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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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That connection emerged several years ago in a series of conversations between myself, Jayson Stewart , and my grandfather Rudolf Schultz. The second laser hits the tin with a short, energetic laser pulse that converts it into a high-temperature plasma. Interstellar material consists mostly of hydrogen.)

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How to Fast-Track Perovskite Solar Cells

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And yet, some researchers in this field continue to focus on breaking power-conversion efficiency records, with some types of perovskite cells reaching 27 percent. This has forced researchers to assemble them in highly controlled environments. Within these controlled environments, there are two ways to make perovskite solar cells.

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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

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The function of the port is to convert AC power from the grid into DC, which is then applied to the battery. Chargers operate in rugged environments, usually outdoors, with greatly varying levels of humidity and where contaminated water may be present. For EVs, power conversion occurs in four stages (illustration, A shock hazard).

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Electrify your fleet with nothing down with Revolv’s fleet-as-a-service model

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Choosing a fleet-as-a-service model can eliminate that risk, while converting capital expenditure to operating expense. We take everything that a fleet would have to invest capital in, and we convert CapEx into OpEx. We warehouse all the technology risks on behalf of customers. A lot of those are being served by depot providers.

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Researchers show how bacteria convert toxic copper ions to stable metallic copper

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Researchers from the University of Houston, with colleagues at the University of São Paolo in Brazil, have demonstrated how copper-resistant bacterium from a copper mine in Brazil convert CuSO 4 (copper sulfate) ions into zero-valent Cu (metallic copper). An open-access paper on their research is published in Science Advances. Gracioso et al.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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A retired ScotRail Class 314 electric set has been transported by road from its depot in Glasgow to the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway where it will be converted to hydrogen-powered—a cleaner, greener alternative to diesel for non-electrified routes. —Transport Secretary Michael Matheson.

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HaaS company Hydra Energy delivers first converted hydrogen-diesel co-combustion heavy-duty truck; up to 40% hydrogen

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Hydra Energy, the Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS) provider for commercial fleets looking to reduce emissions and costs with limited risk and no up-front investment ( earlier post ), has delivered its first hydrogen-converted, heavy-duty truck to paying fleet customer Lodgewood Enterprises. And we've lowered our fuel costs in the process.

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