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MIT researchers develop optimized sulfidation separation process for rare earth and other key metals

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New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries by making it easier to separate these rare metals from mining ores and recycled materials. Image: courtesy of the researchers. —Antoine Allanore.

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A Dragon Comes Home

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It has already been featured at the Toulouse International Fair, where it thrilled onlookers from 9 to 18 April. Larger versions, say the Columbia researchers, will get signals from transmitters located adjacent to internal organs deep within the body to noninvasive external receivers stuck onto the skin. Rats are irrepressible.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system. RTI International. 8 Rivers Capital. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar? So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D., C in this century.

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

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. These dendrites can cause battery failure and pose a safety hazard due to internal short-circuit. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Power from optional solar cells on the roof will be used primarily to cool the car when its parked, but they could also partially recharge the battery. Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value).

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

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Two different technologies will be used to smooth the heat exchanger components’ internal passages to minimize pressure drop. Durable high temperature heat exchangers for use with supercritical CO 2 have potential applications in solar power, gas turbines, transportation, and power generation. International Mezzo Technologies.

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