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Mn-Pt Nanocubes as Promising Fuel Cell Electrode Catalysts

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have synthesized manganese-platinum (Mn-Pt) nanocubes that how better electrocatalytic properties than their spherical counterparts. Alloys with Mn and platinum can provide a less expensive, more active catalyst in the PEM environment, the authors note. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja100705j.

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Wireless Worries Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research

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For a good review of 5G bio-effects studies, see [Ken] Karipidis’s article that found ‘no confirmed evidence that low-level RF fields above 6 GHz such as those used by the 5G network are hazardous to human health.’” —Kenneth Foster, University of Pennsylvania In your opinion, is exposure assessment a solved problem? The list goes on.

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EST Editor Calls for Papers on Gulf Spill; Ending the Addiction

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Henry Chair, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa and the Editor of the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology is calling on Gulf researchers to consider submitting their scientific articles about the oil spill to ES&T. Schnoor (2010) The Gulf Oil Spill Environ.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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He left Pittsburgh eight years later to teach at Pennsylvania State University in State College, where in 2001 he became director of its multivariate analysis center. Rao authored more than 14 books and 400 journal articles during his career. he helped develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) , the first U.S.

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China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

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The event has already helped Beijing clean up its skies and environment, and has fired up local energy-technology markets. This article appears in the January 2022 print issue as “China’s Green Winter Olympics.”. It will also be a global stage to showcase new energy-efficiency, alternate-transport, and refrigeration technologies.

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NYU Researchers Paving New Path for Robotics

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. His novel approaches to machine learning and optimal control could lead to robots that “understand” when and how to interact with their environment and various objects by varying strength, forces, and more based on object material, function, and purpose.

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DOE announces $16M for 17 Phase 1 projects in ultra-high temperature materials program; ARPA-E ULTIMATE

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ULTIMATE projects address two target temperature levels and seek to develop ultrahigh temperature materials for continuous operation at 1300 ºC (2372 ºF) in a stand-alone material test environment or at 1800 ºC (3272 ºF) with coatings and cooling. Ultra-High Performance Metallic Turbine Blades for Extreme Environments - $800,000.