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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane. Kalim Akhtar & Patrik R.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design.

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Paying Tribute to Computer Science Pioneer Frederick Brooks, Jr.

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Brooks left IBM in 1964 to found the University of North Carolina ’s computer science department in Chapel Hill. Although he retired from teaching in 2013, Brooks was still active in the university’s research program in virtual environmentsand scientific visualization until 2020. Brooks received a Ph.D. Brooks received a Ph.D.

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New nanostructured earth abundant metal catalysts rival platinum on a weight basis; diesel emissions treatment

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A development in catalysis research by academics at the Universities of St Andrews and Newcastle could lead to new systems to treat diesel emissions. The approach enables the design of compositionally diverse confined oxide particles with superior stability and catalytic reactivity. This is referred to as “chemistry at a point”.

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A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium

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It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached the Carl Zeiss company in Jena, Germany, to manufacture such a projector, they initially rebuffed him. A modern upgrade was Clair Omar Musser’s desktop electric orrery , which he designed for the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962. For starters, there would be two planetariums.

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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

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In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems , we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. They are isolated environments where new concepts and simulations can be tested. Sandboxes are sometimes used in software development.

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New catalyst system produces H2 and CO2 from formic acid at low temperatures

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An international team led by researchers at the University of Melbourne has developed a new catalyst system for the efficient removal of CO 2 from formic acid (HO 2 CH), resulting in the production of CO 2 and H 2 at a low temperature of 70 °C. Such catalysts are formulated to produce highly selective chemical reactions. Zavras et al.

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