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NASA testing new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsor; 4-8% fuel burn savings over current advanced engines

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Source: Hall (2016). NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. —David Arend, a BLI propulsion expert at NASA Glenn. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers determine specific rates of biodegradation for 125 petroleum compounds in Deepwater Horizon spill

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Bagby is now at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. The other institutions involved in the study are the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Texas at Austin. Bagby, Christopher M. Reddy, Christoph Aeppli, G. Burch Fisher, and David L. 1610110114.

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Punching above its weight

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Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering. Erb was an advisor to this team from the University of Idaho, finishing in first place with this Camaro EV conversion.

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Study: more stringent O3 and PM2.5 air pollution standards could save thousands of lives, greatly improve public health

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Cleveland (Elyria), OH: 196 lives saved, 487 fewer morbidities and 231,859 fewer impacted days. Ewart (2016) “American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report. Bakersfield, CA: 241 lives saved, 333 fewer morbidities and 220,722 fewer impacted days. Cromar, Laura A. Gladson, Lars D. Perlmutt, Marya Ghazipura, and Gary W.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. This reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density.