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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Researchers demonstrate effective silicon-based thermoelectric generators

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A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed with Texas Instruments Inc. Study co-author Hal Edwards, a TI Fellow at Texas Instruments, designed and supervised fabrication of the prototype devices. A deep dive for these novel measurements, detailed analysis and literature comparisons requires a university group.

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Self-Destructing Circuits and More Security Schemes

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It can be a starting point of some dangerous attacks,” Mao Li , a student in Mingoo Seok ’s lab at Columbia University, told engineers at ISSCC. In comparison to… always-on protection, the detection-driven protection incurs less delay and less energy overhead,” he said.

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Colorado State University Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2010 Hurricane Season

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The Colorado State University forecast team predicts an above-average 2010 Atlantic basin hurricane season based on the premise that El Niño conditions will dissipate by this summer and that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures will persist.

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Researchers suggest that air quality tests need simplifying to help reduce dangerous emissions

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Lead author Professor William Stockwell from the University of Texas at El Paso explains that accurate simulations of air pollutants require updated and accurate descriptions of the chemical processes for the changing chemical regimes of the atmosphere and emerging contaminants of concern.

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As Tesla waits for Giga Berlin’s final approval, critics reiterate water supply concerns

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Irina Engelhardt, the head of the hydrogeology department at Berlin’s Technical University, described the issue. In comparison, Gigafactory Texas, which is larger and which started construction later than Giga Berlin, seems on track to start deliveries of the Made-in-Texas Model Y before the end of the first quarter. .

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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The scholarship is administered on behalf of IEEE Educational Activities and is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. In comparison to launching 2,000 to 5,000 balloons that stay up for just two to three hours, my balloon can stay up in the air for 52 days.” He added GPS to track his radiosonde in real time.

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