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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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JANUARY 7, 2021

According to the latest report from the United Nations (UN), the global population in 2018 was 7.6 Credit: The University of Hong Kong. The country had undergone the biggest urban expansion in the period, between 2001 and 2018, its BUA increase accounted for 47.5% billion and the urban population was 4.2

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Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The study is published in the journal Environment International. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g.

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Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

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JUNE 22, 2021

The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. The researchers took eighteen samples of airborne particles at street level in Marylebone in the summer of 2018, and 20 samples on a 24-meter-high rooftop at Imperial’s South Kensington campus between 2014 and 2018.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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JUNE 24, 2019

This represents just under two times the total annual world cobalt production, nearly the entire world production of neodymium, three quarters the world’s lithium production and at least half of the world’s copper production during 2018. Associate Professor Dan Smith, Applied and Environmental Geology, University of Leicester.

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Scientists at KU Leuven, University of Lubumbashi reveal the health risks of cobalt mining in DR Congo

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Researchers at KU Leuven and the University of Lubumbashi have now shown that cobalt mining takes a high toll on both the creuseurs—the ‘diggers’ who work in the mines, often by hand—and on the environment. Their paper is published in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Niobium consumption is driven by GDP but also by the regulatory environment as microalloying enhances construction safety. was published in the journal Nature in 2018. 2018) “Niobium tungsten oxides for high-rate lithium-ion energy storage.” Niobium consumption has increased at a 5.0% The paper (Griffith et al. ) Griffith, K.J.,

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DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative to help US industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments. The HPC4Mtls program is expected to begin soliciting proposals in early calendar year 2018.

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New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined the release of vapors from gasoline station vent pipes, and found benzene emissions were 10 times higher than estimates used in setback regulations that determine how close schools, playgrounds, and parks can be to the facilities.

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Eni and RenOils to boost collection of used cooking oil for biofuel production

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Around 75,000 tonnes of waste food oil were collected in 2018, almost exclusively from the food service and industrial sectors, which represent just 25% of oil produced in Italy, which in turn totals around 280,000 tonnes per year.

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Researchers find two strains of diesel-eating bacteria in Antarctica

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MARCH 14, 2019

A team of researchers from the Bioremediation, Biomonitoring and Ecotoxicology Laboratory at Universiti Putra Malaysia, working with colleagues from University of Malaya’s National Antarctic Research Centre, has isolated and identified two species of diesel-degrading bacteria in Scott Coast and Ross Island, Antarctica. Habib et al.

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Study projects global carbon footprint from ICT will be equivalent to half of transportation’s current level by 2040

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MARCH 6, 2018

in 2007 to exceed 14% of the 2016-level worldwide GHGE by 2040, accounting for more than half of the current relative contribution of the whole transportation sector, according to a new study from McMaster University in Canada. Belkhir and Elmeligi (2018) Click to enlarge. —Belkhir and Elmeligi (2018). 2017.12.239.

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EPA recognizes Volkswagen Chattanooga with a Green Power Leadership Award for on-site generation

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In a briefing in Chattanooga in June of this year, Ron Drumeller, Head of Environment and Energy at the plant, outlined the Think Blue environmental KPIs (key performance indicators): Indicator. 2018 target. Think Blue is the long-term attitude of Volkswagen toward ecological sustainability. 2012 baseline. 1,253 kWh/car. 1,018 kWh/car.

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Two-year study in Canada finds large trucks disproportionately contribute to higher levels of black carbon pollution

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

A two-year study led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found large trucks to be the greatest contributors to black carbon emissions close to major roadways. Research consistently links traffic emissions to negative effects on both the environment and human health. Wang, Cheol-Heon Jeong, Nathan Hilker, Kerolyn K.

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UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

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JULY 27, 2018

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The team’s highest reported yield—5.7 00998-18.

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UT Austin team proposes novel approach to suppress polysulfide shuttle in Li-S batteries

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are proposing a novel approach to suppress the “polysulfide shuttle” in Li-S batteries—a freestanding, three-dimensional graphene/1T MoS 2 (3DG/TM) heterostructure with highly efficient electrocatalysis for lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). after 200 cycles. doi: 10.1039/C8EE03252A.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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MARCH 22, 2018

From 10 March to 9 April 2018, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research flights from Tainan in Taiwan more closely to examine the spread and transformation of emissions from major cities such as Manila, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The team’s first step in February 2018 was to use GRIDSMART cameras to create an image dataset of vehicle classes. Adding a “visual sensor model” to the SUMO simulation environment, the team used reinforcement learning to guide a grid of traffic-light controllers to reduce wait times for larger vehicles.

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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APRIL 9, 2025

Led by Lukas Graber , head of Georgia Techs plasma and dielectrics lab, the research group will run its 72-kV prototype AC breaker through a synthetic test circuit at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee beginning in late April. This fluorinated greenhouse gas isnt good for the environment either.

