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DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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The University of Michigan will develop an engine combustion model using software that is capable of simulating a range of different parameters that could occur in a combustion chamber, such as combustion duration, flame speed, and pressure development. University of Alabama. University of Michigan.

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Researchers create first large-scale model of human mobility that incorporates human motive; population distribution rather than size

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Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University and Italy’s University of Padua have identified an underlying flaw in the “gravity law”—a statistical formula used in modeling the movement of people and goods between cities, states or countries. states and major metropolitan areas.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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range of cultivation. University of Alabama. type Hexaferrite The University of Alabama led team will demonstrate. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials.

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