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National University of Singapore researchers devise membrane-based supercapacitors; possible new route to high-performance supercapacitive energy storage

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A team from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr. Xian Ning Xie, has developed a polystyrene membrane-based supercapacitor that they say will be easier to scale up than the current alternatives. Click to enlarge. —Xie et al. —Xian Ning Xie.

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Neste acquires Count Terminal Rotterdam to strengthen growth strategy in renewable raw materials supply

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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies BV’s Count Terminal Rotterdam BV and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk. The transaction was signed and closed on 7 May 2020.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. MB of data.

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TES closes deal on 10,000 sqm battery recycling facility in Port of Rotterdam

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ft), already has a basic waste license to receive, store and forward lithium batteries and to manage electric vehicle batteries and battery production scrap as well as a license to shred alkaline batteries. 430,000 sq. —Thomas Holberg, Global Vice President of Battery Operations at TES.

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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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Unlike a typical hydrogen fuel cell, the system doesn’t store its fuel as pressurized hydrogen gas, but stores it as a solid chemical material, making it easy for end-users to handle in the field. HES has been able to show that its system can store 7% of its weight as hydrogen with a fuel utilization rate of close to 90%.

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Toyota to invest $1B in Grab and strengthen collaboration to accelerate development of new mobility technologies

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As part of this agreement, Toyota will invest US$1 billion in Grab. The data collected is stored on Toyota’s proprietary mobility services platform (MSPF), which serves as a form of information infrastructure for connected vehicles.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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DCT technology reduces the amount of data required to display, store, and transmit images by identifying parts of the image that contain significant amounts of energy—the ones that are most important to retaining image quality. He was a visiting professor at universities in Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand.