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Bridgestone develops tire using 75% recycled and renewable materials; recycled plastic bottles, recycled steel and natural rubber from guayule

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Designed and engineered at Bridgestone’s Americas Technology Center in Akron, Ohio, the new tires were produced at the company’s Aiken County Passenger/Light Truck Radial Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. Multiple materials are ISCC PLUS certified.

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DISCOVR project seeking high productivity algae to reduce cost of biofuels

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LEAPS executes seasonal light and temperature scripts accurately; its performance has been validated by repeating three outdoor pond experiments for different strains. Biomass productivity in LEAPS was the same as in outdoor ponds. The DISCOVR project workflow. Numbers in red designate the number of strains tested at each TIER.

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Toyota introduces 2022 Toyota Tundra pickup with new i-FORCE MAX hybrid option

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With the water-cooled intercooler keeping turbo temperatures down, the V6 engine improves on the outgoing V8 engine in every way. Research and development for this truck was conducted at Toyota Technical Centers in Michigan, Arizona and California. The 24-valve, Dual Overhead Cam V6 is chain-driven and features Dual VVTi systems.

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Ford provides some performance specs for its new 2.7L twin-turbo EcoBoost for the MY2015 F-150

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All-new aluminum cylinder heads feature water-cooled integrated exhaust manifolds. Variable displacement oil pump reduces internal engine friction to improve fuel economy. Cooling jets beneath the pistons that spray oil on the pistons to help lower operating temperatures. Lightweight, durable composite intake manifold.

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Solar Energy - A Way To Cut Down On High Energy Costs

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What options do you have to cut the sky-rocketing energy bills due to the high oil and gas prices? Solar energy is available in great abundance from the sun in the form of light and heat. For starters you can other solar options like solar water heaters or solar cookers. Solar energy advantages are many.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. An 885-kilometer bidirectional high-voltage direct-current transmission line will run from New Mexico and south-central Arizona.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. reduce US dependence on foreign oil. Ceramatec, Inc.

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