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NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

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Although electrification has shown promise toward reducing the carbon footprint of passenger vehicles, aviation remains dependent on hydrocarbon fuels due to their high energy density relative to even the most advanced battery technologies available today. —Stone et al.

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J.D. Power study: consumers possess inaccurate knowledge of fully automated self-driving vehicles

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More than half (55%) of respondents selected descriptions that are aligned with driver assist technology, which describe lower levels of automation currently available in many product offerings. Power, MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium (MIT AVT) and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE).

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. —Cullen Buie, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, co-author. Credit: Braff et al. Click to enlarge. The membrane-less design enables power densities of 0.795?

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. gas, the first step in the commercial process of converting natural. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. commercial and military market.

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