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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences. ( DE-FOA-0001810 ).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2018

A team led by Kanazawa University in Japan has developed a cleaner method for the recycling of several rare earths (REs) such as yttrium (Y) and europium (Eu) used as phosphors in fluorescent lamps (FLs). Chelators—organic compounds containing elements such as N or O—bond to metals through electron donation.

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of fine particulate matter—which causes adverse health effects—even in urban environments; vehicles may be a dominant source of SOA in urban areas, although there is still an ongoing debate over SOA formation from on-road sources. —Zhao et al. Yunliang Zhao, Andrew T.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Researchers at Columbia University have solved the first piece of the puzzle; they have proved that CO 2 electroreduction begins with one common intermediate, not two as was commonly thought. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —lead author Irina Chernyshova. 1802256115.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S. He received a B.S.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. The observed specific energy (up to 243 Whr kg -1 ), power (up to 3.4

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MARCH 14, 2019

A team of researchers from the Bioremediation, Biomonitoring and Ecotoxicology Laboratory at Universiti Putra Malaysia, working with colleagues from University of Malaya’s National Antarctic Research Centre, has isolated and identified two species of diesel-degrading bacteria in Scott Coast and Ross Island, Antarctica. Habib et al.

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DECEMBER 29, 2018

Researchers at the Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene in China have synthesized onion-like nanospheres of carbon encapsulated few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries. The nanocomposite delivers a specific capacity of 1119?mAh 2018.12.055.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Harvard University recently purchased four Proterra battery-electric buses and electric infrastructure. In 2018, Harvard set a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on its campus by 2050 and to achieve fossil fuel-neutrality by 2026. in Allston. The vehicles can be fully charged in about three hours.

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JULY 26, 2019

LG Chem will host the 2nd Global Innovation Contest (GIC) for leading universities and research institutions worldwide. Being the first of its kind in Korean chemical industry, Global Innovation Contest invites organizations around the world to discover innovative ideas and technologies.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Yan Yao, Cullen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston and co-corresponding author for the paper, said the groundbreaking results came from combining both an organic quinone cathode and a new tailored boron cluster-based electrolyte solution. Neither approach is practical.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Mobility Center would bring existing regional efforts to secure an electric vehicle prototyping hub and the Autonomous Transportation Open Standards initiative under one umbrella organization.

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APRIL 19, 2018

Researchers at Jilin University in China have developed a new class of self-assembled crystalline porous organic salts (CPOSs) featuring high proton conductivity for applications such as proton-exchange membranes for fuel cells. Crystalline porous organic materials (e.g., x10- 2 S cm -1 at 333 K (60 ?C) Xing et al.

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MARCH 26, 2021

It acts as a resource for those interested in CARB’s research priorities for the 2021-2024 fiscal years, informing sister agencies, universities and communities of the agency’s priorities. CARB’s Research Program on sustainable transportation and communities is multi-faceted and builds upon the 2018 SB 150 report and more recent information.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. The plan is organized into 12 strategic objectives aimed at three distinct goals: Science and Energy; Nuclear Security; and Management and Performance. DOE has outlined three strategies to achieve this objective: 1.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Other organizations also participating in this new project include FCC, IVECO, The University of Granada, the CARTIF Foundation, SYSADVANCE and Gasnam. The European Union is going to limit to 10% the amount of municipal waste that can be dumped in landfills by 2035.

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APRIL 6, 2018

A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Led by Joshua Apte in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, the team used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study to measure PM 2.5 Lower panel b: Gains in life expectancy that could be reached by meeting World Health Organization guidelines for air quality around the world. 8b00360.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cities as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA. These products contain organic solvents, which lead to substantial emissions of VOCs to the atmosphere. Cappa, Jose L.

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APRIL 5, 2018

A research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed an economical and industrially viable strategy to produce graphene. The research was conducted in collaboration with Fudan University and the findings were published in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

He was a key figure in the creation of EIT Digital , an organization that invests in research and continuing education to bring new digital technologies to the European market. Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. The organization supports Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Sharma, a semiconductor engineer, was instrumental in organizing the meeting for the Tokyo-based company. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 2009 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University , in Delhi. Ghannouchi encouraged him to apply for a Killam Doctoral Scholarship to the Canadian university, and he was accepted.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. Freeman, Anita J.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

During this process, oxidizing intermediates such as LiO 2 , O 2 2- , OOH - or 1 O 2 may attack the organic electrolyte and cause performance decay. Zhimei Huang, Haipeng Zeng, Meilan Xie, Xing Lin, Zhaoming Huang, Yue Shen, Yunhui Huang (2018) “A stable lithium-oxygen battery electrolyte based on fully methylated cyclic ether” Angew.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a gel-like electrolyte induced by fumed alumina for dendrite-free Li deposition, lower over-potential and better cycle stability in lithium-sulfur batteries. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications. after 300 cycles and 76.5%

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JANUARY 27, 2019

If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. —co-author Dr. Matthias Mail, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants at the University of Bonn.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The vision reflects the input and consensus of more than 40 partners: auto manufacturers, energy companies, fuel cell technology companies, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and universities. As of July 2018, nearly 5,000 fuel cell cars are already on the road in California.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an artificial enzyme that digests lignin, which has stubbornly resisted previous attempts to develop it into an economically useful energy source. —Chun-Long Chen. Resources.

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APRIL 4, 2024

The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. Students and members met with IEEE leaders, government officials, university professors, and industry executives. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Establish a consortium for sustained collaborations among university partners in South Dakota, Montana, and Oklahoma in the field of methane regulation in extreme environments. Among the highlights were the oxidation of mixed methane gas to liquid biofuel by Methyloferula sp , an obligately methanotrophic bacterium. Johnson, Bhupinder S.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

By bringing together federal funding and industry partnerships, university researchers are able to tackle key challenges in the cyber domain and have paths to market for the resulting technologies. Ralph Northam signed the 2018-20 budget that includes $25 million for CCI. In June, Virginia Gov.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

The teenagers engage in hands-on activities, speak with working engineers, and make field trips to local engineering organizations. In its inaugural year in 2018, 80 students participated; this year 330 attended. The 10-day camp for students ages 13 to 17 provides an immersive and fun approach to learning about engineering.

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MARCH 22, 2018

From 10 March to 9 April 2018, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research flights from Tainan in Taiwan more closely to examine the spread and transformation of emissions from major cities such as Manila, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the new Charge Ready NY initiative provides a $4,000 rebate per charging port for public or private employers, building owners, municipalities and non-profit organizations to install Level 2 charging stations.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Columbia University, Expanding the Boundaries of Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal for Energy-Efficient Clean Water Production – $1,620,136. Oregon State University, Freshwater Recovery System for Hydraulic Fracturing (FRESH-Frac) Using a Thermally-Actuated Nozzle-Demister – $2,972,000. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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AUGUST 26, 2018

Chemists from the University of Waterloo have successfully resolved two of the most challenging issues surrounding lithium-oxygen batteries, and in the process created a working battery with near 100% coulombic efficiency. In addition, the superoxide consumes the organic electrolyte in the process, which greatly limits the cycle life.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.).

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