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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 pollution—even at levels deemed safe—to an increased risk of diabetes globally. Overall, the researchers estimated that pollution contributed to 3.2

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Louis , Mo. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. San Jose, Calif.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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GE Global Research will develop thin-film sensors that enable. Washington University in St. Louis will develop a predictive. Advanced Sodium Battery. MSRI will design advanced sodium battery membranes that. Extremely precise measurements. sampled by the device will reduce the time and expense. The success of.