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Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

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The strategic investment and alliance aims to expand the feedstock flexibility of Renmatix’s proprietary Plantrose process beyond rural biomass to include materials derived from cost-effective and readily available urban waste material such as that managed by Waste Management.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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Later in the program, teams that move to Phase 2 will focus on building components, unit operations, and prototype systems to reduce technical risks and costs. In FLECCS Phase 2, up to $31 million in additional funding will be available for teams. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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AML’s contact-free current transfer would achieve 99% efficiency in DC electrical motors with 5-10 times the power and torque densities available in existing DC technologies. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Georgia Tech will develop a new approach to internally cool permanent magnet motors. Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Highly efficient non-precious metal electrocatalyst for ORR in fuel cells and metal-air batteries

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Architectural features of tetrapod structures, commercially available melamine foam (inset), and a cross-sectional view (SEM image) of a fractured melamine foam after pyrolysis. The catalytic cathode must ensure that oxygen reacts with water, taking up electrons to form OH - ions in alkaline solution. —Lee et al.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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These products, initially developed for businesses, grew so popular that they suddenly needed to be available at every big-box store and drugstore alike, and, Post-its aside, retail was not a fit for the kind of company 3M was. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. Georgia Power. Southern Company: Georgia Power. Dayton Power & Light Company. Duke Energy. General Motors.

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