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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—could transform the way governments, global industries and science research operate, in addition to providing the foundation for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Both are now faculty members at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Maryland. Stanford University. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

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And there are also clever ways to permit beams with high power densities to be used safely. One of our industry partners, PowerLight Technologies , formerly known as LaserMotive, has been developing laser-based power-beaming systems for more than a decade. For industrial applications, companies like.

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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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exceeding the magnetic properties of industrially important. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. industries, without the need for these costly and scarce. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Development of a Low. industrially scalable high temperature phase change materials. power grid.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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ALEXANDER BARG University of Maryland College Park “For contributions to the theory of error-correcting codes and their applications in distributed storage, non-volatile memory, and digital fingerprinting.” IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL Sponsor: Qualcomm , Inc. IEEE NICK HOLONYAK, JR. IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL Sponsor: Intel Corp.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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Just a few days after the California Air Resource Board's mandate came out, Governor Newsom had to publicly beg electric vehicle owners not to charge their cars due to concerns of the power grid and blackouts. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms.