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NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry…Continue Reading

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Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is gradually making the transition from pilots to commercial applications. At the moment, a few automakers, including GM, Ford and Nissan, offer bidirectional charging features, but these require proprietary charging hardware, and are limited to applications such as backup power (V2H). True V2G functionality requires a utilityContinue Reading

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Sponsored by Chroma. Lithium-ion batteries face increasingly severe challenges regarding safety and lifespan under high-rate charging. One of the most critical concerns is the phenomenon of lithium plating—when the charging current is too high or the temperature is too low, lithium-ions fails to intercalate effectively into the anode and insteadContinue Reading

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As newspapers move online, the buildings that once housed their printing presses need new occupants. The Minnesota Star Tribune has just sold its old printing plant on the edge of Minneapolis to the aptly named property developer Legacy Investing, which plans to create a new data center there. has foundContinue Reading

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Elon Musk is going to throw some of his millions of dollars into the midterms and back Senator Susan Collins. The New York Times reports that Musk plans to spend $100 million to $120 million to help Collins, as well as other Republican candidates in close Senate races. Collins, whoContinue Reading