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DOE launches wave energy competition

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) opened the registration period for the new Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the state-of-the-art performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. The Wave Energy Prize provides an opportunity for participants to: Win a monetary prize.

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

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Department of Energy science and engineering research center. he left the lab to study applied mathematics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He has won many awards at the conference for his papers. Chicago State accepted his application, and he decided to major in mathematics. a nearby U.S.

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Mayors Join Drive

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Conference of Mayors Join Drive for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles LAS VEGAS—June 5, 2006— The U.S. Conference of Mayors today unanimously endorsed a resolution encouraging the use of plug-in hybrid vehicles as an important step in reducing this country’s reliance on foreign oil and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

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