The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the beginning of design and construction of a new Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL) facility intended to advance the development and deployment of utility scale energy storage technology. The GSL facility will bring…
Continue ReadingNational Offshore Wind Goal Envisions 30GW by 2030
As part of the Administration’s infrastructure and climate change investment proposals, the Department of Energy, Commerce, and the Interior have launched a new National Offshore Wind Goal to coordinate new leasing, funding, and other incentives designed to enable deployment of…
Continue ReadingDOE Announces $52.5 Million to Support US Manufacturers and Industrial Workers
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) have been allocated $52.5 million to help American manufacturers and wastewater treatment facilities improve their efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. That will get America on a path towards reaching net-zero…
Continue ReadingUnited Arab Emirates Investing Heavily in Space and STEM
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to make substantial investments in the country’s science and engineering infrastructure. Space exploration has been a major motivator for the elective constitutional monarchy’s significant drive toward workforce development and international cooperation.…
Continue ReadingHarnessing the power of Sun
Solar energy is one of the fastest-growing forms of energy. Using power from sun is an ancient practice, although harnessing solar power in the form of photovoltaics to produce electricity is a relatively recent discovery. The space age in the…
Continue ReadingSTEM Education in Rural Communities
On January 5, House Science, Space and Technology Committee released a bill to improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in rural communities. The Rural STEM Education Research Act was crafted to address inequalities that make it harder for…
Continue ReadingMission to Mars, the Moon and more planned for 2021
About a month after the new year has started on Earth, three spacecraft will pull into the vicinity of Mars. What follows is a preview of some of 2021’s most expected events. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope,…
Continue ReadingAdvance Electronic Organs-on-a-Chip Technology
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a technology that measures physical properties of cells to help determine the effects of drugs and other treatments. This type of technology is known as organ-on-a-chip, which can…
Continue ReadingSpace probe flies by Venus on way to Mercury
A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on October 15, 2020, using Earth’s neighbor to adjust its course on the way to solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched almost two years ago, the European-Japanese probe BepiColombo took a…
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