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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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Moore is best known for his 1965 prediction, which would become known as Moore’s Law : the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially while the retail cost of computers would decrease. Intel helped cement the region as a global center for technological innovation, the article says.

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NREL sets new world efficiency record for solar hydrogen production: 16.2%

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The new solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency record is 16.2%, topping a reported 14% efficiency in 2015 by an international team made up of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, TU Ilmenau, Fraunhofer ISE and the California Institute of Technology. A paper in Nature Energy outlines how NREL’s new record was achieved. France, John A.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. The service allows members to avoid the fixed costs of car ownership as well as parking charges, fuel costs, or recurring annual fees.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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A BBC article [ 9 ] upped the stakes on Thursday the 9 th with an article on carbon emissions that characterized “the lower target of 1.5 The article was countered the next day by an AOSIS statement that its proposed mitigation path would be expected to temporarily result in average temperatures of slightly more than 1.5

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Do plug-in hybrids have a future? The Green Piece

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Those who think they are the natural successor for full hybrids as we continue the movement towards lower emission driving will be thrilled with Volvo’s plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article ). Does Toyota have a point? In the West it appears that plug-in hybrids are an attractive solution. Faye Sunderland.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Those two data-communication concepts allow millions of users and billions of devices to connect to the Internet without any centralized scheduling or control. Using low-bandwidth connectivity and small controllers running simple algorithms, millions of electrical devices could be used to balance the flow of electricity in the local grid.

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Opinion: This Is What Needs To Happen For Oil Prices To Stabilize

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DUC’s have been the story of 2015 though they have had little effect on stopping the declines being put in. As of September 2015, that same stage is now down into the $30,000s. And these are only some of the challenges, the biggest being the cost of ramping up without cash flow to rely on. Article Source: [link].