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Exascale Computing Project (ECP) announces $39.8M in first-round application development awards

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Molecular Dynamics at the Exascale: Spanning the Accuracy, Length and Time Scales for Critical Problems in Materials Science, Arthur Voter (LANL) with SNL, University of Tennessee. Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors, Thomas Evans (ORNL, PI) with ANL, INL, MIT.

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Researchers propose new aluminum–sulfur battery with molten-salt electrolyte; low-cost, rechargeable, fire-resistant, recyclable

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An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. 2022) “Fast-charging aluminium–chalcogen batteries resistant to dendritic shorting.”

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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The Telechron Model Type E master station clock shown at top was used at the Tennessee Valley Authority beginning in the 1930s. He graduated from MIT in 1894 with a degree in electrical engineering, and within the year he (along with his friend George C. Until the late 1940s, station clocks from the Warren Telechron Co.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials. Protection Alliance, Tennessee Valley.

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