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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility launch electric retrofit of commercial vehicles; Renault Master kit first

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility , a Grenoble-based company specializing in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electric power, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership for the development and commercial operation of a retrofit kit, the first of its kind in the French LCV market.

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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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The researchers have teamed up with a startup company, Phoenix Tailings, to test and refine the recovery process. The goal of the DARPA-funded project is to provide proof-of-concept of the bio-driven REE-recovery technology in four years, which Kalyuzhnaya said will require a strategic vision and a cross-disciplinary outlook.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Phoenix Tailings. Colorado School of Mines.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. The vacuum technology needed to operate a commercial fusion power plant does not currently exist, however.

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ARPA-E to award $10M to third SEED cohort

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Awards may support exploratory research to establish viability, proof-of-concept demonstration for new energy technology, and/or modeling and simulation efforts to guide development for new energy technologies. The ARPA-E IONICS program developed highly conductive, chemically stable anion exchange membranes that are now commercially produced.

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Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General Purpose Autonomy

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Despite a recent successful commercial deployment of the teleoperated system at a store in Canada (where it was able to complete 110 retail-related tasks), Sanctuary’s end goal is way, way past telepresence. For example, Phoenix is not currently walking, and instead is mobile thanks to a small wheeled autonomous base.

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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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In Phoenix, for example, high temperatures average about 41 °C during the month of July. Of the techniques currently in development, other water harvesting technologies are likely closer to commercial applications, according to Chiara Neto , a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Sydney.

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