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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Fusion Joining of Thermoplastic Composites Using Energy Efficient Processes, $150,000 GE Global Research, U.S., Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Niskayuna, N.Y.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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Global demand for critical minerals needed to decarbonize the nation’s economy is expected to increase by 400-600% over the next several decades and the US is increasingly dependent on foreign sources, some adversarial, for many of the processed versions of these minerals.

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EPA Issues Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases; Proposed Cause or Contribute Finding Identifies Motor Vehicles as Contributing Source

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There are two public hearings scheduled for this proposed finding: 18 May at the EPA Potomac Yard Conference Center, Arlington, VA; and 21 May at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, WA. The scientific analysis also confirms that climate change impacts human health in several ways.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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in 1997, he moved east to manage an aerodynamics and hypersonics research program at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research , in Arlington, Va. After a successful fourth launch of the Falcon 1, SpaceX went on to develop its Falcon 9 launch capability, which is now sending astronauts to the International Space Station.

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EPA issues greenhouse gas proposals

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The public hearings are scheduled for the EPA Potomac Yard Conference Centre in Arlington, VA on May 18 and the Bell Harbor International Conference Centre in Seattle, WA on May 21. Tags: Global warming Green cars Latest news Environmental Protection Agency EPA greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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Once Kahn found a venue for the demo—at the International Conference on Computer Communications (ICCC), to be held in Washington, D.C., In an effort to speed the expansion further, network advocates organized a demonstration at the International Conference on Computer Communications in Washington, D.C., Think Globally.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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The IEEE Fellow was a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington for more than 40 years. He joined UTA—then known as Arlington State College—in 1962 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. Chen founded the university’s first international visiting-scholars program in 1968. Chen created UTA’s first Ph.D.