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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Mild hybrid motors use less than US$10 of high-grade NOES, while battery-electric vehicles will use anywhere between US$60 to US$150 per motor of an extension of high-grade NOES—referred to as xEV grade—which in some configurations can even represent more than US$300 NOES content per vehicle.

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NASA awards Aerojet Rocketdyne $67M to develop advanced solar electric propulsion system for space

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A prototype 13 kW Hall thruster during testing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. NASA has developed and tested a prototype thruster and PPU that the company can use as a reference design. —Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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More than 50 percent of pregnant people become anemic, according to the Cleveland Clinic , risking premature birth, low birth weight for the baby, and postpartum depression. His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose.

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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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NASA refers to this time period as N+3, representing technology three generations more advanced than what is in service today. The program’s Subsonic Fixed Wing Project oversees the work at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Langley Research Center in Virginia. NASA is awarding $16.5 million, three years.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. We refer to such tasks as paper-flipping. Abstract: Surf zones are challenging for walking robots if they cannot anchor to the substrate, especially at the transition between dry sand and waves.

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