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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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after her parents bought her chemistry kits. Her parents also bought her older brother engineering kits, and Parker helped him complete them. Her father, a chemist, was on the team that first synthesized vitamin B1 at pharmaceutical company Merck in Charlotte, N.C. USC has been a great experience,” Parker says.

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Omnitek receives EPA approval for 12L diesel-to-natural gas converted Mack E7 engine

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has received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of all Mack E7 electronic engines up to model year 2006. Furthermore, we look forward to finalizing the development of the Detroit Diesel Series 60 and Caterpillar C15 engine conversion kits.

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US Departments of Agriculture, Energy partner to award $4.9M for bioenergy research

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million in research grants is awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006; DOE is providing $2.9 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to award nearly $5 million in grants to scientists to study the use of plants to further bioenergy development. University of Idaho.

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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

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Mounting kits were developed for most models of GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles. The company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in June 2005 and emerged under a plan of reorganization on 1 February 2006. In late 2001, AC/DC units as well as an 8kW unit were introduced.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I But we have nothing to announce in terms of any kind of market place." I got beaten down a number of times." That tore it for me," says Lutz. "If

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