Measuring Energy in Microscopic Machines
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Washington, DC - What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call “free energy,” essentially the energy that can be extracted from any system to perform useful work. Without this available energy, a living organism would eventually die and a machine would lie idle.
Energy Department Selects Six Awardees for $6.7 Million in Marine Energy Funding
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- Written by Green Liver
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Washington, DC - The Energy Department announced six awardees selected to receive a total of $6.7 million in federal funding to support the development of innovative technologies capable of generating reliable and cost-effective electricity from U.S. water resources. Each award had been selected as an alternate in a previous funding opportunity.
Technology, from robotics to ghost ships and unmanned fighter jets, can change the face of war
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- Written by John Grimaldi
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Washington, DC - The robot soldiers of the future, so-called “battle bots,” are still in basic training.
NSF supports development of new nationwide data storage network
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Washington, DC - The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing a $1.8 million grant for the initial development of a data storage network over the next two years. A collaborative team will combine their expertise, facilities and research challenges to develop the Open Storage Network (OSN). OSN will enable academic researchers across the nation to work with and share their data more efficiently than ever before.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:
2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey results and ongoing FDA efforts to protect youth from the dangers
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Washington, DC - We’re encouraged by declines in overall youth tobacco use over the last several years reflected in the 2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Protecting our nation’s youth from the dangers of tobacco products is among the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most important responsibilities and we’re taking aggressive steps to make sure all tobacco products aren’t being marketed to, sold to, or used by kids. These efforts are a cornerstone of our comprehensive plan announced last summer. They are also the focus of our Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan announced in April. We’re actively examining a policy to prevent future generations from becoming addicted in the first place by rendering cigarettes minimally or non-addictive and taking every opportunity to disrupt the cycle of successive generations of nicotine and tobacco addiction.
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