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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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The Wisconsin High-field Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM) project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will leverage advances in the stability and confinement of the mirror fusion concept, innovative plasma heating, and high-field superconducting magnets to demonstrate a potentially transformative development path toward a low-cost linear fusion device.

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China says it will ‘rein in’ the flood of EVs coming our way

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Back in September, the EU launched an investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the EU. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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DNA Data Drives Point Toward Exabyte Scale

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But for DNA to make a difference in the storage problem, it needs to scale up, while the cost must come down. New research led by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) aims to achieve both. Electrochemistry has been used this way before, but what’s new is trying to add a layer of electrical control.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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According to experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., Navy is developing the Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology , for conducting surveillance missions. Artificial intelligence coordinates other sub-detecting tech. IEEE Spectrum. two methods offer.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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of Washington). The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. This ARPA-E program seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long range plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles. Description.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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De Nora Tech, LLC (Concord, Ohio). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. Pacific Netting Products (Kingston, Washington). Seattle, Washington). Watertown, Massachusetts).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. Washington. The University of Washington will develop microbes that convert. Ceramatec’s design would allow for low-cost materials and.

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