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New DuraBlue ultracaps from Maxwell increase shock and vibration tolerance, energy and power capacity

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volt, 3400-farad DuraBlue ultracapacitor cell increases the range of available specific power by 17% and stored energy by 23% in the industry-standard 60 mm cylindrical “K2” form factor. The ultracapacitor industry is relatively young, and volumes in certain applications have just started to ramp over the last three to four years.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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About half of the levelized cost of retail station hydrogen can be attributed to hydrogen delivery, compression, and dispensing costs. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that a dispensed cost of about $7/kg must be achieved to make FCEVs competitive with gasoline internal combustion engine vehicles in early FCEV markets.

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Since removing residual ionic liquid after deconstruction is an added step incurring added expense, the new strain by itself could lower the costs of making biofuels. Quinn Dickinson, Scott Bottoms, Li Hinchman, Sean McIlwain, Sheena Li, Chad L. —Dickinson et al. Myers, Charles Boone, Joshua J. Coon, Alexander Hebert, Trey K.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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In terms of travel time, the strike produced a net benefit to the system because the one-off time costs of the strike were less than the enduring benefits for this minority of commuters. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. China enters world markets as major exporter of industrial products.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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NASA’s plan, for some years, has been for private industry to take over the routine work of space operations, with NASA as “one of many paying customers.” What’s more, new stations “might be obsolete before they’re even launched,” says Chad Anderson , a venture capitalist whose firm, Space Capital, has funded companies including Nanoracks.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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James Cortada It became a commodity business not only because of the chips and the operating system, but because other companies were able to put it all together at a lower cost than IBM. Once the PC business in IBM got folded into the main corporate structure, its costs of operating went up. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It is—as with a few things Tesla—it provided the model for what the rest of the industry is now trying to do. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car?