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Oil & Gas

GE Just Turned the World’s Most Powerful Jet Engine Into A 65-Megawatt Power Plant

Tomas Kellner
January 30, 2017
GE is taking the world’s largest jet engine and turning it into a power plant. The machine’s beating heart comes from the GE90-115B, which is the largest and most powerful jet engine, capable of producing 127,900 pounds of thrust, according to Guinness World Records. The electricity generator, which GE calls LM9000, will be able to generate a whopping 65 megawatts — enough to supply of 6,500 homes — and reach full power in 10 minutes.
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Biologics

These Synthetic Snippets Of DNA Could Make A New Generation Of Drugs Available To All

January 24, 2017
There’s more to protein than steak, eggs and the South Beach Diet. The complex molecules encoded by our DNA are the workhorses of our cells, being responsible for growth, maintenance and repair.
The human body holds many thousands of different proteins, and even small typos in the genetic code can lead to diseases and conditions such as diabetes, hemophilia, dwarfism and many others.
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Q4

GE Reports 4Q Earnings. Here Are The Highlights

Tim Cheng
January 20, 2017
GE, the world’s largest digital-industrial company, released fourth-quarter and year-end results for 2016 today.
For the year, GE’s operating results were in line with goals set out for investors. The company earned $1.49 per share — up 14 percent — and returned $30.5 billion to shareowners through dividends and buyback. Free cash flow and dispositions for the year totaled $32.6 billion.
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New $1.4 Billion GE Power Deal Will Supply Iraq With Reliable Electricity

January 18, 2017
Frederic Ribieras spent the last three months living and working in Baghdad. He says the Iraqi capital is a different place from what you see on the news. “Iraq is not what you see on CNN,” says Ribieras, who is GE’s vice president of Global Growth Operations. Granted, his group relies on GE’s “terrific security team,” but Ribieras says that today, “you’ll be able to feel you have a normal business day in Baghdad.”
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Aerospace

The Last Of The Hush-Hush Boys: Joseph Sorota, Who Helped Build The First U.S. Jet Engine, Dies At 96

Tomas Kellner
January 10, 2017

Joseph Sorota, likely the last member of the World War II-era top-secret team that designed the first U.S. jet engine, died Saturday at his home in Singer Island, Florida. He was 96.

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best of 2016

Best Photos of 2016: The GE Edition

Tomas Kellner
December 28, 2016
Every year, GE sends photographers, filmmakers and other artists around the world to document its technology in action. 2016 was no different. Pilot and photographer Adam Senatori flew to the Farnborough International Airshow to photograph the world’s latest and largest planes, Chris New went inside GE’s brand-new 3D-printing factory, and lensman and musician Ruben Wu visited America’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Take a look.
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best of 2016

10 Tech Stories From 2016 You Should Know About

Tomas Kellner
December 27, 2016
A power plant hidden in a cave drilled deep into the Swiss Alps, a jet engine so large it could swallow Shaquille O’Neal with Kobe Bryant sitting on his shoulders and DNA research that's helping doctors fine-tune the immune system to fight disease. These are some of the best science stories from 2016 that involved GE technology. Take a look.
 

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research

All You Want For Christmas In 2027: These Stocking Stuffers Are In Your Future

December 26, 2016
You don’t have to be a die-hard geek to start assembling your holiday list of the future today. We will help you. Over the last year, we visited a number of GE labs and talked to the scientists and engineers working there. The result is a short list of goodies that could make it to market soon.
 

Superfast Mobile Devices
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Trains

The Heaviest Haul: A New Locomotive Factory Will Put This Indian State On The Fast Track

Tomas Kellner
December 25, 2016
GER: You were also involved in movies.
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power

High Light: The Night GE Electrified An Ancient Himalayan Village

Tomas Kellner
December 24, 2016

The night the 700-year-old mountain oasis of Rakuru was to see its first electric light, the whole village gathered in the largest room and waited for someone to flip the switch.
But nothing happened.

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