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Researchers develop high-strength nanotwinned aluminum alloy

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One type of stacking fault, called a 9R phase, is particularly promising, said Xinghang Zhang, a professor in Purdue University’s School of Materials Engineering and the corresponding author of the Advanced Materials paper. Zhang (2018) “High-Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase” Adv. 2018, 1704629 doi: 10.1002/adma.201704629.

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Serendipitous discovery by IUPUI researchers may lead to environmentally friendly lubricants

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violaceus plant’s biology and genetic makeup, researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln noticed the February orchid seed oils were unusual. Commercially, it may be prove to be a really good biorenewable component of lubricants. While collaborating on the O. Minto & Edgar B.

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. EPA simply must model real-world emissions, and test fuels under real-world conditions.

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