MOST completed publications and projects

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Agrivoltaics · Energy Conservation · Energy Policy · Floatovoltaivs · Industrial Symbiosis · Life Cycle Analysis · Materials Science · Medical · Open Source · Photovoltaic Systems · Resilient Food · Solar Cells · Sustainable Development · Sustainability Education · Water

This category lists completed projects for the Category:MOST. Following the individual links leads to a summary of the project and key findings, related literature reviews, methods, protocols, and equipment, and an open access version of the paper published in a peer reviewed journal.

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  3-D printed magnetic soft magnetic helical coil actuators of iron oxide embedded polydimethylsiloxane
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  Potential of microbial protein from hydrogen for preventing mass starvation in catastrophic scenarios
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  A review of the value of solar methodology with a case study of the U.S. VOS
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  Conceptual Design and Rationale for a New Agrivoltaics Concept: Pastured-Raised Rabbits and Solar Farming
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  Applying a Relationally and Socially Embedded Decision Framework to Solar Photovoltaic Adoption: A Conceptual Exploration
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  Electric Vehicle Charging Potential from Retail Parking Lot Solar Photovoltaic Awnings
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  Low emissions analysis platform model for renewable energy: Community-scale case studies in Nigeria
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  Economics of Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic Systems Coupled to Heat Pumps: The Case of Northern Climates of the U.S. and Canada
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  Geographic potential of shotcrete photovoltaic racking: Direct and low-concentration cases
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  Reaction Induced Multifunctional TiO2 Rod/Spherical Nanostructured Materials for Screen Printed Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
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  Integrating solar energy with agriculture: Industry perspectives on the market, community, and socio-political dimensions of agrivoltaics
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  Demonstration of the integrated rural energy planning framework for sustainable energy development in low-income countries: Case studies of rural communities in Nigeria
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  Open Source 3D-Printable Planetary Roller Screw for Food Processing Applications
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  Optoelectronic Properties: Carrier Transport, Recombination, and Stability
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  U.S. Potential of Sustainable Backyard Distributed Animal and Plant Protein Production During & After Pandemics
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  Open Source 3-D Filament Diameter Sensor for Recycling, Winding and Additive Manufacturing Machines
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  Performance and analysis of retail store‐centered microgrids with solar photovoltaic parking lot, cogeneration, and battery‐based hybrid systems
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  Open Source Vacuum Oven Design for Low-Temperature Drying: Performance Evaluation for Recycled PET and Biomass
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  Finite Difference Heat Exchanger Model: Flow Maldistribution with Thermal Coupling
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  Systems Analysis Approach to Polyethylene Terephthalate and Olefin Plastics Supply Chains in the Circular Economy: A Review of Data Sets and Models
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  Open source disease analysis system of cactus by artificial intelligence and image processing
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  Cost Effectiveness of AGI Safety Versus Preparation for Loss of Electricity/Industry
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  https://osf.io/jns2e Rapid Repurposing of Biorefinery, Pulp & Paper and Breweries for Lignocellulosic Sugar Production in Global Food Shortages
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  Methane Single Cell Protein: securing protein supply during global food catastrophes
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  Do Agrivoltaics Improve Public Support for Solar Photovoltaic Development? Survey Says: Yes!
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  To Catch the Sun
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  Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions During Pandemics by Utilizing Found Hardware for Open Source Gentle Ventilation

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  How to turn plastic waste in your recycle bin into profit
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  Pearce Interview on Little DaVinces
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  Get Better at Garbage: Episode 24: How to turn your plastic waste into profit utilizing the DRAM 3D printing method.
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  STEM Everyday #190 - Open Source & STEM & Making
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  Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?
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  Authors from All Over the World Share Their Tech in HardwareX to Battle COVID-19
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  Zero Waste Countdown
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  Affordable high-temperature 3D printers at home
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  Distributed Recycling and Additive Manufacturing for Sustainable Development Goals
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  Delivering in Decade of Action for achievement of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs: Next steps for the TFM and its partners
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  Show Me the Money! Economic and Policy Aspects of Open Source Scientific Hardware at CZI's Open and Reproducible Hardware for Science Workshop
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  Panel: Preparing for the Next Global Crisis
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  Systems analysis approach to PET and olefin plastics supply chains in the circular economy: A review of datasets and models

