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Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to advance autonomous technology capabilities

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As an integral part of Boeing, our pioneered technologies of long-endurance aircraft, robotic co-pilots, and autonomous electric VTOLs will be transitioned into world-class products for the global infrastructure. —John Langford, Aurora founder and CEO. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Study Finds Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earths Water

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Felzer and colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., Studies have shown that despite a global drop in rainfall over land in the past 50 years, runoff has actually increased. co-author Adam Schlosser of the Center for Global Change Science at MIT.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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at San Diego, Mississippi State. Global R&D). Thermal Fuel: HybriSol Hybrid nanostructures for high-energy-density solar thermal fuels Using innovative nanomaterials, MIT will develop a thermal. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials. Company-Global. If developed. University).

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