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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. He left Pittsburgh eight years later to teach at Pennsylvania State University in State College, where in 2001 he became director of its multivariate analysis center.

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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Article 76 of the Convention sets out a process for states to determine the limits of this “extended” continental shelf and gain international recognition for those limits. Legal certainty and international recognition is vital to developing our potentially immense resources. 2001 Russian claim for the Lomonosov Ridge.

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Becoming a Leader at NASA

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In 2001, after three years there, an opening at Goddard became available. The EED's portfolio includes the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission , International Space Station Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (ISS-CREAM), and Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER). "We He got a master's in EE from Johns Hopkins University.

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Venter to Keynote Algae Biomass Summit

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Venter, formerly a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, is the author of more than 200 research articles and the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, public honors, and scientific awards, including the 2001 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, and the 2002 Gairdner Foundation International Award.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk

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This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Cyber threats to crewed spacecraft may focus on proximity approaches, such as installing malware or ransomware into a craft’s internal computer. Hope of humanity’s survival dwindled after brute force failed to thwart the attackers.

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The Next Oil Price Spike May Cripple The Industry

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In fact, at a little over $50 per barrel, oil is trading slightly higher than its historic, inflation adjusted average of $47 per barrel , which in and off itself calls into the question the “spike” view: If the period 2001 – 2014 was a clear historic abnormality, why should one expect the price to return those levels?