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Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

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How the Stellarator Was Born Located at the end of Stellarator Road and a roughly 5-kilometer drive from Princeton University ’s leafy campus, PPPL is one of 17 U.S. The Muse project was financed by internal R&D funds and used mostly off-the-shelf components. You can get a lot out of graduate students if you give them pizza.

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Advancing Quantum Science: Hausi Müller’s Journey

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The technology is expected to advance the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, drug discovery, finance, and more. In 1982 he enrolled at Rice University , in Houston, to pursue a master’s degree in computer science, which he earned in 1984. He enjoyed being there so much, he says, that he stayed on to earn a Ph.D.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $17M in Series A financing

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.

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Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

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million in new financing. The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. As part of ARPA-E’s REACT program, the University of Minnesota (UMN) developed an early stage prototype of an iron-nitride permanent magnet material. Background. 2019.165962.

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Pennsylvania awards $3M+ in 33 incentive grants for alternative fuel vehicles

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Pennsylvania has awarded more than $3 million in Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) to 33 companies, counties and organizations making the switch to compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), or propane for medium to light-weight fleet vehicles. This year, AFIG grants focused on medium- to light-weight vehicles.

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Li-ion Startup Sakti3 Raises $7 Million in Series B Financing

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an Ann Arbor-based developer of next-generation lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), has completed a $7-million Series B round of financing. Sakti3 was founded in 2007 as a spin-out of the University of Michigan and has been supported to date by Khosla Ventures and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Sakti3, Inc.,

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Accelergy Receives Grant from Pennsylvania for Feasibility Study on Coal-Biomass-to-Liquids

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A $175,000 grant will be used for the site selection and analysis process for this facility. Following the site selection and facility design process, the Alliance will request a formal grant from the Commonwealth to construct a demonstration plant and produce its cleaner fuel on a larger scale. Earlier post.).