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DOE selects 5 geothermal energy projects to receive up to $28M

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Selected by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office these projects align with the goals of the 2019 GeoVision study, which outlines a path to unlock the full potential of geothermal power as a clean, reliable, and affordable energy source for American homes and businesses.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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Columbia University, Expanding the Boundaries of Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal for Energy-Efficient Clean Water Production – $1,620,136. Oregon State University, Freshwater Recovery System for Hydraulic Fracturing (FRESH-Frac) Using a Thermally-Actuated Nozzle-Demister – $2,972,000. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Zheng Zhao, Reda Bababrik, Wenhua Xue, Yaping Li, Nicholas M. Crossley, Sanwu Wang, Bin Wang & Daniel E.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. This effort began in 2019. Nothing like this has ever been attempted on a large scale.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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How We Got Started With Drones for Demining I became interested in land-mine detection while studying geological science as an undergraduate at Binghamton University , New York. My cofounder and I didn’t know at the time that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 would soon make this work even more vital.

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States with the highest and lowest truck traffic on interstate highways

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The data are for 2019. The 2019 data presented in this analysis somewhat underestimate the percentage of current truck traffic. Specifically, truck traffic in 2021 is generally higher than in 2019, while passenger-vehicle traffic is still down. There are no rural interstates in the District of Columbia and Delaware.).