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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. For the economic analysis, the team used NREL’s Hydrogen Financial Analysis Scenario Tool (H2FAST) to model the economics of a hypothetical HyLine system connecting hydrogen stations in the Los Angeles metro area.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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Rerouting Intention And Sensation In Paralyzed Patients

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Today I’m talking with Chad Bouton , who’s at the forefront of this electrifying field of research. Chad, welcome to the program, and can you please introduce yourself to our listeners? Chad Bouton: Yes, thanks so much, Eliza, for having me. And my name is Chad. So maybe we can talk about the first part of that first.

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XALT Energy, HED develop XBV telematics system for battery-electric powertrains

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XALT Energy, a part of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, is a Midland, Mich.-based The XBV telematics system consists of a control unit and an all-in-one antenna that allows access to data that has been consolidated for easy viewing from virtually any electronic device that can be connected to a web-based portal. —Chad Repp.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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And contrary to its corporate culture, it used off-the-shelf parts and software that the company didn't write. Steven Cherry Selling businesses off when they became commodities is part of a pattern. And yet I understand that you're still learning more about IBM each day, in part due to social media. Steven Cherry US $2.6

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

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Companies like the Manufacturing Technology Centre are revolutionizing the designs of additive manufactured parts by first building simulation apps from COMSOL models, allowing them to share their analyses with different teams and explore new manufacturing opportunities with their own customers. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch.

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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

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You also wanted to know how semiconductors will play a part in combating climate change. Since the IC was invented, all of the metal that connects transistors was formed above the silicon surface. Usually phonons slow things down, in part by interfering with excitons, bound pairs of electrons and positively charged holes.

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