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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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The design method, reported in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , (PNAS) also has the potential to impact the discovery of new optical and data storage materials, catalysts that impact pharmaceutical synthesis and catalysts that allow for higher efficiency processing of petroleum products at much lower cost.

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Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

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Housed within a vehicle’s catalytic converter, the Eco-lytic catalyst support fiber is designed to replace the existing catalytic converter or add to existing systems in order to enhance emission reduction, consume fewer precious metals and raw materials, and drive lower energy usage through vehicle weight reduction.

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3-D nanocone solar cell boosts PV conversion efficiency by nearly 80%

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We designed the three-dimensional structure to provide an intrinsic electric field distribution that promotes efficient charge transport and high efficiency in converting energy from sunlight into electricity. With this approach at the laboratory scale, Xu and colleagues were able to obtain a light-to-power conversion efficiency of 3.2%

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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As a result, their xylose-converting strain consumed glucose and xylose faster and produced more ethanol than the wild type strain. The technique of chemical genomics-guided bio-design is novel, and rich in potential for future applications. Quinn Dickinson, Scott Bottoms, Li Hinchman, Sean McIlwain, Sheena Li, Chad L.

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Ioxus Developing Higher Power Density Ultracapacitors

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Smaller Ioxus cells offer a power density of 22-28 kW/kg, and larger cells offer densities of 12-15 kW/kg, said Chad Hall, COO of Ioxus. Another application could provide “instant heat” to heat up the catalytic converters in vehicles. Energy densities for the cells are typically around 2-4 Wh/kg.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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The instruments are custom-designed and built for specific types of science; a new instrument runs on the order of $10-$20 million. ORNL researchers are using neutron imaging to provide fundamental insight into intra-nozzle fluid dynamics for improved simulation and design of GDI injectors. Images of GDI injector. Source: ORNL.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

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One of the big challenges that we have in science today is that so much of the information that we're generating nowadays was originally designed for humans to read one by one. All those things were originally designed for humans to read them. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch.