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Nissan to use mirror bore process on new 2.5L engine for Altima; highest volume application of technique

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liter engine. (At engine for the Altima, including the mirror bore coating.). The team in Decherd assembles an engine every 19 seconds and is capable of building about 1.4 million engines a year. The team in Decherd assembles an engine every 19 seconds and is capable of building about 1.4

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. The concept consists of a large-scale floating wind turbine (nominally 10 MW) with an integrated water treatment unit and electrolyzers for localized hydrogen production. This funding will enable further engineering studies.

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Surrey team developing direct-air-capture CO2 to methanol process

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Its value could offset the cost of direct air capture. The carbon negative chemicals synthesis directly from the air project has been awarded £250,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through the Adventurous Energy Research for a Sustainable Net-Zero scheme.

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SpaceX details plan to build Mars Base Alpha with reusable Starship rockets

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For the first time, SpaceX has teamed up with researchers from NASA and several other US institutions to publicly discuss how it plans to use Starship to build Mars Base Alpha. billion NASA contract to build a human-rated Moon lander variant of Starship. In April, SpaceX also secured a $2.9 However, there’s more.

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Ford Bronco Sport first to feature parts made of 100% recycled ocean plastic

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Much of that is attributed to the fishing industry, which has come to rely on plastic fishing nets and other equipment because of the durability, light weight, buoyancy and low cost of the material. Those same qualities contribute to creating ghost nets, a fatal and growing threat to marine life.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Its costs have been projected as high as US $23 trillion in reduced annual global economic output , according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance company. Engineers and technologists can and should play major roles in creating a greener planet, creating tools that address environmental degradation.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Engines in ordinary ships are the size of houses,” says Emblemsvåg, who is leading NuProShip.