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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Other: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. plans to study the feasibility of recovering critical minerals from coal and associated strata in the Cherokee-Forest City Basin encompassing Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and the Osage Nation. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,499,808. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

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“it’s gonna happen, but I don’t I don’t know if it’ll happen in your lifetime and mine,” says Ron Barrett-Gonzalez , an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Kansas. The University of Kansas team’s GoFly entry, called Mamba , had been one of 10 Phase I winners for best design. million machine. meter wide, 6.1-meter-long

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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institutions— the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and the Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems (CReSIS) at the University of Kansas—had been developing improved IPR instruments, so IPR was ready to get on board. At the time, two U.S.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2025

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Priority Current Plus quick specs : Motor: 500W mid-drive motor with torque sensor Top speed: 28 mph (45 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h) user-selectable Range: 40-75 miles (64-120 km) Battery: 720 Wh frame-integrated battery Weight : 24 kg (53 lb) Price: $3,299 Ride1Up CF Racer1 Im not normally a carbon fiber, drop bar, race bike kind of guy.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in December 2024

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Priority Current Plus quick specs : Motor: 500W mid-drive motor with torque sensor Top speed: 28 mph (45 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h) user-selectable Range: 40-75 miles (64-120 km) Battery: 720 Wh frame-integrated battery Weight : 24 kg (53 lb) Price: $3,299 Ride1Up CF Racer1 Im not normally a carbon fiber, drop bar, race bike kind of guy.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in November 2024

Baua Electric

Priority Current quick specs : Motor: 500W mid-drive motor with torque sensor Top speed: 28 mph (45 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h) user-selectable Range: 30-60 miles (48-96 km) Battery: 500 Wh frame-integrated battery Weight : 24 kg (53 lb) Price: $3,299 Ride1Up CF Racer1 Im not normally a carbon fiber, drop bar, race bike kind of guy.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in November 2024

Baua Electric

Priority Current quick specs : Motor: 500W mid-drive motor with torque sensor Top speed: 28 mph (45 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h) user-selectable Range: 30-60 miles (48-96 km) Battery: 500 Wh frame-integrated battery Weight : 24 kg (53 lb) Price: $3,299 Ride1Up CF Racer1 I’m not normally a carbon fiber, drop bar, race bike kind of guy.

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