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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health. Likens, G.E.,

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Why L. Ron Hubbard Patented His E-Meter

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His first story, “ The Dangerous Dimension ,” was a light-hearted tale about a professor who could teleport anywhere in the universe simply by thinking “Equation C.” In 1951, for example, the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners accused one of Hubbard’s foundations of teaching medicine without a license.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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In 2020, as a sophomore at South Brunswick High School in New Jersey, Tiwari was learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, and he found himself bored. Reading articles published in Spectrum helped him discover that he wanted a career in technology, he says. “So

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Paige's AI Diagnostic Tech is Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis

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But his desire to understand how the human brain works led him to switch from physics to electrical engineering and ultimately to pursue signal processing at the University of Vermont. He joined as an undergraduate student and visited the organization's New Jersey headquarters when he worked at Siemens.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Whittingham, a young British chemist, joined the quest at Exxon Research and Engineering in New Jersey in the fall of 1972. Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. But he found no takers.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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Currently, nine states have done so: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The 2012 changes established a new optional Section 177 State compliance path.

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Remembering IEEE Spectrum Columnist Bob Lucky

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A MEMORABLE CAREER Lucky received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind., in EE from the university in 1961, he joined Bell Labs as a communications engineer. A LASTING LEGACY Lucky was an invited lecturer at nearly 100 universities. in 1957 and 1959.