the Joint Program and co-author Sebastian Rausch, now at ETH Zurich University, calculated the impact a carbon tax starting at $20 per ton would have using a national economic model that details energy, taxes and household incomes. —Rausch and Reilly (2012). —Rausch and Reilly (2012).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The stability of the LiCF 3 SO 3 -TEGDME electrolyte in the environment of the lithium?oxygen Earlier this year, the researchers from University of Rome Sapienza and Hanyang University also demonstrated a lithium–air battery capable of operating over many cycles with capacity and rate values as high as 5,000 mAh g carbon ?1

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta are collaborating on a project for the microbial remediation of oil sands tailings—the waste byproducts of oil sands surface mining that are collected in large manufactured settling basins called tailing ponds. Source: Golby et al. Click to enlarge. —Raymond Turner, U.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Dr. Hermann Pengg, head of project management e-fuels, Audi, giving a talk on energy conversion and storage using Power-to-Gas at ASPO 2012. Dr. Pengg presentation at ASPO 2012. Diagram: Isabelle Plat. Click to enlarge. Financing Project VGV: the Green Redemption Fund. The fund would also encompass an industrial development plan.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Mallee is indigenous to Australia and is well adapted to the environment. The sustainability analysis is managed by the CRC, Airbus and the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University. Eucalyptus mallee trees, grown in Western Australia’s wheat belt, are sustainably harvested and converted to a feedstock.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2012

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a dynamic equalization scheme atop existing IEEE 802.11p Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications that significantly improves the packet error rate (PER) of data transmissions without changing the DSRC standard. Fernandez, J.A.; Borries, K.;

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JUNE 28, 2012

Using intense coherent X-ray pulses from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser at Stanford, an international team of researchers has demonstrated a new in situ fractal method for imaging individual sub-micron particles to nanometer resolution in their native environment. Resources. Hampton, A. Starodub, R. Sierra, et al.

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