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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is awarding grants totaling $7.4 million to Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Ill.,to University of Louisville, and 23 others. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Heat-conducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 C; potential for automotive applications

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A team led by researchers from Georgia Tech have used an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers that function as a thermal interface material able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer. Fiber diameters range from 18 to 300 nanometers, depending on the pore template.

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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. Gleb Yushin, an assistant professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The spheres, formed in sizes ranging from 10 to 30 microns, are used to form battery anodes. Click to enlarge. Resources. Magasinki, P. Hertzberg, A.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Alabama A&M University. 1,450,000.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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In addition, she is a visiting scholar at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University , in Greensboro. She applied for several grants, including a special American Express program for businesses owned by Black women. She also has a consulting company, SKJ Visioneering , in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The grants will go to projects in 17 states. NC State University. of Georgia). Medical University of South Carolina. Columbia University. This ARPA-E program seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long range plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles.

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