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UCLA researchers develop exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal nanocomposite

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Chen is now an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The other authors on the paper are Hongseok Choi, of Clemson University; Xiaolong Ma, of North Carolina State University; Sanjit Bhowmick of Hysitron, Inc.

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New yeast engineered by BESC, Mascoma could accelerate production of cellulosic ethanol

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The new C5 FUEL yeast delivers fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover, converting up to 97% of the plant sugars into fuel, the researchers said. The results were presented at the 31 st International Fuel Ethanol Workshop this week in Minneapolis.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor. Ayman El-Refaie, Marquette University Now a sleeper option, synchronous reluctance motors , is getting a surge of interest, thanks to materials-science breakthroughs at GE Aerospace.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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While attending the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, he interned at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., While attending the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, he interned at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., They didn’t remain mysterious for long. And everything changed.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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This situation is not true universally. Xcel president Chris Clark told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that four or five families buying EVs noticeably affects the transformer load in a neighborhood, with a family buying an EV “adding another half of their house.”

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EV Chargers for All!

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Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn., For instance, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that one auto dealer just outside the city specializing in used EVs actively discourages renters from buying them unless they have access to at-home chargers because of the unreliability of public chargers.

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Next-Gen Brain Implants Offer New Hope for Depression

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It’s a thought that weighs on Patricio Riva Posse , the psychiatrist at Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, who treated the woman. While standardized protocols benefit around 60 percent of people with treatment-resistant depression, they still leave a substantial minority without meaningful relief.