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Hydrogen is a promising form of carbon-free energy, but moving and storing the superlight element is costly and energy-intensive. So a California startup cofounded in 2022 by two leading chemists, including a Nobel laureate, is designing a new type of tank made with nanomaterials that aims to be cheaper and safer than any currently in use — and hold more hydrogen, too.

Irvine, California-based H2MOF hopes to sell its next-generation hydrogen tanks sometime after 2024 to heavy-duty vehicle makers with plans to offer zero-emission fuel cell vehicles. It argues that in addition to holding fuel inside the vehicles, these tanks will also provide a better way to ship the fuel by truck or train as… More.

H2MOF thinks nanomaterials designed to hold hydrogen at low pressure like a sponge absorbing water are a cheaper, more efficient way to store the elemental fuel.

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Jensen Huanf and Lisa Lu, CEOs of NVIDIA and AMD, are cousins. However, they are not close and have not been seen out together publicly.

Those who keep abreast of what’s happening in the semiconductor industry know that top dogs NVIDIA and AMD are competitors that regularly take potshots at each other. But what a lot of people may not know is that the CEOs of these two companies are cousins.

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Cousin rivalry?

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This research is still in the initial stages and needs further investigation before it becomes part of the pacemakers used today.

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle successfully designed a leadless pacemaker that can be partially charged using energy generated by the beating heart. The research findings will be presented at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions to be held later this weekend, a press release said.

Pacemakers are small devices that detect a patient’s heartbeat and send electrical pulses to the heart if it needs to be paced. According to the AHA’s report, as many as 93,000 pacemaker and defibrillator procedures were performed in the US in 2018.

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The map reveals how every single neuron in the nervous system of the small worm communicates wirelessly.

Making a significant stride in scientific advancement, researchers have created the first-ever map that illustrates the wireless communication among every individual neuron in the nervous system of a small worm.

This is the first time a map of a neuropeptide network is created in any mammal, even though the same has been successfully done in simple organisms.

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“There is a whole new discussion at least posing the question of the carbon footprint of particle physics.”

A particle collider, sometimes referred to as an atom smasher, is a type of high-energy physics apparatus used to investigate the fundamental particles and forces that exist in the cosmos. Subatomic particles, such as protons, electrons, or other charged particles, are accelerated to extremely high speeds and collide at extremely high energies in particle colliders.

Scientists use them to study the core components of matter and the fundamental forces of existence such as the nature of dark matter, the properties of quarks and leptons as well as the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear… More.

Emilio Nanni/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Awkward name aside, the Lexus LF-ZC Concept that debuted at the Japan Mobility Show last week is a very big deal. When it goes into production in 2026, it will be the first electric vehicle on an all-new, ground-up Toyota platform; will do some very next-level things with the company’s steer-by-wire technology; and an alleged 620 miles of electric range.

It is not, however, going to do that with some huge battery pack that weighs as much as an apartment building. Instead, it’s going to rely mostly on chemistry to deliver on those big range claims.

As part of the auto show festivities, Toyota invited several international media outlets, including InsideEVs, to Japan last week. There, the world’s largest automaker previewed a number of emerging technology concepts, including a simulated “manual transmission” for electric cars, an advanced in-car AI assistant and its EV battery plans for the next few years.

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