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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

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MARCH 27, 2021

As water-splitting technologies improve, often using porous electrode materials to provide greater surface areas for electrochemical reactions, their efficiency is often limited by the formation of bubbles that can block or clog the reactive surfaces. As a result, there were substantial changes of the transport overpotential.

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MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

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JULY 28, 2021

The midwater plume comprises two stages: (i) the dynamic plume, in which the sediment-laden discharge water rapidly descends and dilutes to a neutral buoyancy depth, and (ii) the subsequent ambient plume that is advected by the ocean current and subject to background turbulence and settling. Earlier post.).

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MIT engineers develop process that can treat produced water from gas wells at relatively low cost

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A new desalination process developed by engineers at MIT could treat produced water—deep water, often heavily laden with salts and minerals—from natural gas wells at relatively low cost. The research is the work of a team including MIT postdoc Prakash Narayan, mechanical engineering professor John H.

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MIT Low Cost Water Gas

MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. John Goodenough from the University of Texas as Austin, has found one of the most effective catalysts yet discovered for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for use in water-splitting to produce hydrogen or in rechargeable metal-air batteries. We further show that this design.

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MIT Recharge Hydrogen Batteries

MIT team testing new SiC nuclear fuel-rod cladding that could lead to safer power plants

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JULY 25, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT is developing and testing a new silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material for nuclear fuel rods that could reduce the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold compared to the common zircaloy cladding. SiC is “ very promising, but not at the moment ready for adoption ” by the nuclear industry, he adds.

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MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. —Soto et al.

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MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

MIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost. more… The post MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water appeared first on Electrek.

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MIT Water Solar Power

DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Source: MIT CANES. Concept of OFNP. Jacopo Buongiorno et al.

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MIT Power Powered Energy

Shell Becomes Founding Member of MIT Energy Initiative with $25M Investment

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

MIT Energy Initiative Receiving (MITEI) is receiving $25M from Shell to fund the research and development of high-value, sustainable technologies designed to drive innovation in energy delivery. Beginning this year, the research agreement will fund a suite of projects at $5 million per year for the coming five years.

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MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

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JUNE 10, 2019

To further that vision, MIT researchers have given new capabilities to their fleet of robotic boats—which are being developed as part of an ongoing project—that lets them target and clasp onto each other, and keep trying if they fail. The aim is to use roboat units to bring new capabilities to life on the water.

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MIT Water Connect Connected

MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. —Sergey Paltsev, an author of the study and a principal research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. Cyprus offshore hydrocarbon exploration blocks.

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XL Hybrids to display retrofitted hybrid Chevrolet 2500 Cargo Van at MIT Energy Conference

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MARCH 14, 2012

a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.

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MIT Chevrolet Hybrid Energy

MIT team develops sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system to help steer driverless cars through fog and dust

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

MIT researchers have now developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail. Decentralized design. The key to the design is what the researchers call “decentralization.” The key to the design is what the researchers call “decentralization.”

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MIT researchers develop surface coatings to inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas pipelines

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APRIL 11, 2012

Researchers at MIT, led by associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, say they have found a solution, described recently in the RSC journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. — Methane hydrates can freeze upon contact with cold water in the deep ocean, are a chronic problem for deep-sea oil and gas wells.

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MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT have improved a proposed liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources to compete with conventional power plants. In addition to the lower operating temperature, which should simplify the battery’s design and extend its working life, the new formulation will be less expensive to make, Sadoway says.

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MIT Grid Batteries Battery

MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. A total of more than $1.6 million was awarded to 11 projects, each lasting up to two years.

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MIT Grant 2014 Energy

MIT Sequential Decomposition Synthesis process produces thin solid-state electrolytes without sintering

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from MIT has developed a new approach to fabricating oxide-based solid-state electrolytes that are comparable in thickness to the polymer separators found in current Li-ion batteries without sintering: sequential decomposition synthesis (SDS). Rupp (2022) “A Sinter-Free Future for Solid-State Battery Designs” Energy Environ.

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MIT Li-ion Polymer Lithium Ion

MIT researchers develop angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system for power generation without using mirrors to concentrate sun’s heat

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Researchers at MIT have found a way to use thermophotovoltaic devices—solid-state devices that use the sun’s heat, usually concentrated with mirrors, to generate electricity directly—without mirrors to concentrate sunlight, potentially making the system much simpler and less expensive. similar to the greenhouse effect).