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  Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects
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  Polymer-derived SiOC Replica of Material Extrusion-based 3-D Printed Plastics
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  The Potential for Grid Defection of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using Solar Photovoltaic, Battery and Generator Hybrid Systems
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  Bridging the Social and Environmental Dimensions of Global Sustainability in STEM Education with Additive Manufacturing
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  Scaling of greenhouse crop production in low sunlight scenarios
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  Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of cellular phone towers
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  Open-Source Three-Dimensional Printable Infant Clubfoot Brace
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  Atomic layer deposited aluminium oxide mitigates outgassing from fused filament fabrication–based 3-D printed components
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  Towards national policy for open source hardware research: The case of Finland
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  Technical pathways for distributed recycling of polymer composites for distributed manufacturing: Windshield wiper blades
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  Energy Conservation with Open Source Ad Blockers
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  Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy
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  Antibacterial and anticancer activity of hydrothermally-synthesized zinc oxide nanomaterials using natural extracts of neem, pepper and turmeric as solvent media
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  Potential of distributed recycling from hybrid manufacturing of 3-D printing and injection molding of stamp sand and acrylonitrile styrene acrylate waste composite
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  A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics
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  From Open Access to Open Science: The Path From Scientific Reality to Open Scientific Communication
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  Open-Source Medical Hardware for Pandemics
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  Energy Policy for Energy Sovereignty: Can policy tools enhance energy sovereignty?
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  Demonstration of a simple encapsulation technique for prototype silicon solar cells
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  Open Source Digitally Replicable Lab-Grade Scales
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  Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing
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  The energy crises revealed by COVID: Intersections of Indigeneity, inequity, and health
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  Conversion of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Mask to Open Source Powered Air-Purifying Particulate Respirator for Fire Fighter COVID-19 Response
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  U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emission Bottlenecks: Prioritization of Targets for Climate Liability
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  Open Source Computer Vision-based Layer-wise 3D Printing Analysis
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  Real-Time Eye State Detection System for Driver Drowsiness Using Convolutional Neural Network
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  Vacuum Outgassing Characteristics of Unpigmented 3-D Printed Polymers Coated with ALD Alumina
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  RepRapable Automated Open Source Bag Valve Mask-based Ventilator
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  Open Source High-Temperature Reprap for 3-D Printing Heat-Sterilizable PPE and Other Applications
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  Parametric Nasopharyngeal Swab for Sampling COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Viruses: Open Source Design, SLA 3-D Printing and UV Curing System
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  Decentralized Renewable Hybrid Mini-Grids for Rural Communities: Culmination of the IREP Framework and Scale up to Urban Communities
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  Economic Savings for Scientific Free and Open Source Technology: A Review
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  Additively Manufactured Parametric Universal Clip-System: An Open Source Approach for Aiding Personal Exposure Measurement in the Breathing Zone
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  Open Source Arc Analyzer: Multi-Sensor Monitoring of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
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  Towards Distributed Recycling with Additive Manufacturing of PET Flake Feedstocks
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  Distributed manufacturing of after market flexible floating photovoltaic modules
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  Mechanical Properties of Direct Waste Printing of Polylactic Acid with Universal Pellets Extruder: Comparison to Fused Filament Fabrication on Open-Source Desktop Three-Dimensional Printers
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  A First Investigation of Agriculture Sector Perspectives on the Opportunities and Barriers for Agrivoltaics
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  Water Conservation Potential of Self-Funded Foam-Based Flexible Surface-Mounted Floatovoltaics
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  The Economics of Classroom 3-D Printing of Open-Source Digital Designs of Learning Aids
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  Image Analysis Method for Quantifying Snow Losses on PV Systems
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  Detecting Covert Legal Killing to Stop A New Approach to Terrorist Intention

