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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications , in 2000. He left MIT in 1959 to join Electronic Communications, now part of Raytheon. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee.

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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average

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Based on records going back to 1895, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. The acreage burned by wildfires was roughly half of the 2000-2009 average.

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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Cooler-than-average conditions prevailed across southern South America, central Canada, the eastern United States, and parts of western and eastern Asia. below the 1979-2000 average extent and the third-lowest July sea ice extent on record, behind 2007 and 2006. above the 1979-2000 average. million square miles during July.

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Adhesives Gain Popularity for Wearable Devices

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They may vary widely, and in many cases are essential in achieving the needed goals in adhering parts and surfaces properly. It offers superior electrical insulation properties, outstanding light transmission, especially in the 350- to 2000-nm range, and is serviceable at temperatures from 4K to 250°F.

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Palladium/Iron-Platinum Core/Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts Promising for Practical Fuel Cell Applications

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The research team, which includes Brown graduate student and co-author Vismadeb Mazumder and researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, created a five-nanometer palladium (Pd) core and encircled it with a shell consisting of iron and platinum (FePt). Vismadeb Mazumder, Miaofang Chi, Karren L.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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The Telechron Model Type E master station clock shown at top was used at the Tennessee Valley Authority beginning in the 1930s. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology. Until the late 1940s, station clocks from the Warren Telechron Co. electricity lines.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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For their part, European Commission officials predict EVs will lead to major job growth across the 27 EU countries, with up to four million battery-related new jobs being created by 2025 because of its formation of the European Battery Alliance. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) estimates that, “Of the nearly 590,000 U.S.

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