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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. Atmospheric water harvesting draws water from humidity in the air. The UT Austin technique is aimed at the latter.

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ExxonMobil invests $15M in University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute; renewable energy, battery technologies and power grid modeling

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ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. —Carlos Santamarina.

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UT Austin researchers successfully spoof yacht at sea with false GPS signals

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A radio navigation research team from The University of Texas at Austin successfully coerced a 213-foot yacht off its course, using a GPS spoofing device. The experiment took place about 30 miles off the coast of Italy as the yacht sailed in international waters.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

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IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony showcases emerging technologies and celebrates engineering pioneers who laid the groundwork for many of today’s electronic devices. Engineering changes the way the world works.” Engineering changes the way the world works,” he said. Mulligan Jr.

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Tesla HVAC system still on the future products list: Elon Musk

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The Tesla CEO replied to Sparks, commenting that an HVAC system is especially important in places like Austin, which have “next-level amount[s] of pollen in the air.” Especially important in places like Austin, which has next-level amounts of pollen in the air. The next logical step is obviously HVAC and water and heating.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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Source: UT Austin. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States. The relative contributions of different production components differ, however. Click to enlarge.

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