Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy (nanotwinned Al-Fe) that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential applications in the automotive and aerospace industries. Meanwhile, “twin boundaries” consisting of two layers of stacking faults can form. Sichuang Xue, Zhe Fan, Olawale B.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The team’s highest reported yield—5.7 doi: 10.1128/AEM.00998-18.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

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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