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Energy Secretary Chu Announces $1.2 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for Science

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The largest share for accelerated acquisition of equipment for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory and for the ARM Climate Research Facility, an international multi-site facility that measures atmospheric effects, and a smaller sum for energy conservation projects at the laboratory.

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How the First Transistor Worked

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“A lot of people were confused by the point-contact transistor,” says Thomas Misa, former director of the Charles Babbage Institute for the History of Science and Technology, at the University of Minnesota. A year after Bardeen’s lecture, R. Nevertheless, and with the benefit of 75 years of semiconductor theory, here we go. That’s the setup.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Andy Frank, this academic program has converted a number of internal combustion engine vehicles for demonstration purposes. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready.

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