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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent 30% spike in fertilizer prices globally highlight the direct links between fossil natural gas and fertilizer production and U.S. national and economic security. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of fertilizer with 21% global market share in potash and 14% in nitrogen fertilizers. In addition, nitrogen fertilizer application pro ...

There is a large, unmet need for an energy-efficient, facility-scale mobility system that addresses the needs of underserved communities, particularly people with reduced mobility (PRM). Mobility services in airports and other large facilities, are failing to meet the needs of PRM due to rapidly scaling demand and fragmented systems that remain heavily reliant on manual labor and unreliable commun ...

Moving people in and around large-scale facilities and developments, whether indoor or outdoor, is an important, unaddressed area in mobility. Existing options such as scooters or moving walkways fall short, particularly for travelers with disabilities as well as those with socio-economic disadvantages. The proposed Automated Mobility Platforms (AMPs) project addresses the need to provide sustaina ...

Superconducting magnets, by offering extremely strong magnetic fields, play a key role for high energy physics explorations. However, magnet quenches due to thermal disturbances, significantly suppress magnet performance, and substantially add to the operating cost of superconducting magnets by boiling away huge amounts of extraordinarily expensive liquid helium. Low temperature superconducting ca ...

The next generation of reactors will provide safe, reliable, and clean electricity as well as enable new applications for nuclear energy including hydrogen production, industrial heat generation, and water desalination. However, the design and operating characteristics of next-generation reactors (e.g. elevated temperatures, increased radiation, corrosive coolants, extended refueling cycles, compa ...

"SkyNano, Endeavor Composites, and The University of Tennessee Knoxville propose to develop a composite panel that contains CO2-derived carbon nanotubes (CNTs), recycled carbon fiber waste, and bio-derived natural fibers that exhibits excellent mechanical and functional properties, while maintaining a carbon-negative footprint on a cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave basis. By the end of the Phase ...

"SkyNano, Endeavor Composites, and The University of Tennessee Knoxville propose to develop a composite panel that contains CO2-derived carbon nanotubes (CNTs), recycled carbon fiber waste, and bio-derived natural fibers that exhibits excellent mechanical and functional properties, while maintaining a carbon-negative footprint on a cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave basis. By the end of the Phase ...

"SkyNano, Endeavor Composites, and The University of Tennessee Knoxville propose to develop a composite panel that contains CO2-derived carbon nanotubes (CNTs), recycled carbon fiber waste, and bio-derived natural fibers that exhibits excellent mechanical and functional properties, while maintaining a carbon-negative footprint on a cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave basis. By the end of the Phase ...

Gaseous compounds such as H2, N2, O2, CO, NO, CH4, CO2, N2O and H2S are commonly produced and/or consumed by microorganisms during normal metabolic processes. Since the microbial production and consumption of these gaseous compounds via a variety of reductive and oxidative processes are interconnected, the development of a method for the simultaneous quantification of multiple gas species is highl ...

High energy physics research, modern medicine and advanced materials are continually demanding stronger magnetic fields. Efforts to generate fields in excess of 25 Tesla have been a principal driver of High Temperature Superconductor research. Although HTS materials were discovered decades ago and have always shown significant potential for high field use, until recently magnets using the technolo ...