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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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To understand the complex connections that make up the O. disjunctus digestive system, the team defined the environment in which these organisms interact, identified the location of key species and their genomes, and confirmed the metabolic pathways contributing to their efficient metabolism of lignocellulosic material.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). Pueblo, Colorado) will design, construct and test a laboratory-scale model of the Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Connect Transit will receive funding to replace diesel buses used in fixed route service with zero-emission, 40-foot, battery electric buses. Oregon Department of Transportation.

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GridPoint Smart Charging Software to Support eTec/Nissan LEAF Deployment

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GridPoint will provide smart charging and data logging capabilities to utilities in strategic markets of the eTec program in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington that will support the deployment of up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles and a network of up to 12,750 charging stations. S mart Charging 3.0. Smart Charging 3.0

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

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A single torus wheel is made of an elastic elongated coil spring in which the two ends of the coil connected each other and is driven by a piezoelectric actuator (stator) that can generate 2-degrees-of-freedom (axial and angular) motions. Paper ] Thanks, Ayato! It can achieve a high average swimming speed of 3.74 Charm Lab ] SLURP!

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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The Oregon Trail came out in 1971 and is still with us.) In retrospect, ESP feels like a predecessor to modern efforts to build “digital twins” to simulate and replicate real-world environments. That makes it the second-oldest video-game franchise still in active development. ( The Blackshark.ai

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

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He also didn’t have a word to say about the coming smart grid or vehicle to grid connections. And Frank was similarly clueless about the new EV Nissan that’s rolling out at the end of 2010 in lucky Tenn, Oregon and Sonoma County, Calif. Tags: environment. Maybe Frank is in the dark on those. Welcome To Plug-In 2008.