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Angela Belcher wins $500,000 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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MIT professor Angela Belcher has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. Earlier post.).

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MIT team testing new SiC nuclear fuel-rod cladding that could lead to safer power plants

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A team of researchers at MIT is developing and testing a new silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material for nuclear fuel rods that could reduce the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold compared to the common zircaloy cladding. SiC is “ very promising, but not at the moment ready for adoption ” by the nuclear industry, he adds.

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MIT, NASA, ORNL team developing “neutron microscope”

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Researchers at MIT, working with partners at NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have developed a new concept for a “neutron microscope”—a compact focusing-mirror-based small-angle neutron scattering instrument—that would use neutrons instead of beams of light or electrons to create high-resolution images. Earlier post.)

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MIT study finds fuel economy standards are 6-14 times less cost effective than fuel tax for reducing gasoline use

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In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). Babiker (2013) Energy Economics , 36: 322–333 doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.001.

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MIT researchers identify viable anode material for molten oxide electrolysis for lower CO2 steel production

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Researchers at MIT have identified inexpensive metal alloy materials that can serve as anodes for molten oxide electrolysis (MOE)—an electrometallurgical technique that enables the direct production of metal in the liquid state from oxide feedstock. Sadoway (2013) A new anode material for oxygen evolution in molten oxide electrolysis.

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Vale joins Boston Metal Series B; developing MOE for emissions-free steel

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Boston Metal, an MIT spin-off working to commercialize molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) for emissions-free metals and alloys production, announced that Vale and Energy Impact Partners have joined its Series B fundraising, closely following a $50M close announced in January. Background. Earlier post.) Allanore, A., Sadoway, D.

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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King Assistant Professor of Metallurgy at MIT, is proposing a direct sulfide electrolysis process to simplify copper extraction and eliminate noxious byproducts. Antoine Allanore (2013) “Electrochemical engineering of anodic oxygen evolution in molten oxides,” Electrochimica Acta , Volume 110Pages 587-592 doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.095.

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