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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

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Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. Different sources of light were used, ranging from a laser to white light simulating the solar spectrum. —Liao et al.

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DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine universities for awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of advanced, lower emission coal technologies. million investment will be leveraged with additional funds from the universities to support $3.1 Brown University.

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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The corresponding range of CO 2 offsets is 0.55–2.0 Gigatons yr −1. This would displace 3.8–13.7%

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Colorado State University. Temple University.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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This is an example of bridging the conversational nature of Chat GPT and other LLMs to generate real-world physical action. Agility ] Battery endurance represents a key challenge for long-term autonomy and long-range operations, especially in the case of aerial robots. Moderated by Catie Cuan, Stanford University.

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New thermoelectric material offers higher output power than other available materials

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Researchers at the University of Houston, with their colleagues at Boston College, have created a new thermoelectric material—germanium-doped magnesium stannide (Mg 2 Sn 0.75 It can be used with waste-heat applications and concentrated solar energy conversion at temperatures up to 300 ?C, C, said Zhifeng Ren, lead author and M.D.

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DOE awards $4M to carbon capture and storage projects selected as part of ACT

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and its subcontractor, the University of Texas at Austin, will work with their partners to establish a fast-track, cost-effective, de-risking mechanism to predict and control degradation of carbon capture solvents. DOE Funding: $501,000; Non-DOE funding: $2,724,551; Total Value: $3,225,551.

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