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ECS announces 2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship recipients

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Dr. Bai received his BS in Materials Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and MS in Materials Science in 2012 from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Yadong Yin at the University of California, Riverside, in 2017. Yuzhang Li, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Rent a car in Las Vegas with remote driver, courtesy German engineering

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The service is currently available around the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the city’s arts district renting out cars by the minute. General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has struggled in the face of regulatory scrutiny after an October accident in which a San Francisco woman was dragged by a car.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. Hodges became dean of UC Berkeley’s engineering college in 1990.

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Chalmers, SSPA researchers advance method for further developing hydrofoils for electric vessels

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a unique method for further developing hydrofoils that can significantly increase the range of electric vessels and reduce the fuel consumption of fossil-powered ships by 80%. An open-access paper on their work is published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.

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Amyris and University of Queensland Partner on Renewable Jet Fuel from Sugarcane

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The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) and US-based Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet using GE engines and belonging to Azul Linhas AĂ©reas. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen Group, Google partnering on quantum computing; traffic optimization, batteries, AI

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Specialists from the Volkswagen Information Technology Centers (IT labs) in San Francisco and Munich will develop algorithms, simulations and optimizations together with the Google experts. They will carry out this work using Google universal quantum computers.

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This Implant Turns Brain Waves Into Words

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my research group ’s clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco in hopes of pioneering a faster method. University of California, San Francisco. University of California, San Francisco. University of California, San Francisco. He volunteered for.