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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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JULY 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group announced the inauguration of its Joint Battery Research Center with Seoul National University (SNU). This is the first time that a research facility specializing in electric vehicle (EV) batteries has been built within Seoul National University. million EVs by 2030. million EVs by 2030. trillion (US$7.4

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with traditional farming, but they are tougher on the environment. giganteus at the Illinois Energy Farm during the 2018 growing season, a near-average year in terms of temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture.

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UVA Engineering researching thermoelectric materials to improve efficiency of jet engines

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering are seeking to improve the efficiency of jet engines by identifying and developing thermoelectric materials that can harness excess energy. UVA is one of only three universities in North America that participate in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center Network.

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Engineers propose coordinated control architecture for motion management in ADAS systems

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APRIL 15, 2018

Engineers from Loughborough University in the UK and Jaguar Land Rover have proposed a coordinated control architecture for motion management in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to increase safety and comfort across all vehicles, regardless of ADAS specifics. —Lin et al. Tzu-Chi Lin, Siyuan Ji, Charles E. 2017.7510814.

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LG Chem hosts open innovation contest for start-ups with new battery technologies

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Universities and research institutes from around the world took part, particularly those working on innovative technologies in five promising business areas: energy, environment, functional materials, biotechnology and platform technology. 53.263 billion) in order backlog by the end of the first half of 2018.

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Hyundai Motor Group opens CRADLE Beijing

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

CRADLE Beijing will construct interactive business and investment collaborations with leading ICT companies, start-ups, government institutions, key universities, investment institutions and other strategic partners in China, while contributing to global efforts to foster disruptive innovation.

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New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

A research team led by Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute Of Science And Technology (DGIST) Professor Jong-Sung Yu in Korea, with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar light. 2018.06.030.

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BuG ReMeDEE project seeks to use extremophile bacteria to convert methane to biofuels, biopolymers and electricity

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APRIL 25, 2018

The project—Building Genome-to-Phenome Infrastructure for Regulating Methane in Deep and Extreme Environments ( BuG ReMeDEE )—was awarded a $6-million grant by the National Science Foundation in October 2017. The BuG ReMeDEE consortium includes industrial partners LanzaTech (US) and Bijson Innovations Pvt. —Rajesh Sani.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Source: University of Leicester. Source: University of Leicester. Cooper, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, chairs the TOAR Steering Committee and has been working to develop the assessment since 2014. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Owen Cooper.

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Tongji team develops multi-mode energy management strategy for FCVs based on neural network driving pattern recognition

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APRIL 17, 2018

Researchers at Tongji University (China), with colleagues at Zhengzhou Yutong Bus and HeFei University of Technology, have developed a multi-mode energy management strategy for electric vehicles with a fuel cell range extender based on driving pattern identification using a learning vector quantization (LVQ) neural network algorithm.

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Water splitting using iron oxide nanotruss structures

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JULY 20, 2018

Researchers at Linköping University and Umeå University in Sweden have developed a new and efficient way to use electrocatalysis to produce hydrogen gas from water using electrodes with nanotruss structures of iron oxide. The environment in an electrolyte can be very rough-and-tumble. Photo credit: Robert Boyd and Thor Balkhed.

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PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

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JANUARY 27, 2018

The setting gave scientists the rare opportunity to look at the impact of pollution on atmospheric processes in a largely pre-industrial environment and pinpoint the effects of the particles apart from other factors such as temperature and humidity. —Jiwen Fan. Jiwen Fan, Daniel Rosenfeld, Yuwei Zhang, Scott E. Barbosa, Ramon C.

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Study finds that babies in strollers can be exposed to up to 60% more pollution than their parents

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Babies in strollers can be exposed to up to ~60% higher average concentrations of pollution than their parents, causing potential damage to their frontal lobe and impacting on their cognitive abilities and brain development, according to a study by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK). Environment International 120, 262-278.

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Enviva and MOL to develop sail-powered bulk carrier to cut GHG emissions in biomass supply chain; Wind Challenger hard sail

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APRIL 5, 2021

—Toshiaki Tanaka, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Environment and Sustainability Officer of MOL. Plans to develop the Wind Challenger started in 2009 as an industry-academia joint research project led by the University of Tokyo. MOL took charge of the plan in 2018 and has been working on the technology since.

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Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. The study was funded by the European Union within the framework of the H2020 program (ACTRIS-2), the German Federal Environment Agency (WCCAP), IRD France (CHARME) and the Swedish funding agencies FORMAS and STINT. Environ. , Wiedensohler, A.,

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have mixed metal compounds with perchloric acid to create a stable, efficient electrocatalytic material for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media. Jun Sun, Hong Yang (2018) “A Porous Pyrochlore Y 2 [Ru 1.6 The resulting porous Y 2 [Ru 1.6 Jaemin Kim, Pei?Chieh

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Brown researchers develop new durable catalyst for key fuel cell reaction; hard-magnet L10-CoPt nanoparticles

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Now, researchers from Brown University have developed a new alloy catalyst that both reduces platinum use and holds up well in fuel cell testing. Sun lab / Brown University. The fuel cell environment is much hotter and differs in acidity compared to laboratory testing environments, which can accelerate catalyst degradation.

