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DOE issues request for information on materials that withstand harsh environments

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) about advances in components, systems, and products that can withstand harsh environments and extended service lifetimes. ( Very high temperature environments. DE-FOA-0002385 ). High mechanical wear / stress conditions. Alloy embrittlement conditions.

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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company’s Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to provide valuable information to NASA for potential future commercial launch opportunities. Through this unique approach, SpinLaunch is providing a fundamentally new way to access space.

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Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

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One natural fertile area that we can exploit is information technology. Information and communication technology together are responsible for an. Here are several strategies we can employ to address the climate crisis and create a sustainable environment for us and the generations that follow. GREENING OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

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DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative to help US industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments. The program will focus on developing improved lightweight material technologies, as well.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains. and its environs.

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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

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A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Much of this information was publicly available. Much of this information was publicly available. 2021.117314.

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National labs team delivers techno-economic analyses of H2 DRI scenarios for green steel

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The focus of this work is to characterize plausible hydrogen end use in iron and steelmaking in a manner that can inform coupling with H 2 generation and storage systems. When using H 2 only for iron ore reduction, economic viability is reached at an H 2 procurement cost of $1.70 —Rosner et al. Rosner et al. per kg H 2 or less.

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