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JULY 8, 2016

Assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed, according to a new article from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Instead of oil buttressing autocracy, the article argues that autocracy among oil exporters buttresses oil by encouraging consumption. —Jim Krane.

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APRIL 5, 2023

His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. Intel helped cement the region as a global center for technological innovation, the article says. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

The idea was to understand the changes in the molecular structure of molybdenum disulfide, so that it can be a better catalyst for hydrogen production: closer to platinum in efficiency, but earth-abundant and cheap. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant. —Stan Chou. People want a non-platinum catalyst. Chou, Na Sai, Ping Lu, Eric N.

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MARCH 13, 2016

That means consumers are not reaping the benefits of cheap fuel. The company spent only $4 billion in 2015, down from the original $6 billion it had planned on spending. Article Source: [link]. Prices for light oil are set at $67 per barrel and natural gas prices fixed at $7.50 per million Btu (MMBtu).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

These permeable silicone beads could be a “sliced-bread” breakthrough for CO 2 capture—efficient, easy-to-handle, minimal waste, and cheap to make. Aines (2015) “Encapsulated liquid sorbents for carbon dioxide capture”. Nature Communications 6, Article number: 6124 doi: 10.1038/ncomms7124. Valdez, William L. Smith, Joe H.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. But Tan reasoned that “if the company just manufactured the player, it would not make a lot of money,” according to a 2005 article in the Straits Times.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A number of factors are pushing Saudi Arabia to raise its crude-oil production capacity, but the wide range of potential outcomes suggests that such an increase is a risky strategy for the kingdom and the global environment, according to a new article by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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