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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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parking and lane access incentives, building codes), utility actions (e.g., The authors defined regions as the Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, and West, based on the US Census (2016). There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. Click to enlarge.

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Punching above its weight

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They’ve all been incredibly important to building our chapter in terms of inspiration, organizational effort, and effective visioning.” Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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“Although Hyperloop will be fast, the systems we are building will accelerate with the same tolerable G-forces as that of taking off in a Boeing 747,” and acceleration and deceleration will be gradual with no G-forces and turbulence it added. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? ” Now the real question.

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Let Robots Do Your Lab Work

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He hopes to start what he calls the billion scientist movement by building AI-enabled research robots that are accessible to all. So I think top universities, government labs, industry folks, lots of equipment. One, we just did a workshop at the University of— sorry, North Carolina State University about that very problem, right?

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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Meanwhile many Chinese automakers were pivoting to EVs, and China made no secret about nurturing strong global automakers while building out a supporting clean-energy infrastructure. According to Harvard University data, the U.S. they can’t send Chinese workers over here.” businesses. By 2027 U.S. facilities will be able to make 5.8