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A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium

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The other would show the Ptolemaic, or geocentric, sky, with the viewer fully immersed in the view, as if standing on the surface of the Earth, seemingly at the center of the universe. A planetarium is often the first place where children connect what they see in the night sky to a broader science and an understanding of the universe.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ' Conference Program Committee and has published articles in several of the organization's journals. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. Virginia Tech. PES University , which offers courses, tutorials, and webinars to members.

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Researchers Show Carbon Nanostructures Can Function as Catalysts for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage

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Using density functional theory and generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation, we have calculated the electron affinity of several carbon substrates and have shown how this is intimately connected with the hydrogen sorption mechanism. "Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University. Berseth et al.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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This situation is not true universally. Joyce Bodoh , director of energy solutions and clean energy for Virginia’s Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC), a utility distributor in central Virginia, says that “REC leadership is really, really supportive of electrification, energy efficiency, and electric transportation.”

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Legend has it that McColough then turned to Jack E.

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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William Clarke/University of Virginia. A thin electrode is inserted under the skin with a needle and then connected to the monitor, which is. In 2007, our group at the University of Virginia proposed using computer-simulation experiments instead. worn against the body. But such testing is time consuming and costly.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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“Public policy implementation is hard even if everyone supports a policy,” says University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has studied policy management and administration for decades. As a result, 49 percent of potential Iowa wind turbine sites are no longer available.

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