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FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Researchers at Wuhan University of Science and Technology in China have proposed a control method based on a speed loop structure-variable sliding mode controller (SMC) for interior permanent magnet synchronous motors in electric vehicles. The method combines maximum torque per ampere with a vector control strategy.

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MARCH 31, 2023

The company has its origins at Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, UC Berkeley and the University of North Carolina. The company refers to this combination of properties together as a “silicon elastic composite” battery.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

A team from Nanjing University, Hubei Normal University and Zhejiang University has developed a cobalt-doped graphdiyne catalyst for catalytically decomposing ammonia (NH 3 ) to generate H 2. The composite catalyst significantly enhances the reactivity and stability of ammonia decomposition.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a small, optical nano-sensor for pollution detection which can be mounted onto an ordinary streetlight. A collaboration with the University of Sheffield is also underway. A collaboration with the University of Sheffield is also underway.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Academic partners include Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Stuttgart, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKSF), and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, an innovation partner of KIT. —Professor Michael Weyrich.

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MAY 16, 2021

A team of scientists from six institutions, including Akihiro Moriyoshi, Emeritus Professor Hokkaido University, have found that the presence of Trace Quantities of Organic Matter (TQOM) in modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements drive the deterioration of these structures. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It is often referred to as a skateboard power pack layout. On Project LEVA, Lotus collaborated with supply chain partner Sarginsons Industries and leading academics from Brunel University London to harness the full light-weighting potential of the vehicle architecture. Vehicle layout. Battery configuration. Battery capacity.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The researchers thus refer to the process as a “Tandem Mechanism”. H 2 ) on the catalytically active sites of Fe 3 O 4 , and subsequently by the FTS reactions (CO?+?H C n H m ?+?H

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. Taking IRENA’s REmap scenario as a reference, renewable hydrogen could deliver 5% of total final energy demand in 2050.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Researchers at Nanjing University (China) have introduced a new layered C2/m oxide—Li 2 Ni 0.2 LLROs are usually consist of two phases of Li 2 MnO 3 (LMO) with a space group of C2/m and LiTMO 2 (TM refers to a transition metal element) with a space group of R-3m. O 3 (LNMR)—which undergoes a low volume variation of 1.5%

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APRIL 19, 2022

FP refers to iron phosphate. Rice University scientists found that the FP phase spreads nonuniformly on an aggregate surface upon charging, rather than the expected even spread of lithium over the surface. Credit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University). Credit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University).

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Researchers from Uppsala University, KTH and the University of Bologna have reported that during a 32-day test, an “E-Cat” reactor developed by Andrea Rossi ( earlier post ) released an abundance of heat that cannot be explained by chemical reactions alone. The outer surface of the body of the E-Cat is molded in triangular ridges, 2.3

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JULY 13, 2019

Researchers from the University at Buffalo (UB), with colleagues in the US and China, have provided pathophysiologic evidence of the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in China. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries.

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MARCH 15, 2018

a | The total numbers of reference devices that are estimated to be produced in the scenario between 2016 and 2050, together with the range in battery size for each type of reference device. b | The energy-storage demand for the reference devices. Battery size and element requirements for selected reference devices.

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MAY 31, 2019

Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The Syzygy photoreactor technology is the culmination of more than 30 years of plasmonics and nanotechnology research out of Rice University. Each photocatalyst consists of tiny catalyst nanoparticles embedded in the surface of a larger plasmonic nanoparticle; this two-part nanoparticle structure is referred to as an antenna-reactor.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Credit: The University of Hong Kong. For the majority of the developing countries, understanding the uneven urbanization in the past decades can provide scientific references for urban management, helping to strike a balance between urbanization, population growth and environmental changes.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The University of California and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (a consortium of state and non-state universities known as the CRUI) each recently signed what’s known as a read-and-publish agreement with IEEE. Gold open access refers to periodicals in which all content is freely available once published.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements. times higher than the manufacturer-stated maximum.

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JULY 12, 2022

Purchase incentives are an important tool for increasing EV adoption, but the current federal tax credit may not be the most effective, according to a new George Washington University study.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT, with a colleague from Tsinghua University, have developed a safety envelope for Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles by using a high accuracy finite element model of a pouch cell to produce more than 2,500 simulations and subsequently analyzing the data with Machine Learning (ML) algorithms.

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JULY 23, 2019

New DNA analysis by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Arizona has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Credit: Seth Steichen and Judith K.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Saudi Aramco and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), with a colleague from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, assessed the effects of adopting 4 hybrid architectures on the life-cycle GHG emissions of a novel high-reactivity fuel in an advanced compression-ignition engine (GCI).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Purdue University researchers have developed a turbomachine expander that offers an efficient and safe strategy for heating and cooling. These devices are referred to as expansion work recovery devices. However, the device will be referred to as an expander herein for conciseness.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

GM Global Technology Operations LLC and the Regents of the University of Michigan recently were awarded a US patent (Nº 8,261,860) for a plug-in series hybrid or range-extended electric vehicle powertrain using multiple free piston linear alternator (FPLA) engines. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

—Alexander Bergmann, head of the Institute of Electronic Sensor Systems at Graz University of Technology. However, he already refers to the first promising tests at the institute in which conventional tuning forks are used. AUTh (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; GR). CTU (Czech Technical University in Prague; CZ).

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

This will be recorded systematically for the first time in the project and serve as a reference dimension for the design of the drivetrains. This, in combination with the modular product approach, will enable a fast production start-up. Acceptance of the technology largely depends on its suitability in practice.

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APRIL 20, 2023

As part of the project, the “Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components” (PEM) of RWTH Aachen University is to develop processes for coating the fabric-based current collectors with slurry-based electrode materials. Among other things, the pilot plant for cell production will be adapted to process the novel materials.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Twelve was founded in 2015 by Dr. Etosha Cave, Dr. Kendra Kuhl, and Nicholas Flanders, who met as graduate students at Stanford University. Twelve refers to the Carbon-12 isotope, the most abundant form of the element that amounts to 98.93% of the carbon on Earth. Formerly Opus 12, Twelve is based in Berkeley, California.

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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. The innovations are intended to result in a high-efficient and low-cost solution that will be validated on 2 motor topologies, which will be compared to two main reference automotive IPM commercial motors in Europe (VW ID.3

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MARCH 9, 2020

The first demonstration of a universal set of quantum logic gates were performed with trapped ions. Here we demonstrate the latter approach, which—following the original proposal—we refer to as the QCCD (quantum charge coupled device) architecture. This technical breakthrough accelerates quantum capability.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Imec also announced that it has started to upscale the materials and processes in a pilot line for fabrication of solid-state pouch cells at the EnergyVille Campus in Genk (Belgium) and is set-up in collaboration with the University of Hasselt. The different curves refer to different loadings.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Lubricant performance testing was conducted on steel surfaces at the University of North Texas.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with Youngstown State University and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to advance workforce development for the battery manufacturing industry.

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JUNE 5, 2022

A team at the University of Madison-Wisconsin studied critical sooting equivalence ratios and subsequent particulate formation during spark-ignition combustion for blends of ethanol, isobutanol (2-methyl-1-propanol), and methylbutenol (2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol) with gasoline using premixed prevaporized (PMPV) fueling.

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