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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Whittingham, a young British chemist, joined the quest at Exxon Research and Engineering in New Jersey in the fall of 1972. Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. But he found no takers.

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Paige's AI Diagnostic Tech is Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis

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But his desire to understand how the human brain works led him to switch from physics to electrical engineering and ultimately to pursue signal processing at the University of Vermont. The technique, which has received clearance from the FDA, is now used by cardiologists in Europe, Japan, and the United States.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

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Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, constituting roughly 75% of all normal matter. On May 6, 1937, the world’s largest hydrogen-floated dirigible airship went up in towering flames in New Jersey. The first is that pure hydrogen doesn’t exist – it’s both everywhere and nowhere.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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It’s been 25 years since University of Delaware energy and environmental expert Willett Kempton and Green Mountain College energy economist Steve Letendre outlined what they saw as a “dawning interaction between electric-drive vehicles and the electric supply system.” Their research partnership ran for four years. That could change soon.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

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In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Click to enlarge. mm and weight of 102 g. million km) of road testing.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

Tsutsui, the canned-cheese fan, said that as a frequent traveler to Japan, he’s rarely surprised by what he finds in vending machines. Washington State University began experimenting with canning cheese in the 1930s, in search of packaging that would prolong the product’s shelf life. Malkin said. “I

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

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The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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