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Researchers say cubic boron arsenide best semiconductor material yet found

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Now, a team of researchers at MIT, the University of Houston, and other institutions have shown that cubic boron arsenide overcomes these two limitations of silicon as a semiconductor material. MIT researchers say cubic boron arsenide is the best semiconductor material ever found, and maybe the best possible one.

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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. The UT Austin technique is aimed at the latter. But Yu and his colleagues at UT Austin developed theirs with arid atmospheres in mind.

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MIT and U. Texas report urges combining and scaling up carbon capture and storage with enhanced oil recovery

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A report from MIT and The University of Texas at Austin urges the US to accelerate efforts to pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) in combination with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a practice that could increase domestic oil production while significantly curbing emissions of carbon dioxide. -EOR System. common with CO 2.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram, Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Jennifer Rupp, Professor of Electrochemical Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and TU Munich (TUM). Prior to working at Motorola, Lane held various senior-level operations roles at IBM for more than 10 years.

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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

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A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. John Goodenough from the University of Texas as Austin, has found one of the most effective catalysts yet discovered for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for use in water-splitting to produce hydrogen or in rechargeable metal-air batteries. Yang Shao-Horn, in collaboration with Prof.

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Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

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Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. The new cathode does not rely only on the capacity contribution from these transition-metals in battery cycling.

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Video Friday: TruckBot

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IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL ROSCON 2023 : 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANS HUMANOIDS 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS CYBATHLON CHALLENGES : 02 February 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos!