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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company’s Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to provide valuable information to NASA for potential future commercial launch opportunities.

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AIST, Toyota, and Toyota Central R&D Labs to consider joint research on advanced energy and environment technologies

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CRDL) have commenced discussions on joint research aimed at accelerating development and implementing advanced technologies in the field of energy and the environment. Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Central R&D Labs.,

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Baker Institute expert says regional advantages will define future energy transitions

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As these countries develop, all matters related to energy, environment, health and the economy will take on different dimensions in the global context. A portfolio of options is available for a lower-carbon energy future, but “not every option in the portfolio is suitable everywhere,” Medlock wrote. This is especially true for energy.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains. and its environs.

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Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for curbstone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE

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The German government’s ambitious target of 15 million electric vehicles by 2030 can only be attained if charging capacity keeps pace with the country’s expanding fleet of e-vehicles, since in future many more people who lack access to private parking spaces and charging stations will have to make the switch to e-mobility as well.

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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

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ion Ventures is leading the deployment of the battery in a real-world environment with a view to deploying it into the grid storage market in the future. The battery is constructed from easily sourced, low-cost materials and does not contain any cobalt or lithium.

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General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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Ultimately, the company expects the projects will support its efforts to provide low-cost and low-carbon energy to the electricity grid. The demonstration machine is to designed to demonstrate General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion technology, creating fusion conditions in a power-plant-relevant environment.

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