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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Women if EV hosts regular anual conferences that attract participants from around the world. The group’s membership includes individuals from the U.S., Chelsea Sexton Chelsea Sexton, the co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America , has been involved with EVs since the 1990s when General Motors was developing their first modern EV.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars. Hîrceagã, M.,

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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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At a science conference in September 1947, the prominent chemist Harry Melville stated that specimens with lifetimes of less than a millisecond were far beyond direct physical measurement. As if to prove his point about thermodynamics, Porter wrote and presented a 10-part TV series called “The Laws of Disorder” for the BBC. (He

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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