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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Oregon State University – Espiku. University of MiamiMiami Solution. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Nanoporous Graphene Membrane. Rice University – LiSED. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – SelectPureLi. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – Lirix-nano Sengupta.

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Tesla Model Y becomes a hotel amenity thanks to ride-sharing platform Envoy

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Envoy Technologies has made the Tesla Model Y an official amenity for visitors of the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami. ” The first Model Y will be available at the Mondrian South Beach in Miami, Florida. including Florida , California , Oregon , Washington , New York, and Illinois. I’d love to hear from you!

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Florida Institute of Oceanography, Georgia Institute of Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Science Applications International Corporation, University of South Florida, University of West Florida, University of Miami, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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New Study Shows that Sea Level Rise Resulting From Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Would be Non-Uniform; Some Regions to See Levels Much Higher Than Previously Predicted

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The new study, by Jerry Mitrovica and Natalya Gomez at the University of Toronto and Peter Clark at Oregon State University, shows that the sea-level rise in excess of the eustatic value will be ~30% higher than previously predicted for US coastal sites. “We Source: Mitrovica et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Mitrovica et al.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The buses will be operated on BCT's express bus routes servicing the Southeast Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Oregon Department of Transportation. Purchase of these buses will include associated depot charging infrastructure to support bus deployment. City of Tallahassee. 1,450,000.

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Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work

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Ten years ago, at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trial event near Miami, I watched the most advanced humanoid robots ever built struggle their way through a scenario inspired by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A team of experienced engineers controlled each robot, and overhead safety tethers kept them from falling over.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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