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ARPA-E to award up to $10M to study cold fusion (LENR)

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Google, DARPA, NASA), that has advanced LENR-relevant state-of-the-art capabilities and methodologies. However, few such proposals were submitted, and none were funded by DOE. For energy applications, LENR could potentially contribute to decarbonizing sectors such as industrial heat and transportation (~50% of U.S.

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Schiff Amendment would provide resources to restart Plutonium-238 production for RTGs

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In the early 1990s, the US shut down Pu-238 production, and since then, the DOE has been using stockpiled material and material purchased from Russia to build these devices. Recently, Russia refused to continue that relationship, and the US supply of Pu-238 is almost exhausted. Source: Kirk Sorensen. Click to enlarge.

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Live Updates: Tesla Giga Berlin final environmental permit press conference

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The following were the topics discussed during the press conference, as well as some notable updates and quotes during the press conference (Quotes provided by Google Translate unless otherwise stated). . That’s what we’re talking about there, after all, building it up and making it a success…. I learned a lot from this project, yes.

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How the Wayback Machine Is Saving Digital Ukraine

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And we work with domain experts who submit google sheets of URLs. A couple of years ago, I decided to focus on a couple of dozen countries including Ukraine and Russia, archiving more than 300 news sites from Ukraine and 900 news sites from Russia every day. the kind of files people move around in Google Drive.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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G20 countries build a generous Green Climate Fund, well above the $100-billion-a-year goal in the Paris climate agreement. The US and China take the lead in scaling up the technology, given their large markets, tech-friendly regulatory environments and industry giants, such as Google and the State Grid Corporation of China.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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SambaNova is after the same title, and clearly Google has it's eye on some awfully big neural networks , too. New Optical Switch up to 1000x Faster Than Transistors Although certain types of optical computing are getting closer, the switch researchers in Russia and at IBM described in October is likely for a far future computer.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Furthermore, while the "trade-offs of economics and performance are all going the same direction, where it is now feasible to build an EV for the middle class," Paredis observes, there is little consensus over the best way to design smart, affordable EVs over the next decade. Additional vehicle elements are also simplified.