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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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Kumamoto University project to use Nissan LEAF technology in electric bus test in Japan; 3 packs, 3 motors

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Technology developed by Nissan for the battery-electric Nissan LEAF will be used in an electric bus project led by a team from Kumamoto University, that starts testing next month in Japan, with the goal of making zero-emission public transit more widespread and affordable. —Toshiro Matsuda, Kumamoto University project leader.

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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice?

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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice? For starters, those with the least income are unlikely to be able to afford to purchase a new car, let alone a Tesla. A January 2023 study from the University of Michigan found that “more than half of the lowest-income U.S. households (an estimated 8.3

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PNNL leads team to accelerate development of affordable carbon fiber composites

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Fiber orientation prediction in 3D complex part using the Autodesk software (Left) that was imported into the 3D ABAQUS model (Right) for stiffness performance prediction using the PNNL-developed Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka Approach to Non-Linear Analysis (EMTA-NLA) model in ABAQUS.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.). The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas.

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ETI, Loughborough University, Johnson Matthey & Caterpillar launch ÂŁ4.5M project to improve effectiveness of SCR aftertreatment systems for heavy-duty vehicles

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The UK public-private partnership Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), Loughborough University, Johnson Matthey and Caterpillar have launched a new ÂŁ4.5-million The ETI commissioned and funded project will be led by Johnson Matthey, which in addition to collaborating with the university, will also work alongside ETI member Caterpillar.

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ION Storage Systems to partner with U Maryland on $4.8M ARPA-E EVs4ALL award

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(ION) will participate in the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) EVs4ALL program as part of a $­4.8-million million grant awarded to the University of Maryland (UMD). Earlier post.) The EVs4ALL project will accelerate this objective by enabling a 5–15-minute charge to 80% of cell capacity.

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