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Rondo-Pak Announces Major Solar Energy Project with Dynamic Energy

10/21/2021

Dynamic Energy LLC was selected by Rondo-Pak to deliver solar power to its Camden, New Jersey operations. Rondo-Pak, which produces quality folding cartons

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Imaging Technique Reveals Strains and Defects in Vanadium Oxide

10/18/2021

Researchers led by Edwin Fohtung, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have developed a new technique for revealing defects in nanostructured vanadium oxide, a widely used transition metal with many potential applications including electrochemical

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Valve Testing Capabilities to aid Carbon Capture, Storage

10/18/2021

The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Nitrogen Blowdown Facility has succeeded at recreating the intense conditions of a gas event, making it possible to test subsurface safety valves’ (SSSV) ability to withstand associated gas flow rates at high pressures to prevent injury, loss of life and

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Harvard Researchers use Dyes to Store Data

10/14/2021

In the digital age, every byte of data needs to go somewhere — and preferably stay there a long time. That last part is a major problem when it comes to data-storage systems, which typically last less than 20 years. A group of Harvard chemists is trying to solve the issue with an innovation that

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Quarks at High Momentum Shake Foundations of Visible Matter

10/14/2021

Two independent studies have illuminated unexpected substructures in the fundamental components of all matter. Preliminary results using a novel tagging method could explain the origin of the longstanding nuclear paradox known as the EMC effect. Meanwhile, authors will share next steps after the

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Single-Atom Catalyst Produces Hydrogen from Urea

10/14/2021

While hydrogen is widely suggested as an alternative fuel with zero carbon emission, the majority of commercial hydrogen fuel production is obtained from the refining of fossils fuels. The limited reservoir of fossils fuels and their negative impact on the environment has encouraged researchers

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Ultrasound Enables Faster, more Sustainable Battery Recycling

10/14/2021

Known by expectant parents as the technology that enables them to see their child for the first time, ultrasound can be used at extremely low frequencies to serve an entirely different purpose. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology report the first time ultrasound to extract valuable

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Artificial Ferroelectric Materials Help Induce Mechanical Behaviors

10/14/2021

A pair of University of Texas at Arlington researchers is trying to understand how “smart” mechanical behaviors can be engineered in artificial ferroelectric materials. Ye Cao, an assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, and Joseph Ngai, an associate

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Engineer Awarded $5M to Build Quantum-Powered Navigation Tools

10/07/2021

Zheshen Zhang, a University of Arizona assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is leading a $5 million quantum technology project to advance navigation for autonomous vehicles and spacecraft, as well as measurement of otherworldly materials such as dark matter and gravitational

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New GPS Data Helps Scientists Better Understand Ionosphere

10/07/2021

A new data source to help scientists better understand the ionosphere and its potential impact on communications and positioning, navigation, and timing—an essential utility for many critical operations—is now available to the public. The data, which was collected by sensors on GPS satellites

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