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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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However, the spike in vanadium prices (ferrovanadium prices increased by about 200% in 2018) caused Chinese mills to substitute niobium to vanadium and Chinese niobium imports increased 30% year-on-year both in 2018 and 2019. The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. The paper (Griffith et al. )

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Freudenberg secures majority interest in Li-ion battery maker XALT Energy; full acquisition coming

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In March 2018, Freudenberg announced it had acquired a 31% ownership stake in XALT Energy through a multi-million dollar investment in its operations. In 2018, Freudenberg agreed to work with a leading provider of electrical power distribution and automation for the marine industry to explore battery solutions for its applications.

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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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Through consultations and seminars on battery technology, insights and development directions will be discussed, alongside a consultative body that will be formed regularly to share information on global battery industry trends and results. Hyundai Motor will invest KRW 9.5 trillion (US$7.4

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Compared with bipolar junction transistors, which were predominant in ICs then, MOS transistors are easier to scale and consume less power. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. In 1987 he left to become manager of consulting services at Power Technology Inc.

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Video Friday: Drone in a Cage

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NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. This kite-powered drone is blowing my mind. This week’s GRASP on Robotics seminar is from Katherine Kuchenbecker at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, on haptics and physical human-robot interaction. “A Dynetics ].

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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By the beginning of the 21st century, South Korea had become a dominant power in the global semiconductor market, meeting more than 60 percent of international demand for memory chips alone. Kim influenced not only his own students but also countless others through his openness.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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RISC-V chips made by Chinese firms and research institutes can now power self-driving cars, artificial-intelligence models and data-storage centres, according to two industry figures and the previously unreported documents. Intel and AMD did not respond to questions about the matter, while Arm declined to comment. While the U.S.

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