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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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To help find ways to address it through technology, EPICS in IEEE , in partnership with the United Engineering Foundation , launched the Environmental Competition last year. universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities.

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

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The team will achieve this objective through implanting silicon ions in AlN, a wide bandgap semiconductor, combined with sophisticated point defect control processes to achieve controlled low doping. Engineering Of Scalable Platinum-Free Electrodes For Pure-Water Aem Water Electrolysis. Phoenix Tailings. Origen Hydrogen.

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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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Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. But now that Microsoft was in charge, failure wasn’t an option.

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