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  MOST News Coverage 2020
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  Nuclear war could be devastating for the US, even if no one shoots back
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  Contribute to open source healthcare projects for COVID-19
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  What you need to know about open source ad blockers
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  As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home
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  The 3D printing revolution is finally here
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  Finland's Research Dollars Stretch Further with Open Source
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  VR Roundtable- How to audit and secure for your COVID19 product?
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  FitWorld board game
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  The Free Quarantine Board Game
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  Fulbright Finland: A Life Changing Experience
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  Open Source and Renewable Energy Solutions to Improve our Quality of Life
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  3-D Printing Waste into Profit
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  BioPROTEIN
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  Guest Blog: MTU Releases Three New Open-source Tools for COVID-19
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  Open source tools provide an economic advantage for science
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  29 Best Sites to Read Online or Download Free Books (Legally) in 2020
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  How to influence people to join open source
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  Open hardware is economically efficient and generates a massive return on public investment
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  如何感召人们让其参与到开源活动中

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  Compatibility of 3-D printed devices in cleanroom environments for semiconductor processing
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  MACE nano-texture process applicable for both single- and multi-crystalline diamond-wire sawn Si solar cells
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  Scalable honeycomb top contact to increase the light absorption and reduce the series resistance of thin film solar cells
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  Effect of microwave power irradiation on TiO2 nano-structures and binder free paste screen printed dye sensitized solar cells
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  Mechanical properties of 3-D printed truss-like lattice biopolymer non-stochastic structures for sandwich panels with natural fibre composite skins
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  Towards Quantifiable Metrics Warranting Industry-Wide Corporate Death Penalties
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  Dual morphology titanium dioxide for dye sensitized solar cells
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  Policies to Overcome Barriers for Renewable Energy Distributed Generation: A Case Study of Utility Structure and Regulatory Regimes in Michigan
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  Food without sun: Price and life-saving potential
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  Could 79 People Solarize the U.S. Electric Grid?
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  Green Fab Lab Applications of Large-Area Waste Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing
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  Preliminary Automated Determination of Edibility of Alternative Foods: Non-Targeted Screening for Toxins in Red Maple Leaf Concentrate
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  Systems Analysis for PET and Olefin Polymers in a Circular Economy
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  Influence of metal assisted chemical etching time period on mesoporous structure in as-cut upgraded metallurgical grade silicon for solar cell application
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  Open Source Completely 3-D Printable Centrifuge
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  Mechanical Properties and Applications of Recycled Polycarbonate Particle Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing
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  Mechanical Properties of Ultraviolet-Assisted Paste Extrusion and Postextrusion Ultraviolet-Curing of Three-Dimensional Printed Biocomposites
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  Economic viability of captive off-grid solar photovoltaic and diesel hybrid energy systems for the Nigerian private sector
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  Low-cost open source ultrasound-sensing based navigational support for visually impaired
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  Ystruder: open source multifunction extruder with sensing and monitoring capabilities
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  Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator
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  Design and Testing of a Low-Cost, Open Source, 3-D Printed Air-Bearing-Based Attitude Simulator for CubeSat Satellites
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  Expanded microchannel heat exchanger: Non-destructive evaluation
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  Differences in Snow Shedding in Photovoltaic Systems with Framed and Frameless Modules
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  Performance of Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules on a Dual-Axis Tracker in a High-Latitude, High-Albedo Environment

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  MOST News Coverage 2019
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  Open Source 3-D Printing
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  Expanding Equitable Access to Experimental Research and STEM Education by Supporting Open Source Hardware Development
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  Take a free course on OpenSCAD, FreeCAD, and Blender
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  Are We Measuring Research Success Wrong?
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  Do-it-yourself guides to better food production
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  Efectos potenciales de Sci-Hub sobre la publicación académica
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  Interview with Professor (Hardware)X on open source hardware
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  How to open source your academic work in 7 steps
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  How to leverage open hardware to improve your research (Oct24)
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  How universities are using open source to attract students

