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Toyota Research Institute and Northwestern partner to accelerate new materials discovery with nanomaterial data factory; fuel cell catalysts first

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While the first application of the data factory will be used to discover new catalysts to make fuel cell vehicles more efficient, TRI and Northwestern believe this method of materials discovery will have wide-ranging applications in the future such as clean hydrogen production, CO 2 removal from air and high-efficiency solar cells.

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IAV and Microsoft demonstrate connected highly automated driving vehicle for enhanced safety; cloud-based analytics and big data

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At CES 2016 last week, IAV and Microsoft demonstrated a connected highly automated driving (CHAD) vehicle capable of connecting with the Microsoft Azure cloud and Windows 10 to enable communication that helps prevent vehicle and pedestrian accidents and increases driving comfort and convenience.

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NREL to lead $5M initiative to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency of DFW

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Working with DFW and the surrounding region, NREL and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will identify technology approaches that maximize mobility energy productivity—or the overall quality of mobility with respect to time, cost, and energy—of passenger and freight options in this major transportation hub.

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The addition of four countries—Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas. Kazakhstan’s oil production increased by 24% to 1.7

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

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This guided them in successfully engineering the new strain of yeast that not only shows resistance to ionic liquids but also improves sugar conversion and biofuel production. The technique of chemical genomics-guided bio-design is novel, and rich in potential for future applications. —Dickinson et al.

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Serbia greenlights disputed lithium mining project – ET Auto

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The future of the vast mineral deposits, to be mined by Rio Tinto near the western Serbian city of Loznica, has been a perennial political fault line in the Balkan country in recent years. Rio Tinto welcomed the announcement. million electric vehicles.

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Ioxus launches new ultracap module series for easier design and installation; under the hood for automotive

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The architecture of the iMOD X-Series will be the framework for future Ioxus energy storage technologies across its ultracapacitor systems. The X-Series was initially introduced in April 2014 during a soft launch of the product’s Alpha design. —Chad Hall, co-founder and VP of product management at Ioxus.