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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.

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Scientists create cheap and safe electro-catalysts for anion-exchange fuel cells

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In a study published in the Journal of Power Sources , the team from Surrey worked with colleagues from Queen Mary University of London to create low-cost carbon based electro-catalysts for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFC).

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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Following overnight increases in the 3-month nickel price earlier this week—with prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) up as much as 250% in two trading days above $100k per ton—the LME made the decision to suspend trading in the metal on 8 March. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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Is curbside charging the solution for the Plight of the Drivewayless? – Charged EVs

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Solutions from the clever to the silly have been proposed, but if we look at dense cities where adoption is already well advanced, we’re bound to conclude that the answer is simply curbside charging—lots of small, cheap chargers that can fit into existing street hardware such as lampposts.

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Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening

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The future here is a little uncertain, though—the hardware is pretty expensive, and human labor is (relatively) cheap. Expert human knowledge is not cheap, of course.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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Better battery testing tech could jumpstart the used EV market To be fair, Unico says that the BAT300 series is intended for applications where expensive, research-level tools deliver more than what’s needed, but cheap, entry-level tools don’t do quite enough. One possible application is the used vehicle market.

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January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month

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Airline traffic slackens, which means cheap flights. A quick survey by Mr. Kelly showed $467 as the price of a coach ticket from New York to London; the cost for that same flight in June was $745. People are spent after the holidays,” said Brian Kelly, who runs the travel website The Points Guy. And there are great deals.”