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Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

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Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. The new cathode does not rely only on the capacity contribution from these transition-metals in battery cycling.

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Toyota Research Institute launches next phase of collaborative research with 13 new academic institutions; more than $75M investment

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These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering. Columbia University.

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MIT/CalTrans study finds pavement-vehicle interaction accounts for 1% of overall fuel consumption on California highways

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“While a passenger car wouldn’t achieve significant gas savings, road stiffness could make an enormous difference for 40-ton trucks, with up to 4 percent gas mileage savings,” said MIT professor of civil and environmental engineering Franz-Josef Ulm, faculty director of CSHub, in an interview with Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine. “If

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DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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MIT, in partnership with University of Central Florida, will develop detailed kinetic models for several biofuels using an advanced computational approach. University of Central Florida. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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Markus Zahn Professor emeritus at MIT Life Fellow, 75; died 13 March Zahn was a professor of electrical engineering for 50 years. He taught at the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1970 and worked there for 10 years before joining MIT , where he spent the remainder of his career. Zahn, who was granted more than 20 U.S.

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Ames Lab team to head new $120M Critical Materials Institute; addressing shortages in rare earth metals and other materials

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University and research partners include Brown University, the Colorado School of Mines, Purdue University, Rutgers University, University of California-Davis, Iowa State University, and Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute. SpinTek Filtration, Inc.; Advanced Recovery; Cytec, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.; and Simbol Materials.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Like this post?

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