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University of Sydney team advances rechargeable zinc-air batteries with bimetallic oxide–graphene hybrid electrocatalyst

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University of Sydney team advances rechargeable zinc-air batteries with bimetallic oxide–graphene hybrid electrocatalyst. In contrast, our method produces a family of new high-performance and low-cost catalysts. Zinc-air batteries are powered by zinc metal and oxygen from the air. Other two amorphous bimetallic, Ni 0.4

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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In partnership with key universities, four companies—Bluecity, GEKOT Inc., GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University.

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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute receives University Transportation Center Tier 1 Grant; focus on connected vehicle technology

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million to establish a multidisciplinary program of transportation research, education, and technology transfer for a Tier 1 University Transportation Center to be headquartered at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. The 22 centers selected are all consortia, involving a total of 121 different universities.

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Researchers combine AI and radar to allow vehicles to spot hazards around corners

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Credit: Princeton University. The radar sensors are also relatively low-cost, especially compared to lidar sensors, and scale to mass production. —Felix Heide, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University. Image courtesy of the researchers. —Felix Heide.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Phinix,LLC; Rare Earth Element Separation Using Gas-Assisted Micro-Flow Extraction with Task-Specific Ionic Liquids Partners: NICHE Industrial Chemicals, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University DOE share:$500,000; Cost share $225,000; Total costs: $725,000. 525 Solutions, Inc.;

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International consortium working on new sensor technology to measure real-world, in-use vehicle emissions

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—Alexander Bergmann, head of the Institute of Electronic Sensor Systems at Graz University of Technology. Bergmann expects low-cost remote sensors for emission measurement to be ready for series production by the end of the 2022 project at the latest. AUTh (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; GR). Airyx Gmbh (DE).

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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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