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Testing of Ceylon Graphite silicon-enhanced vein graphite anode shows 446 mAh/g SDC

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Tests in a Li-ion half cell at WMG, University of Warwick (UK), of Ceylon Graphite ’s commercial spherodized, silicon-enhanced vein graphite materials yielded a 446 mAh/g specific discharge capacity (SDC) for the materials—13% higher than what is achieved for vein graphite on its own (393 mAh/g) under the same testing conditions.

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Hundreds of Resources Highlighted During IEEE Education Week

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From preuniversity STEM programs and university offerings to continuing professional education courses and tutorials, IEEE Education Week highlights the many ways to engage with education across the enterprise. Hundreds of university students and teachers attended the event, which featured panel discussions and workshops.

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Inaugural Program Unveils ‘Pancham Dham Mahayagya’ Across 12 Cities in India, Starting in Saharsa, Bihar on January 15

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During the week-long festival organized by the Nyas on Swami Vivekananda Jayanti , a diverse gathering, ranging from students of Delhi University to those from rural areas, came together to celebrate for the betterment of the world.

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Elcora awarded NSERC-ENGAGE grant to support development of graphene supercapacitors

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has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)- ENGAGE grant with Dr. Heather Andreas , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia-based Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Dr. Andreas has worked on carbon-based supercapacitors (SCs) for more than 14 years.

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Inaugural Program Unveils ‘Pancham Dham Mahayagya’ Across 12 Cities in India, Starting in Saharsa, Bihar on January 15

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During the week-long festival organized by the Nyas on Swami Vivekananda Jayanti , a diverse gathering, ranging from students of Delhi University to those from rural areas, came together to celebrate for the betterment of the world.

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Study Finds Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas; Climate Change Partly Responsible

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The study, led by scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., Sea-level rise is particularly high along the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, as well as the islands of Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, the authors found.

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A Health-Monitoring Wearable That Measures Vital Signs

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What’s more, the device should be inexpensive to manufacture and could be made in his native country of Sri Lanka, where access to health care can be difficult. The university is filing a patent application with the National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka. He is looking into Ph.D.