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Zinnov: automotive witnessing highest disruption among all industries; ~$6B invested in start-ups in FY 2015

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This has given way to the new age paradigm of innovation fabric, with global companies now leveraging the larger ecosystem of start-ups, universities, technology leaders from other verticals and engineering service providers. With ~$6 billion invested in automotive start-ups in FY 2015, new companies are booming.

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks.

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DOE to invest $32M in computer design of materials

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Seven projects will be supported, three led by teams at DOE National Laboratories and four by Universities. These projects will develop widely applicable open source software utilizing DOE’s current leadership class and future exascale computing facilities.

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Trapping Li polysulfides in a polymer matrix to improve Li-S battery performance

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To overcome the challenge of soluble polysulfides as charge/discharge intermediates in Li-S batteries, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, with colleagues at Murray State University, have designed highly crosslinked polymer-electrolyte coating layers with electron-donating groups to bind the polysulfides.

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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

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A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself.

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Emmy Award Winner’s Algorithms Bring High-Quality Video to Your TV

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at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bovik found his calling: digital image processing. Employer: University of Texas. Alma mater: University of Illinois. For nearly 40 years, he has been a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering , in Austin.

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SwRI, UTSA partner on biofuel project

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Office of the Vice President for Research have selected a new biofuel project to receive $125,000 through the Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) Program. Funding 1 begins September 2015.