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Cornell team develops computationally efficient machine learning models for hyperlocal models of PM2.5 concentrations

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Described in a paper in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment , the modeling approach has low data requirements and is computationally efficient. Higher resolution can help transportation and epidemiology studies assess health, environmental justice and air quality impacts. 2022.103505.

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Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture; mimicking methane hydrate

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Yavuz of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Prof. Bo Liu from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Prof. The discovery introduces a new way of storing and transporting carbon dioxide as a solid. Resources Zhiling Xiang, Congyan Liu, Chunhui Chen, Xin Xiao, Thien S.

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Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

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A new hydrocarbon study led by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to access the valuable energy resource more easily. Their open-access study is published in Nature’s new Communications Earth & Environment journal. Hawley, Erik B.

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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In partnership with key universities, four companies—Bluecity, GEKOT Inc., GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University.

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CritMET team examines distribution of germanium and gallium in deep-sea crusts

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Using new analytical methods, the research group “CritMET: Critical Metals for Enabling Technologies” led by Michael Bau, Professor of Geochemistry at Jacobs University in Bremen has studied the distribution of germanium and gallium in iron-manganese crusts from the deep sea. Source: Jacobs University).

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Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

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Accompanying the lower noise levels from bus traffic was a reduction of fatigue, day time sleepiness and low mood, a study at the University of Gothenburg shows. Noise levels from the preceding system of bus transportation had been perceived as disturbing, especially on the uphill stretches. —Kerstin Persson Waye.

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Experts view on future transportation fuels

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Multiple step-change reductions in the environmental/climate footprint of combustion-based transportation systems, while maintaining the fitness for purpose and convenience for the end user, are achievable. A fuel tailored to these operating conditions and ambient environments might be preferred for optimum energy conversion to useful energy.