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Electron sandwich doubles thermoelectric performance

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Researchers from Hokkaido University and their colleagues in Japan and Taiwan have more than doubled the ability of a material to transform wasted heat into usable electricity by significantly narrowing the space through which spread electrons move, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Nature Communications.

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China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

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LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process uses proprietary microbes to capture and reuse carbon rich waste gases, reducing emissions and pollutants from industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, while making fuels and chemicals that displace those made from fossil resources. Earlier post.).

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3M licenses patents for Li-ion NMC cathode materials to China-based Reshine

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Under the agreement, 3M granted Reshine a license to US Patents 6,660,432, 6,964,828, 7,028,128, and 8,241,791 and all global equivalents including in Taiwan, Japan, China and Europe. These batteries provide energy to a host of diverse applications ranging from the consumer electronics market to the automotive market. Earlier post.).

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Umicore and 3M Form NMC Cathode Materials Relationship

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Under the agreement, 3M grants Umicore a license to patents US6964828, US7078128 and equivalents in Taiwan, China, Japan, and the EU, thereby granting Umicore access to a family of NMC cathode material compositions for manufacture and sales to lithium-ion battery manufacturers. (ATL) Earlier post.).

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Sure, China’s Hypersonic Weapons May Have Incited a “Sputnik Moment”

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has armed itself according to an outspend-our-rivals mindset at least since Grant prevailed over Lee in 1865. Take as an example the recent talk of whether the United States might defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack of some kind. Generally speaking, the side with the most resources will win. Expect yet more funding for U.S.

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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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It is particularly critical where battery weight, size, and capacity is a precious resource, such as in small and mobile devices like distributed sensor networks, autonomous robots, wireless communication, and real-time systems. In fact, I received three research grants last year.” I still do research, of course," Lu notes. "In

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Henn Tan, as told to the Straits Times Many of these electronics products, including the chips in them, were produced in Asia, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand—and Singapore—under the OEM system.

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