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MIT team devises approaches for practical carbon-nanotube-coated carbon fiber; stronger, more electrically conductive

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MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength. Credit: ACS, Steiner et al. Click to enlarge.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. In such a device, two liquids are pumped through a channel, undergoing electrochemical reactions between two electrodes to store or release energy. Credit: Braff et al. Click to enlarge.

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Liquid metal battery company Ambri raises $35M in Series C

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The energy is stored in the liquid metals that want to react with one another but can do so only by transferring ions across the electrolyte, which results in the flow of electric current out of the battery. Ambri announced the opening of its prototype cell manufacturing facility in Marlborough, MA in the fall of 2013.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

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White House announces new commitments in support of Materials Genome Initiative

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In FY 2013, BES selected Argonne National Laboratory to lead the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, which will apply MGI principles to the discovery and design of new electrolytes to move beyond traditional lithium-ion batteries. MIT launching MOOC on innovation and commercialization of materials technologies.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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Its story began a decade earlier, in 1997, at the MIT Media Lab , when it was created by two students, J.D. They came up with some early products that targeted shelf labels for brick-and-mortar retail stores and also for signage. This technology was first launched in 2013 for retail ESLs. have since come on the market.

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