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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology vying to establish international center for solid-state batteries

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The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is vying to establish an international center to develop solid-state batteries which will be safer, cheaper, smaller and more efficient than lithium ion batteries. The conference is the second step in the process to bring CEPS to its fully-funded fruition.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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in robotics at Heidelberg University , in Germany. The society recently launched several programs to engage them, including career fairs, travel grants, and networking opportunities with researchers. Student representatives also help organize conference workshops. The society’s approach has paid off.

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Researchers develop large-scale, economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands and oil fields

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The researchers are presenting this work at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Barcelona this week. Goldschmidt is an annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organized by the European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society. —Grant Strem, CEO of Proton Technologies.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He worked at the university at the time of his death. He was granted 107 patents in Korea and 46 U.S.

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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

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A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. Additionally, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant of $4 million to Juenger and his team.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. He was granted a patent in Germany last year. The work students and faculty members in these universities are doing is extraordinary,” Tiwari says.

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UK government establishing £10M center for synthetic biology with focus on industrialization

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The main aim of SynbiCITE will be to act as an Industrial Translation Engine that can integrate university- and industry-based research in synthetic biology into industrial process and products. It will receive initial grant funding of £5 million, with a further £5 million to be awarded over the next two years.