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Tesla donates $3.1M of $6M grant to Jeff Dahn’s Dalhousie University battery team

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A team of battery researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University are the recipients of a $6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Dahn and Tesla have worked together since 2016 when the two signed a five-year partnership to improve energy density and the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries.

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Study associates arrival of ridehailing with 3% increase in traffic deaths

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The arrival of ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3 percent in the number of motor vehicle fatalities and fatal accidents, according to research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Rice University. From the study, Barrios et al.

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Air Liquide launches second Scientific Challenge on essential small molecules; hydrogen in two out of three topics

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How can our Essential Small Molecules help rise to the challenge of meeting the dietary needs of 9 billion people in a healthy, affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly way? The first challenge, launched in 2016, targeted essential molecules: O 2 , N 2 , H 2 and CO 2.

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N. American usage of car2go one-way carshare up 40% in 1H 2017 year-on-year to >4.5M trips

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Usage of car2go increased by 40% year-over-year in the first half of 2017 compared to the first half of 2016 across all 11 of the service’s North American locations, with more than 4.5 In July 2016, we released results of our three-year study examining the impact of one-way carsharing across five North American cities.

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Hydrogen Education Foundation announces 6 contestants for $1M H2 Refuel H-Prize

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The two-year competition challenges America’s engineers and entrepreneurs to develop affordable systems for small-scale hydrogen fueling. Washington State University. The H2 Refuel H-Prize has now accepted submissions from six contestants. Millennium Reign Energy. Simple.Fuel.

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The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut Or Not To Cut

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It seems like just yesterday when OPEC met in 2016 and decided to cut production by 1.8 This suggestion is not universally accepted. Saudi Arabia cannot afford another slump in oil prices,” he warns. “It Production is also at record highs, like Russia’s was ahead of the first cuts in 2016. shale oil. Kemp agrees.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Akhtar is the CEO.

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