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NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels

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Thomas, PhD, Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology. Dunn, PhD, Northwestern University. Gurian, PhD, Drexel University. Hill, PhD, University of Minnesota. Madhu Khanna, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Michalek, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University. Scown, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.

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New Self-Assembled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anodes for Li-ion Batteries Offer More Than 5X The Reversible Capacity of Graphite Anodes

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Source: Georgia Tech. The large silicon volume changes on lithium ion insertion and extraction—which can cause structural problems leading to rapid capacity loss—are accommodated by the particle’s internal porosity. The internal channels in the silicon-carbon spheres serve two purposes. Click to enlarge. Source: Magasinki et al.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Exide Technologies with Axion Power International. Honeywell International Inc. Manufacturing: Elkhart County, IN; Deployment: Portland, Chicago, and Sacramento. West Virginia University (NAFTC). Bristol, TN Columbus, GA.

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The EV Transition Explained

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But when you pop the Lightning’s hood, you find the internal combustion engine has gone missing. The EV Transition Explained This is the first in a series of articles presenting just some of the technological and social challenges in moving from vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric vehicles. In its place is a.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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SMART is evolving a multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder, international collaborative research network linking elements related to the five areas of special focus and its on-the ground projects. Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand.

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The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

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As University of Michigan professor emeritus and student of system-human interactions John Leslie King observes “People find ways to use systems for their own benefit not anticipated by designers and developers. A critical unanswered question is whether both society and government can successfully adjust to such a rapidly imposed change.