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  Tightening the loop on the circular economy: Coupled distributed recycling and manufacturing with recyclebot and RepRap 3-D printing
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  Decarbonizing the boardroom? Aligning electric utility executive compensation with climate change incentives
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  General Design Procedure for Free and Open-Source Hardware for Scientific Equipment
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  Cost-effectiveness of interventions for alternate food in the United States to address agricultural catastrophesCost-effectiveness of interventions for alternate food in the United States to address agricultural catastrophes
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  Open-source parametric 3-D printed slot die system for thin film semiconductor processing
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  Economic impact of substituting solar photovoltaic electric production for tobacco farming
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  Development of a Resilient 3-D Printer for Humanitarian Crisis Response
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  Applications of Open Source GMAW-Based Metal 3-D Printing
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  Micromorphology analysis of sputtered indium tin oxide fabricated with variable ambient combinations
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  Effects of silver catalyst concentration in metal assisted chemical etching of silicon
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  Open-source 3-D Printing in Managing Humanitarian Innovation
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  Properties of Al-Doped Zinc Oxide and In-Doped Zinc Oxide Bilayer Transparent Conducting Oxides for Solar Cell Applications
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  Design Optimization of Polymer Heat Exchanger for Automated Household-Scale Solar Water Pasteurizer
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  Expanding the Consumer Bill of Rights for material ingredients
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  Anisotropic mechanical property variance between ASTM D638-14 type I and type IV fused filament fabricated specimens
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  How to perform a literature review with free and open source software
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  Optimal Design of Thin-film Plasmonic Solar Cells using Differential Evolution Optimization Algorithms
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  RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament
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  Self-sufficiency of 3-D printers: utilizing stand-alone solar photovoltaic power systems
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  A National Pragmatic Safety Limit for Nuclear Weapon Quantities
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  Sponsored Libre Research Agreements to Create Free and Open Source Software and Hardware
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  Chemical Compatibility of Fused Filament Fabrication-based 3-D Printed Components with Solutions Commonly Used in Semiconductor Wet Processing
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  Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties
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  Modular Design for Spherical Microphone Arrays
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  Economic Advantages of Dry-Etched Black Silicon in Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) Photovoltaic Manufacturing
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  Belt-Driven Open Source Circuit Mill Using Low-Cost 3-D Printer Components
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  Coal with Carbon Capture and Sequestration is not as Land Use Efficient as Solar Photovoltaic Technology for Climate Neutral Electricity Production
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  Prospects of applying 3-D printing to economics of remote communities: Reindeer herder case
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  Approaches to Open Source 3-D Printable Probe Positioners and Micromanipulators for Probe Stations
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  Open Source Low-Cost Power Monitoring System
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  Micronutrient Availability in Alternative Foods During Agricultural Catastrophes
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  Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament
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  Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Alumina, Nano Composite of Carbon–Alumina and Their Comparative Studies
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  3-D Printable Polymer Pelletizer Chopper for Fused Granular Fabrication-Based Additive Manufacturing
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  Improved model and experimental validation of deformation in fused filament fabrication of polylactic acid
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  3-D printable open source dual axis gimbal system for optoelectronic measurements
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  Economic Potential for Distributed Manufacturing of Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients in the U.S.

