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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a membrane-based extraction system for the production of biofuels which uses less than 25% of the energy of current processes and produces ten times more biofuel with more than 99.5% The open-access findings are published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. —Kim et al.

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January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month

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Airline traffic slackens, which means cheap flights. While fares to Caribbean islands and ski resorts ping upward, the cost of airline tickets to other destinations plummets. While fares to Caribbean islands and ski resorts ping upward, the cost of airline tickets to other destinations plummets. And there are great deals.”

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Pneumatic Actuators Give Robot Cheetah-Like Acceleration

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While the electric motors give the kind of precise control that we’ve come to expect from electric motors, the pistons are controlled by simple (and cheap) binary valves that can either be on or off. And anything that has the potential to lower the cost of legged robots is fine by me, because I’m still waiting for one of my own.

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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

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This is a major achievement, which is one more step toward developing cheap and robust technology to harvest solar energy as chemical fuel. ”. This technology will advance side by side with new initiatives to improve and lower the cost of photovoltaics. —James Barber.

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

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However, once you’ve shelled out to buy one, you’ll find that running it is cheap. A full charge should only cost around 90p; there are no emissions, so there’s no road tax to pay (or congestion charge if you live in London); the insurance premium is lower; and parking in some areas will also be free.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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In their commentary, Andreas Goldthau (Royal Holloway University of London), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)), Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines) & Michael Bradshaw (University of Warwick) present four geopolitical scenarios to illustrate how varied the transition could be by 2030.

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Powered By IEEE Program Saves Startups Money

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Running a startup isn't cheap. HARDWARE FOR COMPACT SYSTEMS IEEE Member Josh Elijah is the founder of BotBlox , in London. LIFE SCIENCES DATA RESEARCH Joanne Wong launched SciosHub in 2020 to improve the data management, performance, and costs of conducting research in life sciences.

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