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Previous research has yielded lignin oils with high oxygen contents ranging from 27% to 34%, but to be used as a jet fuel that amount must be reduced to less than a half-percent. Beckham, Yuriy Román-Leshkov (2022) “Continuous hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to jet-range aromatic hydrocarbons,” Joule doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.08.005.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

A new study from researchers at MIT uncovers the kinds of infrastructure improvements that would make the biggest difference in increasing the number of electric cars on the road, a key step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. Addressing the range issue through infrastructure is essential, Trancik says.

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APRIL 9, 2019

In a paper being presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit this week, a team from MIT is proposing the use of a flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine approach for a series-hybrid powertrain for long-haul Class 8 trucks. The research was supported by the MIT Arthur Samberg Energy Innovation Fund. and Bromberg, L.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT, with a colleague from Tsinghua University, have developed a safety envelope for Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles by using a high accuracy finite element model of a pouch cell to produce more than 2,500 simulations and subsequently analyzing the data with Machine Learning (ML) algorithms.

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Researchers at MIT have developed a new, efficient way to capture carbon that addresses the inherent inefficiencies ( earlier post ) of incumbent technologies, due to their thermal energy losses, large footprint or degradation of sorbent material. Credit: RSC, Voskian and Hatton (2019).

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JULY 15, 2019

Researchers at MIT have devised a new pulsed laser deposition technique to make thinner lithium electrolytes using less heat, promising faster charging and potentially higher-voltage solid-state lithium ion batteries. —MIT Associate Professor Jennifer Rupp, senior author. Notably, this temperature of 660 ?C

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JULY 17, 2021

The team analyzed part-level data of material use for seven current year models, ranging from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV) to plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), all provided by Ford.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to streamline the discovery process using a machine learning system. MIT professor of chemical engineering Heather Kulik says they “are really fascinating, functional materials that are unlike a lot of other material phases. These can exist in a vast number of different forms.

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APRIL 13, 2014

Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a material that can absorb the sun’s heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand. This realization, Grossman says, opens up a wide range of possible materials for optimizing heat storage.

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MAY 23, 2018

The optimization solution will ensure navigation with lane changes that can model an entire range of driving styles, from conservative to aggressive, with safety guarantees, said Rus, who is the director of CSAIL. The problem is that if traffic is fast enough and dense enough, precomputed buffer zones may be too restrictive. Resources.

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JUNE 6, 2013

Driving in chaotic urban traffic can be as nearly as stressful as jumping out of an airplane, according to new findings from an Audi and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study. —Kael Greco, project leader, MIT SENSEable City Laboratory. —Professor Carlo Ratti, director, MIT SENSEable City Laboratory.

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JUNE 23, 2012

MIT President Susan Hockfield and Saudi Aramco President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, providing a framework that will greatly expand the research and education partnership between MIT and Saudi Aramco. Several elements of the MOU have been agreed to for implementation.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Hongbo Zhao/MIT). The scientists say their new method has potential for improving the cost, storage capacity, durability and other important properties of batteries for a wide range of applications, from electric vehicles to laptops to large-scale storage of renewable energy on the grid. —Stephen Kang.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries potentially could offer three times the gravimetric energy of current Li-ion batteries (3500 Wh/kg at the cell level); as such, they are looked to a potential solution for long-range EVs. display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Mit" title="Mit" src="[link] />.

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JUNE 4, 2013

MIT professor Angela Belcher has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 21, 2018

MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. Electrons with long mean free paths will scatter strongly, like bullets ricocheting off a wall, while electrons with shorter mean free paths are much less affected.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. This is an issue where common sense can lead to strongly opposing views.

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JUNE 20, 2014

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed materials with the same weight and density as aerogel (“frozen smoke”) but with 10,000 times more stiffness using additive micro-manufacturing processes. The densities of samples produced in this work ranged from 0.87

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Today, commercially available high-end LiDAR systems can range from $1,000 to upwards of $70,000, which can limit their applications where cost must be minimized. The current on-chip LiDAR system can detect objects at ranges of up to 2 meters; the researchers are hoping to achieve a 10-meter range within a year.

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APRIL 24, 2014

without higher octane fuel, but with other projected vehicle and powertrain technology improvements), according to a new analysis by a team at MIT. However, notes the MIT team, the engine and measurement conditions of the RON and MON tests do not represent real world operating conditions. reduction by then in the baseline case (i.e.,

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MAY 6, 2013

Researchers at MIT are developing systems that could allow humans, robots and other autonomous vehicles to collaborate on everything from navigation to trip planning, and eventually pave the way for the operation of personal aircraft and driverless cars.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

MIT researchers have now developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail. This “down-mixing” process produces a signal in the megahertz range that can be easily interpreted by a baseband processor.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Range anxiety, the persistent worry about not having enough battery range to finish a journey, remains one of the major obstacles to widespread electric-car adoption. Many electric cars still have shorter ranges than comparable internal-combustion models, and that continues to spook some consumers.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries. —Harry Tuller.

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. In such sources, the energy “lives” in a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, so taking full advantage of it requires harvesting from a broad band of frequencies. A total of more than $1.6

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. —Sergey Paltsev, an author of the study and a principal research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. Cyprus offshore hydrocarbon exploration blocks.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will be investing approximately $50 million over the next 5 years to establish joint research centers at Stanford and MIT, focused on the research and development of intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies.

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JUNE 10, 2011

MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., Earlier post.)

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MAY 27, 2018

Together with the Self-Assembly Laboratory at MIT, Starke was eager to move away from our current understanding of car interiors as the forces reshaping the nature of transportation are eventually shifting toward a kind of vehicle that defies conventions like front and back seats. Interiors could even take on malleable, modular uses.

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MARCH 16, 2016

The market for pure BEVs is likely to be limited because their inherently limited driving range and long recharging times, and their high cost, make them less attractive to purchasers looking for an all-purpose vehicle. The MIT Energy Initiative is MIT’s hub for energy research, education, and outreach.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

MIT researchers have built a model to simulate long-range atmospheric transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). —MIT Professor Yang Shao-Horn. Paula Hammond, Bayer Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor that might be realized in as little as a decade: the ARC (affordable, robust, compact) reactor. This significant improvement leads to a cascade of potential improvements in reactor design.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers at MIT are devising algorithms for more accurately estimating driver behavior at road intersections—i.e., The MIT team designed the algorithms to maximize true positive rates while keeping false alarm rates below a 5% threshold.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Researchers at MIT are predicting that predict that suitable chemical functionalization of graphene can result in a large enhancement in the Seebeck coefficient for thermoelectric materials, leading to an increase in the room-temperature power factor of a factor of 2 compared to pristine graphene, despite degraded electrical conductivity.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Researchers at MIT have developed a method to produce inexpensive catalysts that can replace platinum catalysts in renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells. nm range with tunable size, composition, and crystal phase. A method is presented for the production of metal-terminated TMC nanoparticles in the 1–4?nm

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