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Toyota Research Institute and Northwestern partner to accelerate new materials discovery with nanomaterial data factory; fuel cell catalysts first

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Chad Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. 2018) “Catalyst discovery through megalibraries of nanomaterials” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1815358116. This groundbreaking research marks an inflection point in how we discover and develop critical materials. Earlier post.). 1815358116.

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REGI secures up to $20M for biodiesel plant capacity expansion

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Chad Stone, Chief Financial Officer. Terry Branstad at REG’s Newton biorefinery, extends the existing 2 cents per gallon biodiesel production tax credit for seven years beginning 1 Januar 2018. This investment shows our continued confidence in biodiesel for the long-term. cents per gallon and creates a new 5.5

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2014 Chevy Malibu using Johnson Controls AGM battery in Start Stop system

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—Chevrolet spokesman Chad Lyons. The company estimates that more than 80% of the new cars built in Europe are expected to include Start Stop technology by 2018. We offer Start Stop technology in some of our European products, but the new Malibu’s Start Stop system is the first standard in an automatic car for GM overall.

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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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—Professor Chad A. Liliang Huang, Peng-Cheng Chen, Mohan Liu, Xianbiao Fu, Pavlo Gordiichuk, Yanan Yu, Chris Wolverton, Yijin Kang, Chad A. Mirkin (2018) “Catalyst design by scanning probe block copolymer lithography” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800884115. Mirkin, co-corresponding author. 1800884115.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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kg in California in the third quarter of 2018. Michael Penev, Jarett Zuboy, Chad Hunter (2019) “Economic analysis of a high-pressure urban pipeline concept (HyLine) for delivering hydrogen to retail fueling stations,” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 77, Pages 92-105 doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2019.10.005.

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SpaceX schedules first Falcon Heavy launch in two years in early October

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Currently the most powerful and capable commercial rocket in operation and likely to remain so for years to come, Falcon Heavy debuted in February 2018, successfully delivering a lighthearted mock payload into interplanetary space. Chad Melone at the Small Payload Ride Share Symposium today.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Tao Images/Alamy. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Jonathan Weiss/Alamy. The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

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