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Simple process for the production of fuel additives from residual forest biomass

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Researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, with colleagues at the Université de Toulouse, France, have developed a process for the direct production of levulinates from cheap residual lignocellulosic biomass using an affordable homogeneous catalyst. A paper on their work is published in Fuel. wt%, 83 wt%, and 73 wt% using ?-cellulose,

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Portable Analyzer Brings Blood Testing to Rural Areas

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Seeing the need for a more transportable system that can analyze blood samples in rural and remote areas, two researchers in India have developed a new design that is simple, affordable, and easily deployed anywhere where a source of electricity is available. This prototype offers a cheap way to analyze blood samples remotely.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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This proliferation of satellite constellations coincides with the emergence of off-the-shelf components and software-defined radio—both of which make the satellites more affordable, but perhaps less secure. That may be because one of the temptations of LEO is the ability of relatively cheap new hardware to do smaller jobs.

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PNNL team develops bio-inspired iron-based catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells

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The catalyst could support the achievement of more affordable fuel cells. Electricity is produced from the oxidation of hydrogen in low-temperature fuel cells, but the best catalyst is platinum, a precious metal of low abundance. This work was supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Science. Tianbiao Liu, Daniel L.

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Material Derived From Carbonized Chicken Feathers Could Meet DOE Hydrogen Storage Targets

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Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost. Wool, University of Delaware.

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Luxonis’ New Fun-size Bot

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They’ve just launched a Kickstarter for Rae , a pint-sized open source mobile robot with an integrated depth camera that combines accessible apps with ROS 2 and is somehow also kind of affordable. This is a shame, because it was a shockingly cheap $299. Dillon acknowledges this problem. “We

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New Rutgers non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution performs as well as Pt in both acid and base

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Currently, renewable hydrogen may be produced from water by electrolysis with either low efficiency alkaline electrolyzers that suffer 50–65% losses, or by more efficient acidic electrolyzers using expensive rare platinum group metal catalysts (Pt). Resources. —Charles Dismukes. Laursen, K. Patraju, M. Whitaker, M. Retuerto, T.

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