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SOLETAIR project produces first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar power and atmospheric CO2

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Project partners include INERATEC, a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). The SOLETAIR project started in 2016. This summer, a decentralized plant network consisting of three main components was established.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. million new diabetes cases globally in 2016—about 14% of all new diabetes cases globally that year. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5

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New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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In a paper describing the kraft recovery process, Honghi Tran from the University of Toronto and Esa K. Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. 2016) “Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201600172. Löfstedt, J.,

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Researchers developing solvent-based method for lithium recovery from brine with purity up to 99.9%

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Researchers in Finland are developing new methods for lithium recovery from natural brine with increasingly effective recovery of lithium and purity of the lithium solution increasing from 95% to 99.9%—difficult Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) have been using solvent extraction for purifying the solution.

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Study shows renewable diesel from crude tall oil is a high quality drop-in fuel for off-road engines

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A team from the University of Vaasa (Finland) and UPM-Kymmene Corporation has examined how the blends of fossil and renewable diesel produced from crude tall oil (CTO) affect the performance and exhaust emissions of the modern common-rail off-road diesel engine. The engine had been tuned for high NO x and the use of an SCR catalyst.

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SGL Group is development partner for GDLs in high-performance fuel cells in the automotive sector

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CNRS Montpellier, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg are working on next-generation catalysts, electrodes and membranes. Project management support is being provided by Pretexo.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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CTIA will contribute engineering and technical assistance to help align industry R&D and university research to be conducted on the testing platforms with next-generation wireless networks, devices, and applications. Joint solicitation with the Academy of Finland on Wireless Innovation between Finland and the US (WiFiUS).

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