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SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

A new metal mesh membrane developed by researchers at MIT could advance the use of the Na–NiCl 2 displacement battery, which has eluded widespread adoption owing to the fragility of the ?"-Al through the MIT Energy Initiative. Al 2 O 3 membrane. A paper describing the development is published in the journal Nature Energy.

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JULY 7, 2011

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT.

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MARCH 8, 2013

BASF SE has launched the “North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials—a research collaboration with Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. of MIT, and Todd Emrick, Ph.D. and Dave Weitz, Ph.D. of Harvard; Robert Langer, Ph.D.

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JUNE 10, 2023

A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. A modular, single-phase winding pattern increases the robustness and power density of the system by enabling single-phase inverter drives. High power density electric machine for turboelectric propulsion.

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MAY 22, 2022

A November 2021 assessment of Diablo Canyon by a team from Stanford and MIT concluded that delaying the retirement of Diablo Canyon to 2035 would reduce California power sector carbon emissions by more than 10% from 2017 levels and reduce reliance on gas; save $2.6

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT have improved a proposed liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources to compete with conventional power plants. Such systems can be used to match the intermittent production of power from irregular sources, such as wind and solar power, with variations in demand. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 9, 2012

The study by researchers at MIT also points out that production of the two metals has been increasing by only a few percentage points per year.the availability of REEs appears to be at risk based on a number of factors. Comparison of demand projections for REE (total summed). Credit: ACS, Alonso et al. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A study by a team from the University of Cambridge (UK) and MIT attributes ~8,000 premature mortalities per year to aircraft cruise emissions. Lead author Steven Barrett from MIT notes that there are many uncertainties, including how accurately the model reflects how air travels vertically from high altitudes to low altitudes.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The stator contains the copper windings that the electricity flows through—and this is where the majority of electrical losses occur. This creates more space for the cooling channel next to the flat wire winding phases. An electric motor consists of a rotating rotor and a static stator. Coolant circuit in the stator.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. This agreement valued at $4 million over five years is part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which Total joined as a member in November 2008.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study.

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

During Flight 59, Ingenuity hovered at different altitudes to check Martian wind patterns. RAMIEL is equipped with quasi-direct drive, high power wire winding mechanisms and a lightweight leg, and can achieve a maximum jumping height of 1.6 The highest altitude achieved in this flight was 20 m. RAMIEL ] Thanks, Temma!

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APRIL 1, 2019

The wing was tested in a NASA wind tunnel. The new wing was designed to be as large as could be accommodated in NASA’s high-speed wind tunnel at Langley Research Center, where it performed even a bit better than predicted. Wing is assembled from hundreds of identical subunits. Image: Kenny Cheung, NASA Ames Research Center.

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MAY 6, 2022

MIT ] The Sechseläuten ("the six o'clock ringing of the bells") is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich, and this year, it had a slightly less traditional guest: ANYmal! Such actuators can be used as the backbone in a variety of applications such as assistive wearables, robotics, and rehabilitative technologies. [

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JULY 15, 2023

Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

MIT and NASA engineers earlier proposed the D8 Series as one future aircraft design concept that uses boundary layer ingestion. NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio.

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APRIL 22, 2022

During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. Strandbeest ] MIT CSAIL scientists created an algorithm to solve one of the hardest tasks in computer vision: assigning a label to every pixel in the world, without human supervision. Every spring I go to the beach with a new beast. Good luck STEGO! [

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

—Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. What was the maximum share of wind that we could have in the system without blowing it up—5 percent or 20 percent or 30 percent? So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D.,

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sun Catalytix is developing catalysts that use intermittent renewable energy, including solar and wind energy, to split water into storable hydrogen and oxygen—a process that mimics photosynthesis. —MIT Professor and Sun Catalytix Founder Daniel Nocera.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., Under the contract, the team will design, construct and test wind tunnel mockups and computer models of the airplane.

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APRIL 4, 2024

It asserts that Alysm Green has a low levelized cost of storage and the ability to support a wide, software-configurable range of discharge durations.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The study was part of a larger collaboration among scientists from Stanford, MIT and the Toyota Research Institute that bridges foundational academic research and real-world industry applications. In future work, design of battery materials and processes could also be integrated into this closed-loop system. Attia et al.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

The SAB is chaired by John Deutch, Institute Professor at MIT, whose government experience includes service as Director of Energy Research and Undersecretary of the Department of Energy, and Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. Earlier post.). —John Deutch.

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MARCH 27, 2022

A second wire also wrapped around the core forms a control winding. The control winding includes many turns of wire, so by passing a relatively small direct current through it, the iron core can be forced into or out of saturation. After winding, the module was annealed in hydrogen at 1,100 °C for 2 hours and then rapidly cooled.

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MARCH 14, 2022

A fuel line may burst, or solar wind may surge, or there may be drag from the outer reaches of the atmosphere—and unless a spacecraft has been designed in some way that keeps it naturally stable, chances are good that it will begin to turn end over end. student on the team at MIT. www.youtube.com.

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APRIL 30, 2014

Ambri has recently been awarded projects to deploy prototype systems in Massachusetts, Hawaii, New York and Alaska, alongside project partners that include First Wind, Joint Base Cape Cod, Con Edison, Energy Excelerator (Hawaii), Alaska Center for Energy and Power, and Raytheon.

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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.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Many materials deemed critical by the DOE are used in modern clean energy technologies—such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient lighting. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 21, 2009

The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. 7 Uncle B said on April 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am This battery is going to absorb peaks from wind-turbines, hitherto dumped to prevent damage to lines!

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MARCH 4, 2016

million over four years to MIT. NASA and its partners have made advances toward sonic boom reduction with the development and validation of new boom-reduction aircraft shaping tools, wind tunnel testing and flight experiments. Performance of this preliminary design also must undergo analytical and wind tunnel validation.

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JUNE 1, 2012

These critical materials are also at risk for supply disruptions. First established in 2010, the Hubs are major integrated research centers, with researchers from many different institutions and technical backgrounds.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Wind power is also generated at the landfill, with 67 windmills producing more than 100 MW of renewable energy for PacifiCorp. Based in Bend, Oregon, InEnTec LLC was formed by engineers from MIT, Battelle, and GE. The electricity is powering 5,000 homes in Seattle through an agreement with Seattle City Light.

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MAY 15, 2010

An MIT-led team has designed an airplane that is estimated to use 70% less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of NO x. Images: MIT/Aurora Flight Sciences. MIT was the only university to lead one of the six US teams that won contracts from NASA in October 2008. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 12, 2023

A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , he also was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the MIT board of trustees. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. He retired five years later as AT&T’s vice chairman and chief financial officer.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Exascale Predictive Wind Plant Flow Physics Modeling, Steve Hammond (NREL) with SNL, ORNL, University of Texas Austin. Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors, Thomas Evans (ORNL, PI) with ANL, INL, MIT. Exascale Modeling of Advanced Particle Accelerators, Jean-Luc Vay (LBNL) with LLNL, SLAC.

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