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MIT Solar Escape Power

BMW and MIT Self-Assembly Lab collaborate to design the first printed inflatable material; liquid printed pneumatics

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MAY 27, 2018

The BMW Design Department in collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory have successfully developed printed inflatable material technologies that selftransform, adapt and morph from one state to another. —Martina Starke, head of BMW Brand Vision and BMW Brand Design at BMW Group. customized printable balloons.

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MIT BMW Design Future

MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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MIT Water Energy CO2

ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Because of the large design and technology space available for algal biofuel production, the team notes in the paper, life-cycle analysis (LCA) can serve both as a process design and technology evaluation tool. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science and Technology. The LCA work is a core part of that effort.

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MIT Oil Water Fuel

MIT study finds including non-CO2 emissions from synthetic aviation fuel in lifecycle analysis of climate impact can lead to decrease in relative environmental merit; need for a holistic analysis framework

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

A new study by researchers at MIT has found that factoring the non-CO 2 combustion emissions and effects into the lifecycle of a Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK) aviation fuel can lead to a decrease in the relative environmental merit of the SPK fuel compared to conventional jet fuel. Aviation climate change impacts pathway.

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MIT Climate Emissions Fuel

MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

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MARCH 26, 2018

Researchers led by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), BMW Group, and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fundamentally new approach to alter ion mobility and stability against oxidation of lithium ion conductors—a key component of rechargeable batteries—using lattice dynamics.

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MIT Lithium Ion Li-ion Design

Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

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MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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Design Hybrid Transportation Production

MIT, Toyota team clarifies role of iodide in Li-air batteries

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Now, researchers from MIT, with a colleague from Toyota Motor Europe’s R&D group, have carried out detailed tests that seem to resolve the questions surrounding one promising material for such batteries: lithium iodide (LiI). display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Mit" title="Mit" src="[link] />.

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New study provides detailed analysis of oxygen evolution reaction at molecular level

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MAY 26, 2020

Ruthenium dioxide is widely used in industrial processes, in which it’s particularly important for catalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) that splits molecules of water and releases oxygen. I think the exciting aspect of the work is that we push a little bit the boundary of our understanding of the catalysis of splitting water.

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MIT Water Insight Hydrogen

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. Ghoniem’s lab is exploring some of these options.

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MIT Convert CO2 Carbon

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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AUGUST 3, 2014

The design provides for two options: self-propelled or barge-mounted floating NPPs [e.g., OKBM has participated in realization of reactor plant (RP) designs for nuclear ships since 1954.). New design for floating NPPs. For this new design, he says, “the biggest selling point is the enhanced safety.”. the Lomonosov].

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MIT researchers devise simple catalytic system for fixation and conversion of CO2

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MARCH 5, 2014

Researchers at MIT have devised a simple, soluble metal oxide system to capture and transform CO 2 into useful organic compounds. Cummins was curious to see if he could design a catalyst where the carbon dioxide would bind to the ligand instead. Molybdate is relatively abundant and stable in air and water.

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MIT Conversion CO2 Carbon

Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future. Ferrovial and MIT.

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Coating developed at MIT could stop buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow

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APRIL 15, 2017

A team of researchers at MIT has developed a coating that could stop the buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow. The key to the new system is coating the inside of the pipe with a layer of a material that promotes spreading of a water-barrier layer along the pipe’s inner surface. through the MIT Energy Initiative.

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MIT Oil Gas Water

New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

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JUNE 19, 2014

Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations. Top ]: Solid model side view of Leak Detector.

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MIT Saudi Arabia Water Gas

Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

The BASF and Volkswagen international “ Science Award Electrochemistry 2017” ( earlier post ) this year goes to Dr. Jennifer Rupp at MIT. Her research focuses on material and electrode designs for solid-state batteries. Stafford Wheeler Sheehan is founder and CEO of Catalytic Innovations in Adamsville, Rhode Island.

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Heliogen launches, achieves > 1,000 ?C from concentrated sunlight for industrial processes

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Previous commercial concentrating solar thermal systems have been designed to reach temperatures of up to only 565 degrees Celsius—useful for power generation, but insufficient for many industrial processes. Its heat technology represents a key technical breakthrough for concentrated solar thermal.

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Pellion Technologies leveraging high throughput computational materials design to make progress on Mg-ion rechargeable batteries

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JUNE 13, 2011

Persson is also a co-founder of Pellion Technologies—an MIT spin-off co-founded by Dr. Gerbrand Ceder, funded by Vinod Khosla, and recipient of an ARPA-E grant ( earlier post ) that is developing a magnesium-ion (Mg-ion) rechargeable battery. Narrow electrochemical windows of the electrolyte solutions.

