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Researchers identify peptide to bind LMNO to improve power and performance of cathodes in Li-ion batteries

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Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have isolated a peptide, a type of biological molecule, which binds strongly to lithium manganese nickel oxide (LMNO), a material that can be used to make the cathode in high-performance Li-ion batteries. Baltimore, Maryland.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Over the past few years, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and University of Stavanger in Norway have developed a new protocol, called BChain, which makes blockchain even more robust.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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The Connected Traveler: A Framework to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation. The Connected Traveler framework will provide local transportation authorities and individual travelers with a tool to identify personal travel decisions that balance quality of service with energy efficiency. University of Maryland at College Park.

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RF Safety Lab Ensures Wireless Gadgets Meet Safety Standards

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After graduating with a bachelors degree in biomedical and electrical engineering in 2000 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, he joined PCTest Engineering Laboratory , in Columbia, Md. Although small, it is connected via a wire to a monitor, which the surgeon can view during the procedure.

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We Can Now Train Big Neural Networks on Small Devices

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Heretofore, memory-reduction systems used one of those two tricks or, says Shishir Patil , a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley , and the lead author of the paper describing the innovation, they were combined using “heuristics” that are “suboptimal,” often requiring a lot of energy.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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In the chemistry module on acids and bases, for example, students are shown a computer-generated version of a wastewater-treatment plant in Baltimore, and they try to make chemically contaminated water safe to drink. The teachers “say they can tell the platform was designed by an educator,” she adds.

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IEEE Awardee’s Tech Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Nerve Damage

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1 Institute for Health , the National University of Singapore (NUS), and at the National University Cancer Institute of Singapore. The IEEE Life Fellow is a professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. Bandla, who is based in Singapore, is also a principal investigator at the N.1