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  MOST News Coverage 2018
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  Can mirrors boost solar panel output - and help overcome Trump’s tariffs?
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  5 keys to building open hardware: Maximize your project's impact
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  Red Hat Honors Instructors Who Champion Open Source Education
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  Opportunities in Sustainable Development and Open Source Technology
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  How to Install a Heated Bed and Printhead Heater Cartridge for the Ultimaker 2 Go
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  How to make a 3-D printed corn sheller, This is Mold
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  Mainstream academia embraces open source hardware
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  How to set up an open source scholarship at your university
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  7 open source tools to make literature reviews easy
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  3D printers in the public library- Finland ahead of the curve
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  How Many Americans Will Die Because of Trump's Solar Tariffs?
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  What America Can Learn From Finland’s Education System: We Should Respect Teachers and Take Only the Best
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  What America Can Learn From Finland’s Education System Part 2: Embrace International Students and Pursue Graduate School for a Secure Future Mining Gazette
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  Tricks for telling if your 3D print is good enough for your bike
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  Trade wars will boost digital manufacturing – at consumers’ own homes with personal 3D printers
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  New research agreement opens up for universities and companies
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  An alternative to propping up coal power plants: Retrain workers for solar
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  3D printing scientific open hardware
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  3D-printed tools welcome
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  Open-source hardware could defend against the next generation of hacking
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  How open source hardware increases security
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  Why you should give your grandparents a 3D printer for Christmas
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  3D Printing of Open Source Hardware for Science

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  3-D Printing Solar Photovoltaic Racking in Developing World
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  Experimental Characterization of Heat Transfer in an Additively Manufactured Polymer Heat Exchanger
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  U.S. market for solar photovoltaic plug-and-play systems
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  Feeding Everyone if the Sun is Obscured and Industry is Disabled
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  Open-Source Automated Mapping Four-Point Probe
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  Emergence of Home Manufacturing in the Developed World: Return on Investment for Open-Source 3-D Printers
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  Tensile Strength of Commercial Polymer Materials for Fused Filament Fabrication 3-D Printing
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  Emerging Business Models for Open Source Hardware
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  Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator Mixer and Shaker
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  Democratising design in scientific innovation: application of an open value network to open source hardware design
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  Open Source 3-D Printers: An Appropriate Technology for Developing Communities
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  U.S. strategic solar photovoltaic-powered microgrid deployment for enhanced national security
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  Thermal properties of 3-D printed polylactic acid-metal composites
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  Power and energy potential of mass-scale photovoltaic noise barrier deployment- A case study for the U.S.
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  Aquavoltaics: Synergies for dual use of water area for solar photovoltaic electricity generation and aquaculture
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  Viability of Distributed Manufacturing of Bicycle Components with 3-D Printing: CEN Standardized Polylactic Acid Pedal Testing
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  Potential lives saved by replacing coal with solar photovoltaic electricity production in the U.S.
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  Enhancement of hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells with front-surface hexagonal plasmonic arrays from nanoscale lithography
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  Energy Payback Time of a Solar Photovoltaic Powered Waste Plastic Recyclebot System
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  Technical Solar Photovoltaic Potential of Scaled Parking Lot Canopies- A Case Study of Walmart U.S.A.
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  Open Source Multi-Head 3D Printer for Polymer-Metal Composite Component Manufacturing
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  Free and Open Source 3-D Model Customizer for Websites to Democratize Design with OpenSCAD
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  Three Hundred and Sixty Degree Real-Time Monitoring of 3-D Printing Using Computer Analysis of Two Camera Views
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  Inhibition of growth of S. epidermidis by hydrothermally synthesized ZnO nanoplates
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  Impact of DIY Home Manufacturing with 3D Printing on the Toy and Game Market
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  General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems
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  3-D printing open-source click-MUAC bands for identification of malnutrition
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  Defense for Covert Administrative Techniques for Neutralizing American Highly Qualified Personnel
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  Open source 3D printers: an appropriate technology for building low cost optics labs for the developing communities
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  Factors effecting real-time optical monitoring of fused filament 3D printing
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  Fabricating Ordered 2-D Nano-Structured Arrays Using Nanosphere Lithography
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  Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer
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  Agrivoltaic potential on grape farms in India
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  Micro-Raman Scattering of Nanoscale Silicon in Amorphous and Porous Silicon
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  Hypoeutectic Aluminum–Silicon Alloy Development for GMAW-Based 3-D Printing Using Wedge Castings
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  Ambiance-dependent Agglomeration and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Response of Self-assembled Silver Nano-particles for Plasmonic Photovoltaic Devices
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  Synthetic Method Dependent Physicochemical Properties and Electrochemical Performance of Ni-Doped ZnO
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  Slicer and process improvements for open-source GMAW-based metal 3-D printing
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  Distributed Manufacturing of Flexible Products- Technical Feasibility and Economic Viability
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  Examining interconnection and net metering policy for distributed generation in the United States
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  Design of Post-Consumer Modification of Standard Solar Modules to Form Large-Area Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Roof Slates
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  Maximizing Returns for Public Funding of Medical Research with Open-source Hardware

