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Researchers find two strains of diesel-eating bacteria in Antarctica

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This insight could potentially inform bioremediation efforts in the region. Optimization improved the ability of ADL15 to degrade diesel in a test environment from 22.39% to 38.32%, and of ADL36 from 83.75% to 99.89%. An open-access paper on the work appears in the journal Microbial Cell Factories. Habib et al.

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Drive System Design optimizes in-house tool to identify best electrified propulsion systems for e-mobility applications

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The user interface enables deeper dive capability to plot out various attribute combinations, refine and focus on data inputs giving detailed insight into attribute tradeoffs (e.g. power losses vs. costs) and further analyze the most suitable powertrain makeup.

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TWAICE battery analytics platform promises enormously valuable insights at every point in a battery’s lifecycle

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The German firm TWAICE was founded in June 2018 by Dr. Michael Baumann and Dr. Stephan Rohr to address these needs. How can you get insights about the life and the performance of batteries? But back then, we really saw the potential of this and decided to spin this off after our PhD, which we did in 2018.

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Propel Fuels to launch EV charging network in California

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California’s EV market has grown to roughly 450,000 vehicles in 2018 with a looming state mandate of 5 million zero emission vehicles on the road by 2030. The platform enables data-powered insights into low carbon customer values, behaviors, and demographics. —Propel CEO Rob Elam.

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Elon Musk says his AI startup xAI not raising capital – ET Auto

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Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, but stepped down from its board in 2018. Thanks to the popularity of ChatGPT, the AI industry has been a rare bright spot in a subdued start-up funding environment. Last week, Musk denied a report that xAI had secured USD 500 million in commitments from investors toward a USD 1 billion funding goal.

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Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. While altitude observatories in the Himalayas or the Alps provide insights into these processes, the picture is still very incomplete, especially for the Southern Hemisphere. Environ. , Wiedensohler, A., Andrade, M., Weinhold, K., Birmili, W.,

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Qualcomm introduces first commercial 5G modem chipset solution

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It will employ Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna technology with adaptive beamforming and beam tracking techniques, which facilitates robust and sustained mobile broadband communications in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments. Sampling for the Snapdragon X50 5G modem is expected to begin in the second half of 2017.