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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. —Esmaeilirad et al.

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Study: Catalytic Converter Thefts Are Slowly Declining

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Catalytic converter theft has become a popular pastime for criminals looking to make a quick buck in the United States. regulators seemed absolutely committed to ruining vehicles via the Clean Air Act, catalytic converters would become mandatory hardware on all exhaust systems by 1975. Implemented during the Malaise Era, when the U.S.

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U of Illinois team models capabilities of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for general aviation aircraft

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have utilized a series of simulations to model the performance of twin-engine hybrid-electric general-aviation propulsion systems. —Phillip Ansell, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.

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10,000 North American school buses will be converted to fully electric

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more… The post 10,000 North American school buses will be converted to fully electric appeared first on Electrek.

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City of Springfield, Illinois converts 24 vehicles to propane autogas

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to convert 24 police patrol cars and pickup trucks to clean burning propane autogas. CleanFUEL USA has partnered with the City of Springfield, Ill., We estimate our fuel savings in the first year alone to be more than $82,000. The project was funded in part by a grant from the US Energy Department’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear. On 13 September, the U.S.

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U of Illinois researchers develop new capabilities for genome-wide engineering of yeast

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The team focused on yeast in part because of its important modern-day applications; yeasts are used to convert the sugars of biomass feedstocks into biofuels such as ethanol and industrial chemicals such as lactic acid, or to break down organic pollutants. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), which is led by Zhao.

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