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Researchers at a few prominent universities have published findings on recent power-related projects. At Cranfield University in the UK, hydrogen production technology is advancing with an eye on cost and carbon reductions; researchers at the University of Michigan released best practices for extending lithium-ion battery life; and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study found […]

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Powering The EV Revolution — Battery Packs Now At $156/kWh, 13% Lower Than 2018, Finds BNEF

December 4, 2019 admin batteries, bnef, bnef battery price survey, byd, cars, catl, clean transport, cobalt, colin mckerracher, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev fud, insights into future mobility, lifepo4 batteries, lithium-ion batteries, market research, mit, nca, ncm 811, nickel, nickel supply, research, tesla

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:40:33 +0000

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has released the results of its 2019 Battery Price Survey, finding that industry-weighted average battery pack prices have already fallen to $156 per kWh. This is over 13% lower than the 2018 average ($180/kWh, when adjusted for inflation), and BNEF foresees cost reductions continuing, with $100/kWh potentially being reached by 2023. Let’s dive in

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Harvard & Yale Students Disrupt “The Game” To Demand Climate Action

November 25, 2019 admin activism, climate change, climate protest, divestment, greta thunberg, Harvard, mit, policy & politics, yale

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:20:21 +0000

Harvard and Yale students disrupted the football game between the schools on Saturday to protest the lack of leadership on global warming by both administrations. How dare they think for themselves?

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Students Are Demanding MIT Fire a Professor Who Visited Epstein in Prison

November 4, 2019 admin campus protests, epstein, mit, sexual assault

Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:26:40 +0000

An engineering professor who accepted donations from Epstein is advising a freshman seminar at MIT this semester.

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Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments

September 17, 2019 admin jeffrey epstein, mit, richard stallman

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:17:52 +0000

Stallman said the “most plausible scenario” is that one of Epstein’s underage victims was “entirely willing.”

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This Is the Blackest Black Ever Created

September 13, 2019 admin Black, carbon nanotubes, diamond, material, material science, mit, new york stock exchange, tech-science, vantablack

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:29:12 +0000

MIT scientists have produced a material that is 10 times darker than anything else made by humans.

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This Magnetic Robot Wants to Crawl Inside Your Brain

August 30, 2019 admin aneurysm, Blood, blood clot, mit, robot, science robotics, stroke, tech-science

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:02:20 +0000

MIT scientists are working on a robot that could deliver lasers and drugs to problem areas of the brain.

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Fusion Power: Watching, Waiting, as Research Continues

August 1, 2018 admin aec, Business, DOE, fusion power, general, GERMANY, h-bomb, hans bethe, History, hydrogen, International, iter, lasers, lawrence livermore national laboratory, magnets, mit, news, Nuclear, nuclear fusion, nuclear technology, r&d, Research and Development, Technology

Cheap and abundant electric power from nuclear fusion—power “too cheap to meter”—has been a dream for more than a half-century. But as time passes, practical fusion appears to be moving further into

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