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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) Nature Energy 1, Article number: 16111 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.111.

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Ames Lab researchers observe rare-earth-like magnetic properties in iron

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In modern magnets, iron gives most magnets their strength, and comes with the benefits of being abundant and cheap. x Fe x )N,” Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3333 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4333. The results appeared in Nature Communications. —Paul Canfield, Ames Laboratory. Taufour, A. Kreyssig, R.S. Bud’ko & P.C.

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Boston Dynamics’ Founder on the Future of Robotics

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But as the company focuses more on commercializing its technology , Raibert has become more interested in pursuing the long-term vision of what robotics can be. You could talk about what you want to do, but people talk about all kinds of things that way—the future is so cheap, and so variable. But somehow, it’s captivating.

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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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These layers are not molecularly bolted together like a metal but instead are loose enough to slide over one another, and with huge internal surface areas. Because of this, a commercial catalyst would require a huge amount of MOS 2. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant. —Stan Chou. People want a non-platinum catalyst.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. After many discussions with players in the commercial EV field, we realized that the problem was proving the performance of EVs. Rustam Kocher has been a pioneer in the commercial EV field. Everything on a commercial vehicle has to be more rugged.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Since Western sanctions against Russia took hold in reaction to the Russian land grab in Crimea and the shooting down of a commercial airliner, Moscow has increasingly looked to its former Cold War rival as a key buyer of Russian crude—its most important export. However, the Chinese have a problem in their plans for the yuan.

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Wildcat ramps up its focus on EV Supercell breakthroughs

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At the same time, Wildcat has also been working on some internal projects having to do with next-generation battery materials. Charged : How exactly is Wildcat changing its approach to internal battery material research projects? Mark Gresser: Supercell is our internal name for a battery that the EV industry would love.

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