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APRIL 25, 2021

Researchers from the University of Houston, with colleagues at the University of São Paolo in Brazil, have demonstrated how copper-resistant bacterium from a copper mine in Brazil convert CuSO 4 (copper sulfate) ions into zero-valent Cu (metallic copper). An open-access paper on their research is published in Science Advances.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) robotics researchers working with Ford Motor Company have found a way to tell an autonomous vehicle which cameras to use when navigating. The key idea here is to learn which cameras to use at different locations in the world, based on previous experience at that location.

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APRIL 17, 2020

A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new metal-organic framework (MOF) materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen and methane for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Credit: Northwestern University. Teller (BET) area of 7310 m 2 g ?1 —Omar Farha.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. Chiang is the executive vice president of Purdue University for strategic initiatives and the John A. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Scientists at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, together with colleagues from Boston University (BU) and Wayne State University (WSU), have now succeeded in preventing dendrite formation and thus at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium metal battery. The research team has applied for a patent for their method.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

How the Stellarator Was Born Located at the end of Stellarator Road and a roughly 5-kilometer drive from Princeton University ’s leafy campus, PPPL is one of 17 U.S. According to the lab’s lore, Spitzer came up with the idea while riding a ski lift at Aspen Mountain in 1951.

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MARCH 11, 2020

In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges. It focused on projects to make local transportation more efficient and sustainable, examining physical infrastructure and soliciting design ideas for transit stations.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. Before, I had no idea that college professors did something called research. After earning her Ph.D.

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights, and ideas. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Ford and Purdue University researchers are working to develop a new, patent-pending charging station cable that could combine with in-development vehicle charging technology, making it even easier for people to transition to EVs with seamless re-charging. Hollander Family professor of mechanical engineering, Purdue University.

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JUNE 27, 2019

We have a shared vision of how people, goods and ideas will be transported in the future, as well as the safety and regulatory ecosystem that will underpin that transportation. He spent several years as a professor at Stanford University where he led the Stanford Racing Team, whose “Stanley” won the DARPA Grand Challenge.

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MAY 5, 2020

Texas A&M University (TAMU) engineering researchers have devised a simple, proliferation-resistant approach for separating out different components of nuclear waste. Credit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students studying at a US-based high school, college, community college, university, and/or graduate school.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

is pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Scranton , in Pennsylvania. The junior is president of the university’s W3USR amateur radio club. The idea behind HamSCI is getting citizens involved in science,” Piccini says. Piccini, from Monroe Township, N.J.,

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Phase 1 semifinalists identified an impactful idea or solution to drive down costs of lithium extraction and, ultimately, help develop environmentally friendly, domestic sources of lithium. The Phase 1 semifinalists are: Boston University – Pober-Strauss. George Washington University – Ellexco. Rice University – LiSED.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER. Ohio University is doing the same. Support for this idea is already strong within the OER community, and it won’t be long before we’ll have an iTunes-style central repository for all OER materials in higher education.

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MARCH 11, 2024

With RFM-1, it’s the same idea: Training on lots of different kinds of manipulation—different robots, different objects, and so on—means that any single kind of manipulation will be that much more capable. “It It has always been our long term plan to be a robotics foundation model company,” says Chen.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. To get to the best ideas, collaboration is critical. Columbia University.

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APRIL 22, 2023

The consortium of eight European partners in the HEFT project is led by Mondragan University and includes GKN Automotive. A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric vehicles (EVs).

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APRIL 8, 2020

Researchers at Aarhus University (Denmark) have launched a project to produce cellulosic bioethanol via completely natural processes. Scoma came up with the idea for the project during a visit to a zoo in Belgium. Characterization of green and yellow stools from giant panda. Scoma et al.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The new initiative started with a hackathon which took place on 10-11 December, on the Campus of XU Exponential University in Potsdam, Germany, in order to adapt the “Tuban Xiong” app to the requirements of the German market. Five teams created five completely new and different ideas.

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APRIL 20, 2019

The idea of providing the necessary storage of wind and solar energy with batteries is utopian, as the Leopoldina, Acatech and the Union of Academies of Sciences have emphasized. We have pointed that out.

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JULY 26, 2019

LG Chem will host the 2nd Global Innovation Contest (GIC) for leading universities and research institutions worldwide. Being the first of its kind in Korean chemical industry, Global Innovation Contest invites organizations around the world to discover innovative ideas and technologies.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

As part of its centenary celebrations, British Airways, in collaboration with Cranfield University, challenged academics from across the UK to develop a sustainable alternative fuel that could power a commercial aircraft on a long-haul flight, carrying up to 300 customers with zero net emissions.

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MARCH 6, 2022

Small particles from tires inhibit the growth and cause adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, according to two new Oregon State University studies. The research is supported by a National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Research Big Idea grant. Resources. Siddiqui, J.M.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, have developed a new concept for an aluminum battery delivering twice the energy density as previous versions, made of abundant materials, and with the potential to reduce production costs and environmental impact.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. Dr. Sargent said he developed the idea from reading about the emergence of life on Earth, both in primary literature and popular science books.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

CRADLE Beijing will construct interactive business and investment collaborations with leading ICT companies, start-ups, government institutions, key universities, investment institutions and other strategic partners in China, while contributing to global efforts to foster disruptive innovation.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Vessel operators, ports, shipyards, naval architects, energy companies, certification bodies, regulators, and sustainability focused investors are invited to join the project in a series of virtual workshops to share ideas and learn about how Current Direct can change the way business is done. Contact CurrentDirect@spearps.com to learn more.

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APRIL 3, 2022

Battery researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a self-standing mesoporous silicon (Si) film anode for lithium-ion batteries. Using the electrochemical etching method, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland developed a self-standing mesoporous Si film anode for lithium-ion batteries.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

The axial flux motor is the brain child of Tim Woolmer, who came up with the idea while a Ph.D candidate at Oxford University. When Mercedes purchased UK-based YASA last year, it opened the door for axial flux electric motors to find a place in mass produced production vehicles. “I was five weeks into my […].

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APRIL 21, 2023

In order to achieve this, the idea is to develop, among other things, sensor technology using AI-based materials detection and other spectroscopic methods (e.g. laser-induced plasma spectroscopy) that is capable of identifying different steel and aluminium alloys.

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MARCH 31, 2020

The lab will explore business ideas and technologies to revolutionize a value chain encompassing R&D, business and production for future mobility solutions. With a strong track record for open innovation, Singapore is an ideal location for Hyundai to test its innovative ideas such as HMGICs.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

CREATE will collect outside-the-box ideas from businesses, laboratories, and universities for a wide range of energy technologies, so we can pursue as many energy solutions as possible. —ARPA-E Director Evelyn N.

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