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ACU’s NEXT Lab submits application to NRC to build molten-salt research reactor

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Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing (NEXT) Lab submitted an application for a construction permit for a molten-salt research reactor (MSRR) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The MSRE operated for a period of four years and ORNL generated a substantial body of documents.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Achates Power.

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Wind Turbine Blades Destined for the Afterlife

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Heretofore, pulling off that magic trick required the ability to detect light that had interacted with the genuine, real-world article. A camera recorded the near-infrared light. Brandon Martin/Rice University. They next used the far-red beam to illuminate the sample.

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. University of Colorado. Utah State University. University of Arkansas.

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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Also, there’s a lot of waste. The scholarship is administered on behalf of IEEE Educational Activities and is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. Schumann says he plans to study electrical engineering at a technical university in Berlin. Let’s say the user wants to turn on a light.

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Hard Plastics Decomposing in Oceans, Releasing Endocrine Disruptor BPA

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Researchers from Nihon University in Japan have reported widespread global contamination of sea sand and sea water with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) and said that the BPA probably originated from a surprising source: hard plastic trash discarded in the oceans and the epoxy plastic paint used to seal the hulls of ships.

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DOE launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative; awards $23.5M to 5 more manufacturing R&D projects

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The selected projects, announced for negotiations today, cover R&D in computational modeling and simulation for automation and equipment; steel fabrication processing; steel heat treatment processing; high value petrochemicals’ and waste heat minimization manufacturing. University of Texas at Austin. Lead organization.