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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Bert Brunekreef at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and colleagues reported that exposure to PM 2.5 , BC, and NO 2 showed significant associations of air pollution exposure with natural-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory, and lung cancer mortality. Boston, MA: Health Effects Institute.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Scientists at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, together with colleagues from Boston University (BU) and Wayne State University (WSU), have now succeeded in preventing dendrite formation and thus at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium metal battery. Rajendran, Z. Neumann, A. Turchanin & L. 202100666.

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JULY 24, 2022

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. Furthermore, silicon is not very good at conducting heat, which is why overheating issues and expensive cooling systems are common in computers.

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MAY 10, 2021

Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Air pollution levels were obtained from a site in Boston. They also explored whether taking NSAIDs could modify their relationships.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Naimi, MD, MPH, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health. Our study challenges the popular misconception that alcohol-involved crashes primarily affect drinking drivers, or that BACs below the legal limit don’t matter.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.

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MAY 15, 2018

air pollution during the third trimester of their mother’s pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research by a team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Children who were exposed to higher levels of PM 2.5 —Noel T.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers at Columbia University, with colleagues at Boston University and Abt Associates, have identified concentration-response (C-R) functions for a number of adverse health outcomes in children associated with air pollutants largely from fossil fuel combustion. Resources. Ashrafi, P. 2018.12.016.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Researchers at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, MIT and Boston College have found that indium-doped tin telluride (SnTe) shows high thermoelectric performance, with a peak figure of merit (ZT) of ?1.1 Ren and his research team arrived at UH in January from Boston College.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Columbia ] Researchers at Stanford University have invented a way to augment electric motors to make them much more efficient at performing dynamic movements through a new type of actuator, a device that uses energy to make things move. JPL ] Please join us for a lively panel discussion featuring GRASP Faculty members Dr.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Serving as the main hub for Nyobolt’s global battery cell development, the Boston-based US team—which combines the expertize of A123 engineers and other leading battery companies—will be responsible for creating the first demonstrative product prototypes for Nyobolt, which are expected to launch later this year. Griffith et al.

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MAY 31, 2021

To conduct the study, the researchers used anonymized cellphone data from large communications providers to track the movement of people in the metro areas of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Boston; Braga, Lisbon, and Porto, Portugal; Dakar, Senegal; and Singapore. This generalized behavior is not just something you observe in Boston.

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JUNE 21, 2023

In addition, the company is expanding external collaborations with specialized companies, startups and universities. Hyundai Motor has completed the construction of the Battery Joint Research Center at Seoul National University, which is scheduled to open in July this year.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

In a study with implications for populated areas near airports, a team from Tufts University in Boston has found that the impact of aviation on ambient ultrafine particle number concentrations (PNCs) extend many kilometers downwind of Boston’s Logan airport. Resources. years at three sites within 7.3 km of the airport.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Researchers at the University of Houston, with their colleagues at Boston College, have created a new thermoelectric material—germanium-doped magnesium stannide (Mg 2 Sn 0.75 Opeil of Boston College, and Stephen Wilson of the University of California at Santa Barbara. 1424388112.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto. Interest in building such systems is welcome because Tesla and Elon Musk’s involvement in the problem brings attention, talent, and resources to the problem, setting in motion a flywheel of progress. Assistant Professor, Florida State University. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Animesh Garg.

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MARCH 1, 2024

NSF-supported researchers from New York University, using first-person video from a head-mounted camera, trained AI models to learn language through the eyes and ears of a child. [ Boston Dynamics ] Modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems are more adaptive than conventional systems.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Other authors include Sandia researchers William Mook and Daniel Bufford and former Sandia researcher and experimental lead Claire Chisholm, who is now at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The work was funded in part by Sandia’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program. Hayden, Claire Chisholm, Rachael O.

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JULY 29, 2018

Considering electrification, autonomy and sharing (the “Three Revolutions”), a team from Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley projects that electricity use from light duty vehicle (LDV) transport will likely be in the 570–1140?TWh Their open-access study appears in the journal Energy Policy.

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JULY 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 7 projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for central power generation from fossil energy resources for further research. Boston University. Stanford University. University of Wisconsin, Madison. West Virginia University.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. Earlier post.). Previously the Robert R.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

A collaboration including researchers from Boston College, MIT, the University of Virginia and Clemson University have achieved a peak ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of 0.8 And a team from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan reported experimentally achieving a ZT of 1.7 and Emma H.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

With approximately 240 GW of new wind installations forecasted globally over the next five years, a 2% increase would create 5 GW of additional wind power capacity—enough to power every household in New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles, combined, GE Research noted. Lele, Stanford University). Courtesy: Prof. Click to enlarge.

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EVA Cape Cod forms to promote charging infrastructure EVACC chapter co-founder Matt Scinto and daughter in his Tesla While electric vehicle (EV) chargers may be plentiful in Boston and elsewhere in Massachusetts, the popular tourist destination of Cape Cod is a charging desert.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Jonathan Levy, a professor of environmental health at Boston University, says Barrett’s calculations for the overall number of premature deaths related to combustion emissions agree with similar conclusions by the Environmental Protection Agency. Fabio Caiazzo, Akshay Ashok, Ian A. Waitz, Steve H.L. Yim, Steven R.H. 2013.05.081.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Woods , whose fierce independence left him with few resources and helpful contacts, Latimer inserted himself into positions where he used his unrivaled experience and expertise to elevate others. As fate would have it, George was spotted in Boston one day by an acquaintance of the human trafficker who had once held him in bondage.

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APRIL 12, 2016

levels in Boston have declined by more than 30% between 1996 and 2006. Kaufman, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, in an accompanying editorial. —Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and lead author. Dr. Rice noted that PM 2.5 — Cora S. Sack, MD, and Joel D. Mary B Rice, Sheryl L.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-Partnering

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

—Boston College Professor of Chemistry Paul Davidovits. Cappa, a professor of engineering at the University of California, Davis, and Timothy B. In one respect, it shows that nature is much more complicated than our initial laboratory experiments and modeling indicated. Now we will try to unravel and understand that complexity.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Level 2 AC charging (L2) with universally accepted J1772 connectors will serve charging at long dwell-time locations.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

However, the report notes, renewable energy price improvements are not universal, and costs range widely according to resources and the availability of financing. There are no technical barriers to the increased integration of variable renewable resources, such as solar and wind energy. Source: IRENA. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 31, 2015

MIT researchers will develop a system model using real-world data obtained from existing resources to simulate the transportation network of the greater Boston area. University of Maryland at College Park.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A new report commissioned by Western Resource Advocates, a non-profit environmental law and policy organization, finds that oil shale’s Energy Return on Investment (EROI) is extremely low, falling between 1:1 and 2:1 when self-energy—the energy released by the oil shale conversion process that is used to power that operation—is counted as a cost.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

There won’t be Scotch tape on the final model,” says Costanzo , as he rearranges the gear in his lab at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), in Richmond. cellphone retail company with stores in 43 states, he had the resources to invest in long-shot research. The University of Manchester. As the CEO of a.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) —Stuart Licht. 5b02427.

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MARCH 11, 2023

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. Like Rippel and Cocconi, Brooks was a Caltech graduate and part of the close-knit community of EV enthusiasts that emerged around the prestigious university. After earning a Ph.D.

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