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California ARB holding two workshops on developing measure to reduce emissions from TRUs

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This includes conceptual ideas on a phased implementation schedule for stationary operating time limits and zero emission mode operating percentages, as well as related details. ARB adopted the TRU Airborne Toxic Control Measure in 2004, with amendments in 2010 and 2011, to reduce PM emissions from TRU units.

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Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Ultra-Reliable Radio

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He became the mission systems engineer in 2004. “I Any scientific data the JWST collects during its lifetime will need to be stored on board, because the spacecraft doesn’t maintain round-the-clock contact with Earth. Menzel can remember, for instance, ideas for laser-based optical systems that were invariably rejected. “I

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Green Friday | Black Friday

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The humble beginnings, the unique ideas, the creatives, artists and visionaries. Gallagher’s Music – Grimsby and Cleethorpes only music store. Established 2004 in sunny Cleethorpes England. We can’t buy these moments online or staring down aisles awash with cardboard and plastic. Gift voucher this Green Friday.

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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Trees are a huge store of chemical energy that can be converted into liquid biofuel—but we need to identify the ideal method to produce these sugars economically. The idea is that the 20+ year supply of dead lodgepole pine will have provided enough time to replant with a fast-growing tree variety to replace it as biofuel feedstock.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. The idea that they were getting some kind of vision, it was kind of electrifying—for the patients and the doctors.”. Terry Byland did not encounter any problems with his 2004 Argus I implant. Jeroen Perk.

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Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

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Just adding iron to the ocean hasn’t been demonstrated as a good plan for storing atmospheric carbon. The initial results of the SOFeX experiment, published in Science in April, 2004, seemed to support the Iron Hypothesis in an unexpected way. Preprints are available online to subscribers at [link] , using doi:10.1029/2008GB003206.).

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time. People actually love the idea of a bicycle that does not need pedalling. Exchange ideas in the boardroom. Become a Trustee of CfBT Education Trust.