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ION Storage Systems to partner with U Maryland on $4.8M ARPA-E EVs4ALL award

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million grant awarded to the University of Maryland (UMD). ION Storage Systems Inc. ION) will participate in the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) EVs4ALL program as part of a $­4.8-million Earlier post.)

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University of Maryland wins 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest

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The team of the University of Maryland is the winner of the 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest, announced on Sunday by the US Department of Energy at the Young Scientist Symposium of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2012 in Toronto, Canada.

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University of Maryland team creates solid-state Li-ion battery out of one material

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Credit: Maryland NanoCenter Click to enlarge. Engineers at the University of Maryland have created a solid-state Li-ion battery that is made entirely out of one material. The Maryland team took a radically different approach to solve the problem of what happens at the interface between the electrolyte and the electrode.

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More than half of all daily trips in US were less than three miles in 2021

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Source: Estimated for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the Maryland Transportation Institute and Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland. The trips included driving, rail, transit, and air.

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DOE: number of daily trips taken by Americans in 2021 rebounded from 2020 lows

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Source: Estimated for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the Maryland Transportation Institute and Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland. Multiple stays of longer than 10 minutes before returning home was counted as multiple trips.

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Genetically engineered wood to revolutionise construction industry sustainability

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University of Maryland researchers have genetically engineered wood that has the potential to transform sustainable construction. The post Genetically engineered wood to revolutionise construction industry sustainability appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Sandia testing method yields pathway to better, longer-lasting solid-state batteries

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The work was done in collaboration with NIST, Naval Research Labs, University of Maryland College Park and Brown University.

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