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SUPERVALU unveils new natural gas powered truck fleet and fill station

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In addition to the environmental benefits, the new CNG fleet and fast-fill station is expected to reduce SUPERVALU’s operating costs given the lower cost of compressed natural gas. and Baltimore. The fill station is the first of two Trillium stations planned in the Richmond, Va.,

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Flash Drive: 2024 Hyundai Kona

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Hyundai invited automotive journalists to Baltimore, Maryland, to drive the gasoline versions, which are in dealers now. of torque, but gets the power to either the front or all the wheels through an 8-speed automatic with a torque converter. The Kona Limited and N-Line have a 1.6-liter Photos by John Faulkner and Hyundai. [

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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast

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To test the scrambling technique, researchers successfully converted a non-mating cell with synIII to a cell that could mate by eliminating the gene that prevented it from mating. Boeke, individual chromosome loss of one in a million cell divisions is normal as cells divide. cerevisiae as the basis for a synthetic designer genome, Sc2.0.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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