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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

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ion Ventures is leading the deployment of the battery in a real-world environment with a view to deploying it into the grid storage market in the future. The battery is constructed from easily sourced, low-cost materials and does not contain any cobalt or lithium.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited, was formed in 2017. American Battery Technology Company , Large-Scale Demonstration of Domestic Manufacturing of Low-Cost and Low- Environmental Impact Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide from Unconventional Domestic Sedimentary Resources, $57,744,831.

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DOE awarding $2M to CMU-led project to develop PGM-free cathodes for fuel cells

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million for 30 projects working toward the discovery and development of innovative, low-cost materials needed for hydrogen production and storage and for automotive fuel cells ( earlier post ). The US Department of Energy is awarding roughly $15.8

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Goodenough and UT team report new strategy for all-solid-state Na or Li battery suitable for EVs; plating cathodes

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Replacing a conventional host insertion compound as a cathode by a redox center for plating an alkali-metal cathode provides a safe, low-cost, all-solid-state cell with a large capacity resulting in high energy density and a long cycle life. Goodenough (2017) “Alternative strategy for a safe rechargeable battery” Energy Environ.

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NYU Researchers Paving New Path for Robotics

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These researchers were recruited to NYU Tandon as part of a “cluster hire” over two years from 2017-2019 to anchor Tandon Dean Jelena Kova?evi?’s It was also very important for me to be at a university that has a strong connection between engineering and medicine. Creating a shared physical hub leads to a convolution of what we do.

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

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Verizon will contribute technical expertise to the testing platforms, such as staff engineering assistance in the design and deployment of the testing platforms, and in fixed and mobile systems, indoor and outdoor environments, and residential and commercial buildings. Both challenges will officially launch later this year.

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Video Friday: Acrobot Error

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You had me at “wormlike, limbless robots.” [ GitHub ] via [ Georgia Tech ] Filmed in July 2017, this video shows us using Atlas to put out a “fire” on our loading dock. Tony Punnoose Valayil from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Robotics wrote in to share some very low cost hand rehabilitation robots for home use.

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