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Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

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Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant located at Clemson University in South Carolina.

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University of Leicester funded £330,000 to study gamma-ray bursts

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University of Leicester have received a sizable grant to investigate some of the universe's largest explosions - gamma-ray bursts. The post University of Leicester funded £330,000 to study gamma-ray bursts appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 A second study, also led by the GWU researchers, finds that nearly 2 million cases of asthma in children are linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide air pollution, with two in three occurring in cities.

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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Bristol and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), puts the rise in part down to the chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs, being used to make other ozone-friendly alternatives to CFCs.

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

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A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service has not commented on the U-M study. Earlier post.). The USPS estimate was 10.3

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NPD study finds substantial mineral resources on Norwegian shelf

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In this resource assessment, we’ve estimated how much of the various minerals might be found on the seabed in the studied area. —Kjersti Dahle Since 2011, the NPD has collected data in the deepwater areas in the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea in cooperation with the University of Bergen (UiB). million tonnes of titanium 1.9

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Asteroid Bennu sample to be studied by The University of Manchester as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission

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The University of Manchester is set to receive and study a sample from asteroid Bennu, helping to unveil secrets of our Solar System. The post Asteroid Bennu sample to be studied by The University of Manchester as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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