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UTA researchers demonstrate one-step solar process to convert CO2 and H2O directly into renewable liquid hydrocarbon fuels

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. The process uses cheap and earth-abundant catalytic materials.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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And then, out of nowhere, came an absolute bombshell: “We have designed our next drive unit, which uses a permanent-magnet motor, to not use any rare-earth elements at all,” declared Colin Campbell , Tesla’s director of power train engineering. It was a stunning disclosure, which left most experts in permanent magnetism wary and perplexed.

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Wings Of Hope: Top 10 Electric Planes in the History of Aviation

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He partnered with André Borschberg who was a businessman and engineer with prior experience as a pilot in the Swiss Air Force. The end product is undoubtedly an engineering marvel. One of the four jet engines of the test aircraft was replaced with a 2 MW electric motor. CityAirbus CityAirBus is an eVTOL model from Airbus.

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