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

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—principal investigator Marina Kalyuzhnaya To do this, the researchers will tap into the natural propensity of methane-consuming bacteria living in extreme conditions to capture REEs from the environment. The researchers have teamed up with a startup company, Phoenix Tailings, to test and refine the recovery process.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The sensors are designed to transmit data in real time to a secure, online gateway. and its environs. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods.

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

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Improved Nodule Collector Design To Mitigate Sediment Plumes. Deep Reach Technology will design a novel nodule collector to minimize the impact of sediment plumes generated by seabed mining, which may disperse and cover the seabed beyond the mining area. Phoenix Tailings. Deep Reach Technology.

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Video Friday: Modular Polygons

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The Mori3 is geared towards difficult-to-reach environments where the task isn’t always known ahead of time, such as outer space. Grabbing an object as thin as a plastic bag is an incredible challenge for robotic hands, but Phoenix robots have the fine manipulation required to do it. UCSD ] Thanks, Liezel!

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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In 1976, Artwick wrote his master’s thesis on a flight simulator he’d designed to run on Digital Equipment Corp.’s In retrospect, ESP feels like a predecessor to modern efforts to build “digital twins” to simulate and replicate real-world environments. Microsoft worried that some consumers might view it as a low-cost PC alternative.

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