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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

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A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. But the cheapest cities for EVs were Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland, while the cheapest cities for gasoline cars were Houston and Dallas.

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New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil

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Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor. Click to enlarge. An EROI of 1:1 means there is no energy “profit” from the investment of energy.

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Space station droplet combustion experiments reveal cool-burning flames; potential to lead to better engines

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Isolated droplet combustion experiments performed on the International Space Station (ISS) by a team of international researchers have revealed a new type of cool-burning flames. The team was led by Forman Williams, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Hicks, Paul V.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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More than 50 percent of pregnant people become anemic, according to the Cleveland Clinic , risking premature birth, low birth weight for the baby, and postpartum depression. He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services.

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NASA testing new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsor; 4-8% fuel burn savings over current advanced engines

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NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. Click to enlarge. The highly experimental tests have required years of preparation.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis.

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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is recovering technical capabilities it lost two or three generations ago and is on track to returning astronauts to the moon,” says Bleddyn Bowen , associate professor at the University of Leicester, in England. “It and the electric propulsion thrusters are being tested in Cleveland. “It’s a demonstration that the U.S.

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