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Researchers find bio-inspired high-tech surfaces on hulls could greatly reduce drag and CO2 emissions of ships; up to 1% of global CO2

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If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. Novel high-tech coatings may offer a solution. Augustin and Rostock. Busch et al.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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MATERIA USA LLC (Inwood, NY). Tetra Tech, Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc. University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). Winner Water Services Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 1.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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The new hub will also unite these manufacturers with research universities, such as the University of Tennessee with its pioneering 3D printed carbon fiber research, and the University of Kentucky with the largest US open-access carbon-fiber chemistry laboratory. SABIC Innovative Plastics US; SAERTEX USA, LLC; Strongwell Inc.;

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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ArcelorMittal USA plans to design an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from blast furnace-based steelmaking operations at its plant in Burns Harbor, IN. Chevron USA. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

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JPL ] Georgia Tech researchers have recently created a soft rotary motor using liquid metal, compliant magnetic composites, and silicone polymers. As at the previous events, teams from Carnegie Mellon University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington participated. Irwin, California.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Dan Fisher of the University of Glasgow, who has published on SIVE. For more than a decade, European courts have documented and declared illegal routine European state border agency actions that include navy vessels pushing migrant boats back into international waters and abandoning them there. Sipa USA via AP. Social scientist.

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DOE awards $7.4M to 4 projects for advanced components for wave and tidal energy systems

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million to spur innovation of next-generation water power component technologies, designed for manufacturability and built specifically for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) systems. Virginia Tech , in collaboration with Resolute Marine Energy, Energy Harvesting Technology, LLC, THK America, Inc., CROSSCUTTING PTO. INNOVATIVE STRUCTURES.

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