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CoFlow Jet signs JOA with NASA to commercialize deflected slip-stream technology for eV/STOL

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Gecheng Zha, CEO of CoFlow Jet, and professor at the University of Miami. The picture above shows the micro-compressors embedded inside a CFJ wing that was recently tested in a DARPA funded wind tunnel experiment. Concept vehicle. Overall a CFJ-enabled vehicle would enjoy high safety, long range, high efficiency, and low noise.

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Ames Lab team replaces Dysprosium in permanent magnets with Cerium for lower-cost, high performance solution

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The new alloy—a potential replacement for high-performance permanent magnets found in EV motors and wind turbines—replaces dysprosium (Dy), one of the scarcest and costliest rare earth elements. The strongest permanent magnets that exist today are based on Nd 2 Fe 14 B, which is a complex metallic system. … —Pathak et al.

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Study Provides Evidence That Low-Level Clouds Act as Positive Feedback to Climate Change

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a positive feedback), according to a new study of the NE Pacific by researchers from the University of Miami and UC San Diego. Low-level stratiform clouds—which play an important climatic role because of their net cooling effect on the global climate—appear to dissipate as the ocean warms, thereby enhancing the warming (i.e.,

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

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. The buses will be operated on BCT's express bus routes servicing the Southeast Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami. City of Tallahassee.

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