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MARCH 31, 2012

FFRDCs provide the sponsoring federal agencies with capabilities to meet special long-term R&D needs that cannot be met as effectively by existing in-house or by contractor resources. billion in FY 2001 to $16.4 billion in FY 2001 to $16.4 Federal funding accounted for 97.3% ($16.4 billion in FY 2010. billion in FY 2010.

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Petersburg Polytechnic University in Russia in its association with that country’s space industry. The goal of Ford’s relationship with the university is to analyze space-based robotic communications systems, with potential for developing vehicle mesh networks to aid in connected vehicle communications applications. Resources.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Researchers, led by a team from the University of Pennsylvania, have used a polymer-folding mechanism to develop a new and versatile kind of solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) that currently offers proton conductivity faster than Nafion by a factor of 2, the benchmark for fuel cell membranes. 2001, 185, 29–39, Fig. Wagener, George B.

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MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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APRIL 18, 2016

Decreases in ambient air pollution levels over the past 20 years in Southern California were associated with significant reductions in bronchitic symptoms in children with and without asthma, according to a study by researchers at the University of Southern California published in JAMA. Kiros Berhane, Ph.D., —Berhane et al.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

The basis of the technology is Clostridium Beijerinckii BA 101, a mutant (non GMO) organism discovered by Professor Hans Blaschek of the University of Illinois which produces solvents (acetone-butanol-ethanol, ABE) at elevated levels. TetraVitae technology combines a proprietary organism and advanced process engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Each member will bring unique capabilities and resources in support of the primary Consortium objective to develop the first commercial production facility for the BioForming process. The APR technology was discovered at the University of Wisconsin in 2001 by Virent’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Dr. Randy Cortright.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

they use all the economic, environmental and social resources considered in a value-creating way. Frank Figge of Queen’s University Belfast and Dr. Tobias Hahn of Euromed Management School Marseille. In other words, the authors note, these companies use these resources more efficiently than their industry peers.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Currently, the data included in the Department of Energy’s US Life Cycle Inventory is based on three years, 1998 to 2001. This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. Reviewers included Dr. Martin Patel of Utrecht University and Michael Levy of the American Chemistry Council. kg (for the 3.36

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Vanns decided to combine his interests, majoring in computer science and music at Canterbury Christ Church University , in Canterbury, England. After graduating with a joint honors degree in both fields in 2001, Vanns worked for a time writing software, and seemed to be setting off on a fairly conventional IT career.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

2001 to 2006. -5%. Measures of motorization in the US. Peak year(s). Reduction in 2011 from the peak. Vehicles per person, per licensed driver, and per household. Distance driven. Distance driven per person, per licensed driver, per household, and per vehicle. Fuel consumed. 2003 to 2004. -13% 13% to -17%. —Sivak (2013).

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Long-term exposure to particulate matter has been associated with mortality mainly from cardiopulmonary causes and lung cancer, said the study’s co-lead author, Thuan Quoc Thach, PhD, a scientific officer at the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong. Thach and co-lead author Neil Thomas suspected that PM 2.5 EPI-15-0626.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Other findings show that from 2001 – 2005, the basin’s climate grew even hotter, increasing by an average of 0.71 °C. Lower water levels will reduce the number of aquatic birds in the Central and Lower Yangtze while climate change strips wetland ecosystems of important resources.

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MARCH 29, 2013

A team at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei) has developed hollow porous SiO 2 (silicon dioxide, or silica—e.g., 2001] reported that commercial SiO 2 nanoparticles could react with Li between 0.0 Click to enlarge. sand, or quartz) nanocubes as an anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). —Yan et al.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

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JULY 23, 2014

The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia participates in this project together with the technological center Eesti Innovatsiooni Instituut (Estonia), and the University of Manchester. Resources. ? All are invisible to the user. Partners also include Fico Mirrors, S.A., and biosensors—PLUX. Helios De Rosario Martínez, José S.

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MAY 22, 2012

Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. The state is also using this chemical protocol to determine the origin of oil on oiled wildlife. Lorenson, T.D., Rosenbauer, R.J.,

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

China fully embraced HFC-134a in 2001 when it implemented its obligations under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Cambridge University Press. The first systems with HFC-134a appeared in 1990; four years later almost all MAC systems in developed countries were using the new refrigerant.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Participating in this review were Dr. Holly Gibbs, Stanford University; Dr. Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University; Dr. Jason Tullis, University of Arkansas; and Dr. Brian Wardlow, University of Nebraska. Boyer, Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Kenneth G.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

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The nonprofit, which was launched in 2001, works to foster technological development in Uganda. Herbert: I joined in 2009 when I was a student at Kyambogo University in Kampala, because of its collaborative environment, global membership, and humanitarian efforts. When did you join IEEE and why?

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MAY 11, 2009

Other GPS device manufacturers are being encouraged to take advantage of this resource which could help to improve road safety in the Capital by introducing a speed limit display and warning in their satellite products. They partners commissioned the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds to produce the report.

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MAY 1, 2009

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are proposing a new process for producing synfuel from biomass using concentrating solar energy as its main energy source. Fuel productivity (kg fuel/100 kg resource). Total cost estimate (2001$/GJ), inc. From Hertwich et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. It would be a sin to let this world-class group disperse.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

NPS acquired licensing rights to the cool flame reformer technology developed at RWTH Aachen University in the late 1990s. 2001) Solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes. The conditions whether cool flames can be stabilised or not is related to the heat release of the pre-reactions in comparison to the heat losses of the system.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Congestion is one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban agglomerations, usually above a threshold of about 1 million inhabitants, notes Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue at Hofstra University. New studies continue to find that many drivers cruise for curb parking like hawks looking for prey. —Dave McCreadie. 2013.11.014.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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MARCH 28, 2013

The work at Princeton University will be conducted in the laboratories of Professor Christodoulos Floudas, Ph.D. Primus Green Energy Inc., Floudas is an expert in chemical process systems engineering, with a specific emphasis on process synthesis and design, interaction of process design and control and process operations. Baliban, R.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. Adam Brandt at Stanford University. These emissions are 1.5 x 10 8 bbl/y, or 1.8 Brandt, 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The 21CTP was formed in 2001 to reduce fuel usage and emissions in trucks of Classes 3 through 8. These projects have brought together a wide variety of companies, the national laboratories, and universities. Significant progress has made since the Academies issued its first report in 2008.

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OCTOBER 13, 2013

A review of 43 studies of the effects of E15 (15% ethanol blends) on Model Year 2001 and newer cars by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that the studies reviewed showed no meaningful differences between E15 and E10 in any performance category. The NREL team reviewed 5 studies in this area.

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The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America. Adler and Stephen J.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Each year of the present decade—2001 through 2008—has been among the top ten warmest years since instrumental records began. Resources. 24 November 2009: The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), Sydney. C), consistent with expectations of greenhouse induced warming. Allison, N.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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9 ] In addition, the complex, deliberate, and lengthy publishing cycle of the IPCC’s Assessment Reports—which have so far been produced in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007—has not kept pace with the abrupt acceleration of many key indicators of climate change. Earlier post.) and 5.0%.

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Steffen Mueller, principal economist at the Energy Resources Center. (Dr. Published surveys of the ethanol industry showed that 2008 ethanol plants use 30% less energy to convert corn to ethanol than 2001-era plants. The use of fossil energy at the biorefinery is a significant contributor to the CI of ethanol. Mueller, S. Mueller, S.

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