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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. Envisioned modular, on-site renewable hydrocarbon synthesis system based on CO 2 capture from thin air.

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MultiSchIBZ consortium developing SOFC APU for marine use

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A fuel gas generator converts the fossil fuel into a hydrogen-rich gas for operating the fuel cells. Creation and alignment of legal bases for the application of technology in ships. Leibniz University, Institute of Thermodynamics, Hannover. Leibniz University, Institute for Electrical Energy Systems, Hannover.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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Energy Conversion Devices files Chapter 11, seeks sale of businesses; Ovonic Battery Company sold to BASF Corporation

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million in outstanding 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013. USO is a global leader in manufacturing flexible, lightweight thin-film photovoltaic products for use in the commercial rooftop and building-integrated markets. Sale of United Solar. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. joint venture.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. Still, there were problems.

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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

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” As expected, both screenings with Paine presenting were completely sold out, and it was a mob scene of EV-ers and “civilians” alike with the admission lines snaking around the building.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM.

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