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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

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Scientists around Professor Thomas Münzel, Director of Cardiology I at the Department of Cardiology at the Medical Center Mainz of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), reviewed the mechanisms responsible for vascular damage from air pollution together with scientists from the UK and the US.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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President Grover Cleveland was an early adopter of the electrified Christmas tree, as shown in this 1896 photo. The earliest Christmas lights used miniature versions of Edison's pear-shaped carbon-filament bulbs, which had fragile exhaust tips that were prone to breaking. Each 8-bulb set cost only $5, with a wholesale price of $3.50.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome. The Hornet R/T Plus has wireless phone charging and a universal garage door opener, but does not have a heads-up display or auto hold. The AWD torque vectoring acts as an electronic limited slip differential. Then fill the 11.2-gallon

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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The outstanding water transport rate of NEXARTM membranes also significantly improves energy recovery ventilation (ERV), by which exhausted indoor air conditions incoming fresh air. Designing greener chemicals: The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Lipshutz, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Army Research Lab team working to design piston engines optimized for JP-8

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When this research area relocated to APG in 2011 from NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio, due to Base Realignment and Closure Activity, ARL broadened its vehicle technology focus to include internal combustion engines. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there is no “robust” heavy fuel injection system for UAV engines.

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