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How Three-Season Tires Perform in Diverse Weather Conditions

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In the past, there was a push to sell all-season tires which performed at kinda-sorta acceptable levels in a variety of conditions but didn’t truly excel in any particular environment. These days, tire companies seem to be laser focused on providing consumers with rubber which is uniquely suited for the job.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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John Shegerian People might say, how is that possible given that we’re talking more about environment and there are more companies like yours? Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out. Comparatively.

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Process for Hydrogen Production from Sodium Sulfite Solutions Resulting from Capture of SO2 from Coal Flue Gas

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under illumination from a low pressure mercury lamp. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es903766w. Results from using the ultraviolet (UV) photolytic process for production of hydrogen from aqueous Na 2 SO 3 solutions showed that the quantum efficiency of hydrogen production can reach 14.4% Cunping Huang, Clovis A.

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The Importance of Recycling and Repurposing EV Batteries

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This article focuses on the crucial process of EV battery recycling, highlighting its importance in the broader context of sustainable transportation and environmental stewardship. Storage Environment A cool, dry place is ideal for storing EV batteries. This level helps avoid issues related to overcharging or undercharging.

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Ceder group at MIT analyzes the limits and opportunities of phosphates as Li-ion cathode materials using a Materials Genome approach

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Ceder leads the CEDER (Computational and Experimental Design of Emerging materials Research group) at MIT, and has been pushing for the realization of the “Materials Genome” project to bring advanced automated computing environments coupled to databases to materials design. Earlier post.) Ceder presentation, March 2010).

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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This article was first published as “Lotfi A. Journal or San Jose Mercury News ), Business Week, The Economist Favorite kind of music Classical and electronic Favorite composers Sergey Prokofiev, Dimitry Shostakovich Computer A Hewlett-Packard workstation, which is used “only to print my e-mail; I dictate all my answers to my secretary.”

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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ORNL’s current mission is to conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.