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PNNL, UW create materials research initiative

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Materials for water separation and utilization , which include processes to make water purification and ocean desalination methods faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient. Proposals are due 26 February 2018. NW IMPACT is inviting proposals for UW/PNNL collaborative multi-investigator research projects.

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WSU team develops highly-efficient, low-cost nickel-iron nanofoam for OER for water splitting

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Researchers at Washington State University, with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have combined inexpensive nickel and iron in a very simple, five-minute process to create large amounts of a high-quality catalyst required for water splitting. SEM image of NiFe nanofoams. Source: WSU.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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Rose Gottemoeller , former deputy secretary general of NATO, warns that “the stealth of submarines will be difficult to sustain, as sensing of all kinds, in multiple spectra, in and out of the water becomes more ubiquitous.” According to experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., IEEE Spectrum.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. Have you upgraded your system since then?

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 WCI covers seven U.S.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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I was chauffeured around in an electric golf cart — past 43 beachside “dune” villas and onto two long boardwalks that connect the rest of the resort to 47 “coral” villas, built on stilts over shallow turquoise water. Along the way, I listened to Lucas Julien-Vauzelle, an executive assistant manager, wax poetic about sustainability. “We