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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The Department of Energy will leverage private sector investments in marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies by providing cost-shared funding to industry and industry-led partnerships. Bayer Material Science LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will analyze an innovative, non-turbine approach to harnessing river currents.

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Layered Graphene Sheets Could Be A Promising Hydrogen Storage Material

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Graphene—carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick—now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania. To be presented at the March meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) in Portland, Ore.,

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