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Ham Radio Inspired This Scranton University Student to Pursue Engineering

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is pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Scranton , in Pennsylvania. The junior is president of the university’s W3USR amateur radio club. Frissell noticed Piccini’s interest in radio technology and asked the student to assist him with research. Piccini, from Monroe Township, N.J.,

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Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. The process uses relatively little energy and a relatively cheap material—iron sulfide with a trace amount of molybdenum as an additive. —Kalyani Jangam, lead author.

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Initial Results of UK EV Driver Study Show Increased Confidence and Low Cost Recharging

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The average cost to trial participants for recharging at home is between 25p and £1 (US$0.40 The data analyzed by Aston University combines and compares the behavior patterns of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drivers over two consecutive quarters. The low cost of ‘refuelling’ in relatively short periods of time reinforce this.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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University research groups are also launching tiny, standardized cube satellites (CubeSats) into LEO for research and demonstration purposes. That may be because one of the temptations of LEO is the ability of relatively cheap new hardware to do smaller jobs. Satellites are becoming smaller.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

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The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. Click to enlarge. Many are also difficult to handle in that they degrade rapidly in air.

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High capacity, long-life porous nano-silicon Li-ion anode material from beach sand

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have synthesized a porous nano-silicon material from beach sand (SiO 2 ) via a highly scalable heat scavenger-assisted magnesiothermic—i.e., The research is supported by Temiz Energy Technologies. —Favors et al. Favors et al.

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Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

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Demonstrating that we are truly living in an era of "smart agriculture," many of the technologies showcased in this year's ARPA-E Summit were in the farming sector—most notably, sensors for crops and farmlands. With the new, cheap sensors, farmers will be able to collect data on their farms without worrying about the variability.

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