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Li-ion Recharge Design Batteries

Researchers advance concept of “4-D” printing technology using shape memory polymer fibers

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Singapore University of Technology and Design have added a “fourth dimension” to additive manufacturing technology, opening up possibilities for the creation and use of adaptive, composite materials in manufacturing, packaging and biomedical applications. A team led by H.

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Polymer Concept Singapore MIT

ORNL finding on surface properties of complex oxides films could lead to better batteries and catalysts

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The surprising proximity of the surface MIT transition temperature of nonstoichiometric films with that of the fully oxygenated bulk suggests that the electronic properties in the surface region are not significantly affected by oxygen deficiency in the bulk. —Snijders et al. —Paul Snijders.

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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APRIL 30, 2024

The nonprofit was one of seven winners last year of MIT Solve’s Gender Equity in STEM Challenge. The MIT Solve Gender Equity in STEM Challenge thoroughly vets all applicants—their theories, practices, organizational health, and impact,” Smith says. The initiative supports organizations that work to address gender barriers.

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ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

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MAY 14, 2020

These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes. Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets.

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SLAC, Berkeley Lab X-rays uncover a hidden property that leads to failure in lithium iron phosphate

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The results correct more than two decades worth of assumptions about the material and will help improve battery design, potentially leading to a new generation of lithium-ion batteries. —Martin Bazant, a professor at MIT and a leader of the study. “.

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MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

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AUGUST 5, 2015

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). Earlier post.). —Li et al.

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Li-ion MIT Batteries Battery

Directly-cooled lighter-weight EV motor made with polymer housing

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

To prevent the motor from overheating, the heat in the stator is currently conducted through a metal housing to a cooling sleeve filled with cold water. In addition, the new design incorporates a rotor cooling solution that also allows the rotor’s heat loss to be dissipated directly within the motor.

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Polymer Motoring Motor Motors

Nanocomposite of bio-templated manganese oxide and Pd as high-performance cathode for Li-air batteries

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Scientists at MIT have built catalyst structures to achieve high Li-O 2 battery performances by forming a nanocomposite of bio-templated manganese oxide nanowires (bio MO nanowires) produced by the M13 bacteriophage virus ( earlier post ) with incorporation of a small weight percent (3-5 wt%) of Pd nanoparticles. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Air

Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Where autonomous vehicles have had the most success is in environments with a lot of predictability and structure, which is why I really like the idea of autonomous urban boats designed for cities with canals. MIT has been working on these for years , and they're about to introduce them to the canals of Amsterdam as cargo shuttles and taxis.

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MIT Cars Environment Taxi

Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

MIT engineers develop process that can treat produced water from gas wells at relatively low cost

MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

MIT team testing new SiC nuclear fuel-rod cladding that could lead to safer power plants

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water

DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

Shell Becomes Founding Member of MIT Energy Initiative with $25M Investment

MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

XL Hybrids to display retrofitted hybrid Chevrolet 2500 Cargo Van at MIT Energy Conference

MIT team develops sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system to help steer driverless cars through fog and dust

MIT researchers develop surface coatings to inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas pipelines

MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost

MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards

MIT Sequential Decomposition Synthesis process produces thin solid-state electrolytes without sintering

MIT researchers develop angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system for power generation without using mirrors to concentrate sun’s heat

BMW and MIT Self-Assembly Lab collaborate to design the first printed inflatable material; liquid printed pneumatics

MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

MIT study finds including non-CO2 emissions from synthetic aviation fuel in lifecycle analysis of climate impact can lead to decrease in relative environmental merit; need for a holistic analysis framework

MIT-led team devises new approach to designing solid ion conductors; implications for high-energy solid-state batteries

Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

MIT, Toyota team clarifies role of iodide in Li-air batteries

New study provides detailed analysis of oxygen evolution reaction at molecular level

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

MIT researchers devise simple catalytic system for fixation and conversion of CO2

Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

Coating developed at MIT could stop buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow

New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

Heliogen launches, achieves > 1,000 ?C from concentrated sunlight for industrial processes

Pellion Technologies leveraging high throughput computational materials design to make progress on Mg-ion rechargeable batteries

Researchers advance concept of “4-D” printing technology using shape memory polymer fibers

ORNL finding on surface properties of complex oxides films could lead to better batteries and catalysts

This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

SLAC, Berkeley Lab X-rays uncover a hidden property that leads to failure in lithium iron phosphate

MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

Directly-cooled lighter-weight EV motor made with polymer housing

Nanocomposite of bio-templated manganese oxide and Pd as high-performance cathode for Li-air batteries

Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars

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