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Eight Graphs that Explain Software Engineering Salaries in 2023

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Every year, online job search firms collect data about the salaries, skills, and overall job market for tech professionals, generally focusing on software engineers The numbers from job search firms Dice and Hired have been released. What Software Engineering Skills Do Employers Want You to Have? salaries up 11 percent. Not so hot?

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SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

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Because it requires less of the rare and costly metal iridium, the new catalyst could bring down the cost of artifical photosynthetic processes that use sunlight to split water molecules—a key step in a renewable, sustainable pathway to produce hydrogen or carbon-based fuels that can power a broad range of energy technologies.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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The EPA rates fuel economy, when using the hybrid gasoline-only engine at 30 miles per gallon. Plug-in charging can be done at your home (and can be scheduled for off-peak hours to save on electricity costs) or a public charging station. An engine for the long haul. Charlotte to Orlando? The only minivan with a plug.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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The Pacifica runs on a gas engine–and two electric motors. Plug-in charging can be scheduled for off-peak hours to save on electricity costs. Charlotte to Orlando? In 289 miles driving through Southern California Clean Fleet Report achieved a combined 38.8 mpg based on the dashboard computer. San Diego to San Francisco?

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EV Chargers for All!

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They rejected my request to allow cyclists to hose off their bikes in the alley behind the building, which cost nothing. Considering the costs associated with installation and maintenance and anticipating the resistance I’m likely to encounter, I decided to put my charger crusade on hold.” The first hurdle is the installation cost.

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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast

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Rapid advances in synthetic biology coupled with ever decreasing costs of DNA synthesis suggest that it will soon become feasible to engineer new eukaryotic genomes, including plant and animal genomes, with synthetic chromosomes encoding desired functions and phenotypic properties based on specific design principles. Boulier, Brian J.

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