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Rice team develops “antenna-reactor” plasmonic catalysts for increased energy savings and efficiency in catalytic processes

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Researchers at Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), with colleagues at Princeton University, have developed a new method for uniting light-capturing photonic nanomaterials and high-efficiency metal catalysts, creating an “antenna-reactor” plasmonic catalyst. By placing a catalytic reactor particle adjacent to a plasmonic antenna, the highly efficient and tunable light-harvesting capacities of plasmonic nanoparticles can be exploited to increase absorption and hot-carrier genera

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Nissan Leaf 48-kWh prototype built to compete in Spanish race series (video)

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Lots of attention is focused on the second-generation Nissan Leaf, which should arrive soon to replace the aging, first-generation model. The new Leaf is expected to have appreciably greater range than the current model, likely around 200 miles. In the meantime, though, a group of Nissan employees have created a different kind of longer-range.

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Handelsblatt report: Tensions easing between Volkswagen, California ARB

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Mary Nichols, the Chair of the California Air Resources Board (ARB), says that Volkswagen has improved its cooperation with California regulators to resolve the diesel emissions scandal, according to a snippet from an exclusive interview with her to be published tomorrow (Monday) in Germany’s business and finance daily Handelsblatt. In June, Volkswagen reached a near $15-billion settlement with authorities and Volkswagen diesel owners. ( Earlier post.

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The Land Rover Defender: has it had its day, or is there a place for it in the future?

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Mark Twain was a very perceptive writer, never more so than when he remarked that ‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ The same quip c.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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