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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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POETS will be led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Howard University, Stanford University and the University of Arkansas. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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The selected projects build on the completion of a successful test earlier this year that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates on the North Slope of Alaska. University of California at San Diego. University of Mississippi. University of New Hampshire. Oregon State University.

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BP Pledges $500M for Independent Research into Impact of Deepwater Horizon Spill on Marine Environment

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BP pledged up to $500 million to an open research program studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline environment of the Gulf of Mexico. How do oil, the dispersed oil and the dispersant behave on the seabed, in the water column, on the surface, and on the shoreline?

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Video Friday: DALL-E 2

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands RoboCup 2022 : 11–17 July 2022, Bangkok, Thailand IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, Mexico City, Mexico CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal. Enjoy today's videos! OpenAI ].

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Researchers determine specific rates of biodegradation for 125 petroleum compounds in Deepwater Horizon spill

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The oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000 square miles of seafloor. The other institutions involved in the study are the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Texas at Austin.

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DOE awarding $35.4M to 13 projects to advance deepwater drilling technologies

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The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma — Intelligent Casing-Intelligent Formation Telemetry System. Colorado School of Mines — Hydrate Modeling & Flow Loop Experiments for Water Continuous & Dispersed Systems. Deepflex — Qualification of Flexible Fiber Reinforced Pipe for 10,000-Foot Water Depths. Doris, Inc. —

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Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

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tariff on imported ethanol from major countries in Central America, the Caribbean, and Latin America would allow key coastal areas of the United States to be more cheaply and sustainably supplied with ethanol while at the same time help build trade and positive relations with important US regional allies. Lifting the $0.54

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