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US DOD awards MP Materials $35M heavy rare earth processing contract

Green Car Congress

HREEs have higher atomic weights and are generally less abundant than light rare earth elements (LREEs). They are essential inputs to many critical defense and commercial technologies, particularly permanent magnets instrumental to the performance of electric vehicles, wind turbines, drones, and missile systems. Earlier post.).

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A Roomba for Rivers

Cars That Think

Humankind is enamored with water. The machine, which can run autonomously or at the direction of a remote operator, goes around collecting the junk and gunk (like plastic bottles, oil spills, and algae) that float on the water, as well as detritus located up to 10 meters below the surface. Roomba for Rivers. Hooray for robot labor!

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

As the pandemic continued to grind on, it was actually comforting to know that smart people in the energy sector were working hard to keep the lights on, advance the technology, and improve people’s lives. This time around, though, the emphasis is on “green hydrogen”—that is, hydrogen produced using clean energy such as solar or wind power.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

Baua Electric

A bit like sleepaway camp We’d come from all over the United States, including Texas, Alabama, California and Minnesota, and most of us were meeting for the very first time. They directed us to their favorite restaurants and watering holes, and attempted to draw everyone into conversation and ensure no one felt left out.

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SpaceX assembles world’s largest rocket with giant robot arms

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After multiple days of apparent troubleshooting and false-starts and weeks of proof-testing with water bags weighing dozens to hundreds of tons, the giant robot seemed to perform perfectly, pausing only once during the ascent. Timelapse of SpaceX's first Starship stacking operation using the chopsticks in Starbase.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

Baua Electric

He flung his brush with quick strokes and played with the water, stretching it with rays of color. With its white walls, steel frame and floor-to-ceiling glass facade that gives a view out to the sea, the museum allows visitors to revel in the light — luminous and somber — produced by the fickle weather of Normandy.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities.

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