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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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Audi, ERL and Stanford University engineers collaborated on the development of the Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak car, which successfully completed the challenging 12.42-mile California has shown time and time again that it is a global technological leader and today marks the beginning of a new era for the auto industry.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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Energy Industries of Ohio. The Ohio State University. The Ohio State University will partner with Babcock & Wilcox, Tech4Imaging, and American Electric Power to develop an advanced autonomous control architecture and imaging and optimization sensor for the Ohio State chemical looping process. Arizona State University.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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Designed for the packaging industry, the new configuration allows containers to fit more tightly together so they can be transported better. Abbott, a physician as well as a lawyer, is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey’s School of Law. He says he expects a decision to be made this year.

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Univ. of South Florida Researchers Link Subsurface Clouds of Degraded Oil to BP Well

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University of South Florida researchers say they have definitively connected clouds of degraded underwater oil found in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Deepwater Horizon well (MC252) through Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA). This is a technique that is widely used in the petroleum industry.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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There is currently no commercial storage mechanism that is compatible with CSP solar dishes, and thus this storage technology could be a breakthrough for the CSP solar dish industry. PPG Industries, Inc. University of South Florida – Tampa, FL – up to $2.5 Cheswick, PA – up to $3.0

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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