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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. A paper describing the basics of BChain was published in 2014 the Proceedings of the 18 th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems.

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5 Big Ideas for High-Temperature Superconductors

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It refers to materials that superconduct above −195.79 °C, the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. Energy Storage Unlike conventional batteries, which use chemicals to store energy, superconducting magnetic-energy storage (SMES) uses a magnetic field created by the flow of direct current in a coil of superconducting material.

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Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, The Netherlands) have concluded that the energy demand and climate impacts of using CO 2 to produce synthetic hydrocarbon fuels by using existing technologies can be greater than the impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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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 also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

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Ultrasonic welding in the battery pack for the Cadillac ELR

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kWh battery pack in the new Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe that goes on sale in North America in early 2014 ( earlier post ). For the production system at Brownstown, GM uses an integrated camera vision system is used to shoot a reference image of the weld area prior to the operation to achieve pinpoint accuracy.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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An April 2014 Consumer Reports investigation, in which it dispatched 19 mystery shoppers to 85 dealers across four states, found many dealers knew little about the PEVs they sold. Power 2013 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study data on customer satisfaction with new car dealerships and Tesla stores. Plug-ins Policy Sales Surveys'

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Video Friday: TRI Expo

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CeTI ] From THOR in 2014 to ARTEMIS today, RoMeLa has made a huge amount of progress in humanoid robotics. RoMeLa ] The New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell celebrates 10 years of breaking robots! Github ] Thanks, Fan! Robot, make me a lot of sandwiches. [

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