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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars.

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Peridot could be new key to hydrogen production

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This simple method could provide a copious supply of hydrogen gas, according to the BBC. Researchers at the University of Lyon used the mineral olivine ([.]. Scientist have found a new way to produce hydrogen fuel for use in fuel cell vehicles; using rocks to split the hydrogen from water molecules. Hydrogen cars'

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Q&A With Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor

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Many of the 65x series of chips are still in production. The processors and their variants are used as microcontrollers in commercial products, and they remain popular among hobbyists who build home-brewed computers. Bill Mensch: I went to Temple University [in Philadelphia] on the recommendation of a guidance counselor.

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Biofuel cells could power electrical gadgets

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According to the BBC, scientists at St Louis University in Missouri, US have developed a prototype cell, similar to the ones our own bodies, which can convert almost anything into energy. Tags: Green credentials cells electric energy mitochondria production. Suggested fuels which the cells could [.].

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. It started out as a means of running Amazon’s own platform and has since grown into a company that offers similar services to other companies and even university researchers.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We She spent the previous year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and before that she was the Southwest correspondent for The Economist based in Austin, Tex. Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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