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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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When methane hydrates are “melted,” or exposed to pressure and temperature conditions outside those where the formations are stable, the solid crystalline lattice turns to liquid water, and the enclosed methane molecules are released as gas. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT will work with the U.S. Earlier post.).

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture. in systems engineering at Ohio State University , in Columbus.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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She is a vice president for knowledge enterprise at Ohio State University , in Columbus. During the virtual visioning event in December, experts explored solar and renewable energy, carbon sequestration, water management, and geoengineering. Water, ecosystem, and geoengineering assessments.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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In the chemistry module on acids and bases, for example, students are shown a computer-generated version of a wastewater-treatment plant in Baltimore, and they try to make chemically contaminated water safe to drink. STEM at the root Ganguly says she was inspired to help reform STEM education when she was a graduate student at MIT.

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DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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The oxy-combustion process replaces the air used for combustion with a mixture of oxygen and recycled plant emissions (flue gas) and/or water for temperature control. The project will focus on furthering the development of Ohio State University’s coal direct chemical looping process (CDCL). Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Re-Enters the Nuclear Fuel Game Uranium is enriched in centrifuge cascades, such as this one at a Centrus Energy plant in Piketon, Ohio. For Wittingham’s other complaints, you’ll have to read the article.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Water will be the primary byproduct. Ohio State Univ. A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates. The aerobic microbe has been engineered at MIT and is capable of converting a variety of organic compounds into oil, from which biodiesel may be produced. per gallon.

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