Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers.
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A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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The Dutch-style intersection could inspire others as they seek to find ways to help pedestrians, cars and cyclists who share the public spaces.
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Along with cutting solar use credits, the state may also take away subsidies for LED lighting and other low energy use products.
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After a pilot program testing the efficacy of tablets in construction projects, the Texas DOT is considering a proposal to outfit all inspectors with the tablet computers.
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State regulators have reneged a historical provision allowing farmers, ranchers and utilities to not keep track of water usage rates.
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Over the past year, two SpaceX rockets failed to land at sea, while another Falcon 9 blew up in flight, destroying supplies headed for the International Space Station.
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The Aliso Canyon methane leak in California is bad, but it's only a small portion of the methane leaked from the natural gas industry's sprawling pipeline and storage infrastructure.
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When it comes to social media, research suggests transit agencies should engage their critics.
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In recent years, officials have spent millions of dollars in creative engineering to strengthen the highway against landslides and heavy rain coming down the coastal mountains, and high surf crashing in from the ocean. Will it be enough?
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In a world of interconnected systems, a pull here and a tug there to solve one problem starts a ripple effect, sometimes with unintended consequences. What tools can help urban managers make sense of all this complexity?
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The ships will be powered with biofuels made out of beef fat, municipal waste, palm oil, algae or camelina, a plant in the mustard family.
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NASA and a group of corporate and academic partners are exploring a wide range of technologies that could make aircraft of the future far more fuel-efficient, including all-electric jet engines.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers has released a report detailing infrastructure shortcomings in the nation's capital, noting particular problems with levees, public transit and roads.
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The likelihood that the drought won’t end this year — and that climate change might usher in a drier future — has put a lot of attention on water storage.
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The corporate exodus to office parks that began in the 1960s is reversing.
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SpaceX’s contest for university students and independent engineering teams includes building functional, scale-model Hyperloop pods and launching them down a 1-mile track.
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Solar power remains a tiny fraction of the energy market in Maine, but business is booming in the state.
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The state's Transportation Department estimates that it has invested $100 million in new technology over the last five years.
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Although Internet-connected devices in the home may provide benefits like saving energy, the constant stream of data could be used against you.
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