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University of Louisville researchers working on new HER catalysts for water-splitting; $1M from NSF, DOE

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Researchers at the University of Louisville are developing new catalyst materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water splitting, where the bond between hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen is released. The current catalyst used in electrolyzers for the production of H 2 from water is platinum, which is very expensive.

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Video Friday: Trick or Treat, Atlas

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RoCogMan Lab ] When Arvato’s Louisville, Ky. NASA ] Students from Howard University, Moorehouse College, and Berea College joined University of Michigan robotics students in online Robotics 102 courses for the fall ‘23 and winter ‘24 semesters. Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute ]

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Researchers propose new aluminum–sulfur battery with molten-salt electrolyte; low-cost, rechargeable, fire-resistant, recyclable

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An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. Sadoway is formally the Chief Scientific Advisor.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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NIST is awarding $5 million to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, Ohio, which is operated by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, for a three-phase collaborative research effort involving 27 companies, universities and national laboratories. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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Video Friday: Floppybot

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Agility ] Seeking to instill students with real-life workforce skills through hands-on learning, teachers at Central High School in Louisville, Ky., And here’s the segment, it’s pretty great. [ SRI ] Agility CEO Damion Shelton talks about the hierarchy of robot control and draws similarities to the process of riding a horse.

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BIRD Energy to invest $6.4M in Israel-US projects; biomass, fuel cells, natural gas, water-energy nexus and energy efficiency technologies

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Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. Louisville, KY) will develop a novel solution to optimize energy efficiency and improve the quality of compressed air systems for the food & beverage industry. Santa Clara, CA), will develop an efficient power supply for grid connected electronic devices. EcoPlant Technological Innovation Ltd.

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