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Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters
  1. Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters

    Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs.

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  2. U-M engineers to partner in new DOE-backed research hub for clean energy storage

    Researchers will advance battery technologies going beyond current lithium ion capabilities.

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  3. Sea ice’s cooling power is waning faster than its area of extent 

    A shift in Antarctica’s melting trends and slushy Arctic ice pushes warming from changing sea ice toward the upper limits of climate model estimates.

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  4. Pinpointing coal plants to convert to nuclear energy, considering both practicality and community support

    The most comprehensive coal-to-nuclear analysis to date could help policymakers and utilities plan how to meet climate targets.

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  5. US public opinion on social media is warming to nuclear energy, but concerns remain

    300,000 X posts show 48 of 50 states have a more positive than negative tone about nuclear energy, with a national average at 54% positive.

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  6. Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency

    Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.

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  7. Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2  from air and industrial plants

    New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions.

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  8. Racing hydrogen cars in Detroit

    Henderson Academy students used electrolyzers to produce hydrogen gas from water and power miniature fuel cell cars.

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  9. New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

    With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more.

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  10. Urine-to-fertilizer effort part of NSF Regional Innovation Engine 

    U-M involved in Great Lakes consortium to support sustainable economic growth

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