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The New, New Transistor

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All of them have remarkable attributes, as well as fundamental weaknesses that have so far precluded commercial success. Alan Doolittle , a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech. This is a new concept in semiconductor devices.” Particularly the on-resistance of this thing, which is ridiculously good.”

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DOE awards $15M to ASU-led Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership; data for scale-up of algal fuels

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By making high quality testbed capabilities available to researchers and technology developers, they will allow rapid testing of novel concepts at scale and greatly accelerate commercialization. Testbed facilities for the partnership are physically located in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Ohio and Georgia.

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EV News: EV everywhere

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The nine EV commercials aired during last month’s Super Bowl represented approximately $63 million in ad buys and had folks talking EV the next day. Marking $125M incentive for Rivian plant at Georgia state capitol. EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight.

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DOE to award Thar Energy $9.4M to help advance more efficient supercritical-CO2-based power cycles

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The focus of the program is to evaluate, advance, and demonstrate recuperator concepts, materials, and fabrication methods that facilitate the commercial availability of compact, low-cost recuperators for use under Brayton cycle conditions. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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AML’s contact-free current transfer would achieve 99% efficiency in DC electrical motors with 5-10 times the power and torque densities available in existing DC technologies. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Georgia Tech will develop a new approach to internally cool permanent magnet motors.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Topic Area 2: Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries LanzaTech, Inc.,

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Commercial trucks already have guard bars on the back to prevent such accidents, so instead of looking to improve trucks, Bayhan decided to build an attachment for cars. The concept of a 3D-printed 3D printer was a theory before Minnick began his project three years ago. The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. Brian Minnick.

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