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Elon Musk makes it to TIME Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People in AI

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made it to TIME Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in the field of artificial intelligence, aptly dubbed the TIME100 AI. The list includes notable leaders in artificial intelligence such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, as well as Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis.

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Audi, Freiburg University of Mining and Technology investigating bio-leaching and membrane mining for high-tech elements

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The Audi Environmental Foundation, a subsidiary of AUDI AG founded in 2009, has joined forces with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology to research new ways of mining high-tech elements. At the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, the search for suitable partners for application at other sites is in full swing.

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DARPA selects 3 university teams to investigate small-footprint recycling of critical elements in e-waste; RPOD

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DARPA has selected multiple teams of university researchers for the Recycling at the Point of Disposal ( RPOD ) program. Iowa State University will develop an innovative surface and interface engineering approach for driving alloy de-mixing to recover target materials of interest.

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Prominent Universities Sign Open Access Agreements with IEEE

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The University of California and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (a consortium of state and non-state universities known as the CRUI) each recently signed what’s known as a read-and-publish agreement with IEEE. Gold open access refers to periodicals in which all content is freely available once published.

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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.) The full list of communities that will have EV chargers at Starbucks store locations along the route includes: Seattle, WA. have been installed and are scheduled to become active later this month. Issaquah, WA.

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DOE awarding $17M to university-led nuclear energy research and development

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The US Department of Energy will award some $17 million in research grants to 23 university-led teams aimed at strengthening the research and development capabilities of American universities and colleges to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technologies and upgrade research reactors across the country.

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Universal Method for Creating Nanoscale Composites

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Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown how nanocomposites with desired properties can be designed and fabricated by first assembling nanocrystals and nanorods coated with short organic molecules, called ligands.

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