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Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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The research was supported by the Welch Foundation (C-1220, C-1222), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-15-1-0022), Syzygy Plasmonics, the Department of Defense and Princeton University. Carter, Peter Nordlander, and Naomi J.

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NEC, NEC TOKIN and Tohoku University develop spin-Seebeck thermoelectric device w/ 10x better conversion efficiency

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NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY have jointly created a thermoelectric (TE) device using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) with conversion efficiency 10 times higher than a test module that was produced based on a multi-layered SSE technology published by the Tohoku University group in 2015.

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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Danish Minister for Transport Trine Bramsen, Aalborg municipal government representatives, and European media were invited to witness the first test runs of Geely methanol vehicles on Danish roads and visit the e-methanol production facility at Aalborg University.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

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Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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SoCalGas, partners developing technology to make carbon fiber during hydrogen production from methane; reducing the cost of H2 and cutting GHG

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The technology commercialization team includes SoCalGas, C4, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and West Virginia University (WVU). billion in 2016 and is expected to increase to $8.7 —Yuri Freedman, SoCalGas senior director of market development. The global CNT market was estimated at approximately $3.5

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IBM Research and Stanford researchers ID develop new catalyst for cheaper bioplastics

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A team from IBM Research and Stanford University has identified a chemical catalyst that can be used to create cheaper, biodegradable plastics from plants such as palm trees and beets. The new catalyst is an organic substance that lowers the energy required for the conversion from plant to plastic to occur. Xiangyi Zhang, Gavin O.

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Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

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Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, according to a recent study by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. The study is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Asbridge et al.