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  Chemical Engineers Working Toward Better Batteries for Transportation

  December 20, 2012 — Chemical engineers are researching how to make better, cheaper and lighter batteries for the transportation ... > full story
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  'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles

  December 20, 2012 — Drivers of gas and diesel cars are usually aware that driving at high speed, harsh acceleration and hard braking all contribute to lowering their fuel economy. Scientists can readily explain in terms ... > full story
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  Artificial Intelligence Helps Sort Used Batteries

  December 19, 2012 — A new type of machine sorts used batteries by means of artificial intelligence (AI). One machine is now being used in the UK, sorting one-third of the country’s recycled ... > full story
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  New Factor That Could Limit Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries Revealed

  December 12, 2012 — A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently on the ... > full story
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  Ancient Red Dye Powers New 'Green' Battery: Chemists Use Plant Extract in Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery

  December 11, 2012 — Rose madder -- a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles -- has found a second life as the basis for a new "green" battery. Chemists have developed a ... > full story
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  Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible

  December 6, 2012 — For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the ... > full story
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  Superconductors That Work by Themselves: Scientists Discover New Possibilities in Cryoelectronics

  December 5, 2012 — Scientists have experimentally demonstrated a new type of superconducting element -- named the phi-Josephson junction. Implemented in cryogenic devices, this element will make superconducting ... > full story
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  World's First Demonstration of Power Transfer from Wheels to Power an Electric Car

  December 5, 2012 — Electric vehicles (EV) have ten times higher energy performance than automobiles powered by gasoline-based engines. However, they are not yet popular with drivers due to the need to store large ... > full story
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  Lithium Restores Cognitive Function in Down Syndrome Mice

  December 3, 2012 — Researchers report that lithium, a drug commonly used for the treatment of mood disorders in humans, restores neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a part of the brain strongly associated with learning ... > full story
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  Greener Storage for Green Energy

  November 29, 2012 — Renewable energy solutions like wind and solar operate on nature’s timetable. When the sun blazes or when the breeze blows, power is plentiful—but not necessarily at the moments when ... > full story

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