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DOE funds a fifth round of projects pairing manufacturing, high performance computing; KeraCel and solid-state batteries

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The program, established in 2015, unites DOE’s supercomputing capabilities and expertise with American manufacturers to optimize production processes, enhance product quality and speed up design and testing cycles while decreasing energy consumption. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $3.8

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

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There is an exception to that in the category of what they call super pollutants, the very powerful but shorter-lived gases and chemicals that come from things like fertilizer production, methane. And so as an engineering task, it’s not nuclear fusion, but it’s not trivial either. And that was based on observations of volcanoes.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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By abstracting devices to use electricity as their fuel, we can concentrate on advancing clean electricity production techniques and have the benefits shared by everything. Install a Mr. Fusion on the back of the cars and everyone starts driving reeeeeal slow and careful. Highly Ranked KarlW @ Apr 19th 2009 4:57PM @Elodie Yes, we know.