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Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution

November 6, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Air Pollution, Climate Change, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Manufacturing, Technology, Trees

Adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new research suggests.

The study shows that plants – not technologies – may also be cheaper options for cleaning the air near a number of industrial sites, roadways, power plants, commercial boilers and oil and gas drilling sites.

In fact, researchers found that in 75 percent of the counties analyzed, it was cheaper to use plants to mitigate air pollution than it was to add technological interventions – things like smokestack scrubbers – to the sources of pollution.

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ORNL develops, deploys AI capabilities across research portfolio

September 24, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Supercomputing

To accelerate promising artificial intelligence applications in diverse research fields, ORNL has established a labwide AI Initiative. This internal investment brings the lab’s AI expertise, computing resources and user facilities together to facilitate analyses of massive datasets.

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Sandia Labs manufacturing spinoff steps into national market

July 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Sandia National Laboratories, Technology Transfer

For 25 years, ESTT has promoted the creation of innovative small businesses by allowing staff to leave the labs with a guaranteed job waiting if they return within two years. Spinoff tech companies such as AMPS create high-paying jobs that help stimulate local economies.