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Mcity ABC test concept to assess driverless vehicle safety

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Mcity at the University of Michigan has outlined a test track-based concept for evaluating the safety of highly automated vehicles before they’re tested on public roads that could emerge as a model for a voluntary standard for safety testing. —Mcity Director Huei Peng, the Roger L. McCarthy Professor of Mechanical Engineering at U-M.

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Mazda continues supporting algae biofuels research

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APRIL 7, 2020

Algae fuels can be farmed on land unsuitable for agriculture, can be grown with minimal impact on freshwater resources, can be produced using saline and wastewater, have a high flash point, and are biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled.

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Duke/York study finds long-term exposure to ozone has significant impacts on human health, but lower than prior modeling results

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

A team from Duke University in the US and University of York in the UK have utilized a novel method to estimate long-term ozone exposure and previously reported epidemiological results to quantify the health burden from long-term ozone exposure in three major regions of the world. —Karl Seltzer. Karl M Seltzer et al.

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Honda and China-based SenseTime to jointly research and develop AI technologies for automated driving

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

AI algorithms to be developed and applied for automated driving systems include: Scene understanding: Estimating the driving environment and the behaviors and intentions of pedestrians and vehicles.

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U Hawaii team studies characteristics and stability of drop-in NERF biofuel replacements for NATO marine diesel

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Turn at the University of Hawaii report on the storage and oxidation stabilities of SIP-76, CHCD-76, and their blends with F-76. In addition, the shipboard environment and mixed fuel-seawater ballasting practices on Navy ships present unique challenges for preserving fuel quality. Now, Jinxia Fu and Scott Q. Jinxia Fu, Scott Q.

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York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

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MAY 21, 2020

Now—almost five years later—a study by the University of York and Empa shows that the retrofitting was successful from an environmental point of view. Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York.

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Researchers develop overarching model of NOx formation in combustion

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MARCH 25, 2018

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark have synthesized more than a decade’s worth of combustion studies to create a new overarching model of how nitrogen oxides are produced. Klippenstein (2018). —Glarborg et al. Peter Glarborg, James A. 2018.01.002.

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New protocol to enhance photosynthetic production of hydrogen from green algae

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MAY 9, 2018

A research group from the University of Turku, Finland, has developed a new protocol to deliver sustained hydrogen photoproduction in green algae under a train of strong white light pulses interrupted by longer dark phases. Energy Environ. This led to techniques such as sulfur-deprivation to extend hydrogen production.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

Scientists at KU Leuven, University of Lubumbashi reveal the health risks of cobalt mining in DR Congo

Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

Eni and RenOils to boost collection of used cooking oil for biofuel production

Researchers find two strains of diesel-eating bacteria in Antarctica

Study projects global carbon footprint from ICT will be equivalent to half of transportation’s current level by 2040

EPA recognizes Volkswagen Chattanooga with a Green Power Leadership Award for on-site generation

Two-year study in Canada finds large trucks disproportionately contribute to higher levels of black carbon pollution

UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

UT Austin team proposes novel approach to suppress polysulfide shuttle in Li-S batteries

HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

UVA Engineering researching thermoelectric materials to improve efficiency of jet engines

Engineers propose coordinated control architecture for motion management in ADAS systems

LG Chem hosts open innovation contest for start-ups with new battery technologies

Hyundai Motor Group opens CRADLE Beijing

New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

BuG ReMeDEE project seeks to use extremophile bacteria to convert methane to biofuels, biopolymers and electricity

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Tongji team develops multi-mode energy management strategy for FCVs based on neural network driving pattern recognition

Water splitting using iron oxide nanotruss structures

PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

Study finds that babies in strollers can be exposed to up to 60% more pollution than their parents

Enviva and MOL to develop sail-powered bulk carrier to cut GHG emissions in biomass supply chain; Wind Challenger hard sail

Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

Brown researchers develop new durable catalyst for key fuel cell reaction; hard-magnet L10-CoPt nanoparticles

Mcity ABC test concept to assess driverless vehicle safety

Mazda continues supporting algae biofuels research

Duke/York study finds long-term exposure to ozone has significant impacts on human health, but lower than prior modeling results

Honda and China-based SenseTime to jointly research and develop AI technologies for automated driving

U Hawaii team studies characteristics and stability of drop-in NERF biofuel replacements for NATO marine diesel

York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

Researchers develop overarching model of NOx formation in combustion

New protocol to enhance photosynthetic production of hydrogen from green algae

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