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  MOST News Coverage 2017
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  Search this database for inactive patents that are now in the public domain
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  Use the U.S. Patent System to Innovate (While Avoiding Willful Infringement)
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  Global Energy Leaders Podcast on Solar Energy
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  A graduate degree could springboard you into an open source job
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  Low-Cost 3D Printers Are Growing Up
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  3D design contest for medical tools in Africa
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  Could Trump's Deregulation Agenda Open An Additional $70 Billion Solar Market in the US?
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  Can You Earn 1000% ROI with 3-D Printing At Home?
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  America should recruit smart immigrants from every country
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  Obliterate the cost of consumer products with open hardware
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  Smart immigrants literally are making America great
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  3D Printing The Next Five Years by Prof. Joshua Pearce
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  Three reasons for open source tech in your 3D printing classroom
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  Clones welcome in scientific hardware
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  Open source hardware: first issue of HardwareX now available (Materials Today)
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  Life-Cycle Analysis of Distributed Manufacturing
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  The first open source 3D printer filament
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  Trump’s Apprenticeship Program Should Help Train Coal Miners For Solar Jobs
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  Learning from the U.S. Military: How Solar-Powered Microgrids Can Improve Your Company’s Security
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  Design and produce 3D printed, custom breast prosthetics
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  How an open source board game is saving the planet
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  HardwareX journal reveals the equipment behind the science
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  How solar power can protect the US military from threats to the electric grid (Salon, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider)
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  Editor's Note: Introduction to Open Hardware in Science and Engineering
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  Impacts of Open Source Hardware in Science and Engineering
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  Is the rise of open source connected to a decline in selfishness?
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  Subsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid, Chicago Tribune, Lincoln Journal Star, Washington's Top News
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  Paying it forward at Finland's Aalto Fablab
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  Accelerating science and improving equitable access to hands-on STEM education through open science hardware
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  How to use OpenSCAD to design for 3D printing
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  Would Trump Block Low-Cost Foreign Gold Imports? Lessons for the Brewing Solar Trade War
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  U.S. makes renewable energy software open source

