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Toyota Research Institute and Northwestern partner to accelerate new materials discovery with nanomaterial data factory; fuel cell catalysts first

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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Northwestern University are collaborating to help accelerate new materials discovery, design and development with the world’s first nanomaterial “data factory.”. —Chad Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. Earlier post.).

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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

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Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Tao Images/Alamy. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Jonathan Weiss/Alamy.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. Looking deeply into the human voice Chad Hagen Singh suggests that speech analysis alone can be used to generate a shockingly detailed profile of an unknown speaker.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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research facilities for scientists from universities, industry, and other laboratories, as well as to ORNL researchers: Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC). Neutrons mapped several points inside the molecular framework of the cells to see how internal stresses and irregularities were distributed. Simmons, B.,

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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billion in 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association. But in the United States, domestic and international airfares are expected to move in opposite directions. International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine.

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