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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. The microprojectile tests were performed by a research group at Rice University, led by professor Edwin L.

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Safety fears: are obese EVs too heavy and dangerous for guardrails?

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Researchers from the US university of Nebraska-Lincoln have made a shocking discovery that a modern highway’s guardrail and concrete block road partitions are not strong enough to withstand the impact of a large battery-electric pick-up truck travelling at 60mph (97km/h). appeared first on EV Central.

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UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

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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

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Serendipitous discovery by IUPUI researchers may lead to environmentally friendly lubricants

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Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Lubricant performance testing was conducted on steel surfaces at the University of North Texas.

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