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Extreme-fast-charging solid-state battery company Storedot opening US R&D hub

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The new hub will work alongside StoreDot’s Israel-based R&D headquarters, enabling its XFC automotive battery technologies to be mass produced by 2024. This new US R&D innovation hub signals that our business is rapidly expanding, as we are scaling up our extreme fast charging technologies.

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U Georgia team discovers tungsten in novel bacterial enzyme; potential for cellulosic biofuels

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bescii ferments both C 5 and C 6 sugars primarily to hydrogen gas, lactate, acetate and CO 2 , and is of particular interest for metabolic engineering applications given the recent availability of a genetic system. During an analysis of the C. bescii has a completely uncharacterized aspect involving tungsten, a rarely-used element in biology.

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Are You Ready for Workplace Brain Scanning?

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To be clear, the kind of neurotech that’s currently available is nowhere close to reading minds. Two of the most interesting innovators in this field are the Israel-based startup. Some EEG headsets are even available directly to consumers for a few hundred dollars. This is quite real.” InnerEye Security Screening Demo.

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New Electrostatic Nanocapacitors Offer High Power and High Energy Density

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The Maryland/KAIST research team’s new devices are electrostatic nanocapacitors which increase the energy storage density of such devices by a factor of 10 over that of commercially available devices without sacrificing the high power they traditionally characteristically offer.

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Mercedes unveils VISION EQXX electric halo car; range and efficiency

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Those who paid attention in physics class will know that heat is an energy form in a new guise. Not available in previous Mercedes-Benz heat pumps, this feature increases the operating temperature range. The result is optimum functionality packaged within the compact dimensions of the available space. Thermal management system.

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When Can We Expect Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks on the Road?

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Nikola has started building its fuel cell electric trucks Using Toyota’s fuel cell technology , Kenworth plans to begin full-scale production of Class 8 T680 hydrogen electric vehicles in 2025 , and the first of these zero-emission on-highway trucks will hit the road in 2024.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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The plan, the brainchild of the former Silicon Valley software executive Shai Agassi , is an effort to overcome the major hurdles to electric cars — slow battery recharging and limited availability. I believe the new asset class is batteries,” he said. of Palo Alto, Calif., will make all-electric vehicles feasible.

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