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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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NASA has selected four university-led teams for potential awards in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will have them spend up to five years exploring novel ideas for improving aviation, including eliminating emissions and autonomy research in support of Advanced Air Mobility. Florida State University.

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The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

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Why build an industry around a scale that cuts across established verticals? Like Bill Joys infamous gray goo , a silo-busting nanotechnology industry never materialized. The quantum regime, however, is already its own thriving industry, perhaps because the science of it is so unique. According to IEEE Life Member Hausi A.

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Kumamoto University project to use Nissan LEAF technology in electric bus test in Japan; 3 packs, 3 motors

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Technology developed by Nissan for the battery-electric Nissan LEAF will be used in an electric bus project led by a team from Kumamoto University, that starts testing next month in Japan, with the goal of making zero-emission public transit more widespread and affordable. —Toshiro Matsuda, Kumamoto University project leader.

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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. Niobium consumption has increased at a 5.0% Niobium and batteries.

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Sheffield Forgemasters leads $14M project to industrialize electron beam welding for nuclear reactors; SMR application

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million (US$14 million) project to explore the industrialization of Electron Beam Welding (EBW) in civil nuclear assemblies. Furthermore, elimination of the preheat step is possible since the EB process is carried out in a vacuum environment. Sheffield Forgemasters has been awarded £8 million (US$10.7 high x by 3.0m

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Daimler, Tsinghua University deepen joint research cooperation on sustainable transportation; automated driving and intelligent mobility

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Daimler and Chinese partner Tsinghua University signed an agreement further to deepen their research cooperation in the fields of automated driving and intelligent mobility. China today plays a leading role not only in terms of its automotive industry, but as an overall engine for innovation. —Prof.