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  Retraining Investment for U.S. Transition from Coal to Solar Photovoltaic Employment
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  The potential of agrivoltaic systems
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  A Review of Greenhouse Gas Emission Liabilities as the Value of Renewable Energy for Mitigating Lawsuits for Climate Change Related Damages
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  Technical viability of mobile solar photovoltaic systems for indigenous nomadic communities in northern latitudes
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  Levelized cost of electricity for solar photovoltaic, battery and cogen hybrid systems
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  Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems
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  A review of technical requirements for plug-and-play solar photovoltaic microinverter systems in the United States
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  Nuclear Insurance Subsidies Cost from Post-Fukushima Accounting Based on Media Sources
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  The Case for Weaker Patents
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  Return on Investment for Open Source Hardware Development
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  High-Efficiency Solar-Powered 3-D Printers for Sustainable Development
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  Franklin - Free and Open-source Control Software for 3-D Motion and Processing
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  How Accounting Costs Science Millions a Year
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  Open-source, self-replicating 3-D printer factory for small-business manufacturing
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  Open Source Laser Polymer Welding System: Design and Characterization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene Multilayer Welds
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  Open-source Wax RepRap 3-D Printer for Rapid Prototyping Paper-Based Microfluidics
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  Open-source 3-D Platform for Low-cost Scientific Instrument Ecosystem
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  Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective
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  Free and open-source automated 3-D microscope
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  Structure-Property Relationships of Common Aluminum Weld Alloys Utilized as Feedstock for GMAW-based 3-D Metal Printing
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  Open Source Database and Website to Provide Free and Open Access to Inactive U.S. Patents in the Public Domain
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  Photovoltaic Materials and Electronic Devices
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  Influence of Oxygen Concentration on the Performance of Ultra-Thin RF Magnetron Sputter Deposited Indium Tin Oxide Films as a Top Electrode for Photovoltaic Devices
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  A new method of preparing highly conductive ultra-thin indium tin oxide for plasmonic-enhanced thin film solar photovoltaic devices
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  Plasmonic enhancement of amorphous silicon solar photovoltaic cells with hexagonal silver arrays made with nanosphere lithography
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  Structural and optical characterization and efficacy of hydrothermal synthesized Cu and Ag doped zinc oxide nanoplate bactericides
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  Are you overpaying your academic executive team? A method for detecting unmerited academic executive compensation
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  Alternative Foods as a Solution to Global Food Supply Catastrophes
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  Feeding Everyone if Industry is Disabled
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  Providing Non-food Needs if Industry is Disabled
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  Vitamins in Agricultural Catastrophes
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  Integrative Risk Management for Catastrophe Destroying 10-20% of Global Food Supply
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  Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Alternate Food to Address Agricultural Catastrophes Globally

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  MOST News Coverage 2016
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  [hhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201028204738/https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/news/greetings-from-the-editor-in-chief-of-hardwarex Greetings from the Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX]
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  The Best Defense is a Good Offense: How to kill patent trolls before they are born
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  Earth Day 2016: Why George W. Bush gives me hope for the future of the planet[1]
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  Consumers Can Profit from Leaving the Grid
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  3-D Printers Are Finally Easy Enough You Can Use Them
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  Potential Effects of Sci-Hub on Academic Publishing,[2]
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  Solar Industry Welcomes Coal Workers With Open Arms
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  HardwareX: New Open Access Journal for Open Source Hardware from Elsevier
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  Building Your Own Home From Open Source Blocks[3]
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  New journal HardwareX to promote open source hardware for science
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  A open source toolkit for building your own home
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  What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?
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  Global citizens unite to improve housing with open design and development
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  Rehab Addict’s Nicole Curtis and Hackers Agree : Open Hardware Rules
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  Funding Universal Open Access via Academic Efficiency Gains from Government Funder Sponsored Open Access Journals
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  Practical Laboratory Automation Forward
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  How maker communities align with open source
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  Solar Is Being Held Back by Regulations, Not Technology
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  Best of Opensource.com - Hardware
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  Enzymes and Photometers

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  Feeding Everyone No Matter What
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  Feeding Everyone: Solving the Food Crisis in Event of Global Catastrophes that Kill Crops or Obscure the Sun
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  Resilience to global food supply catastrophes
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  A Virtual Educational Exchange: A North-South Virtually-Shared Class on Sustainable Development
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  Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development
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  Building Open Source Hardware in Academia
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  Maximizar la rentabilidad de la inversión para la salud pública con hardware médico de código abierto
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  Effect of ambient combinations of argon, oxygen, and hydrogen on the properties of DC magnetron sputtered indium tin oxide films
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  A novel synthesis of tin oxide thin films by the sol-gel process for optoelectronic applications
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  Peanut shaped ZnO microstructures: controlled synthesis and nucleation growth toward low-cost dye sensitized solar cells
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  Limitations of ultra-thin transparent conducting oxides for integration into plasmonic-enhanced thin-film solar photovoltaic devices
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  Optimization of annealing cycles for electric output in outdoor conditions for amorphous silicon photovoltaic–thermal systems
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  Total U.S. cost evaluation of low-weight tension-based photovoltaic flat-roof mounted racking
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  Polymer recycling codes for distributed manufacturing with 3-D printers
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