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The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

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She conducted research on radiation environments and their effects on electronic systems. In 2001 she was selected to be project manager for a NASA test bed that aimed to understand how spacecraft are affected by their environment. She wrote its space-environment specifications. She served on that panel until she retired.

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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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www.youtube.com The first RoboCup, which I attended as a student, was held in 1997 in a small exhibit room at the International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI) in Nagoya, Japan. Humanoid League The RoboCup Humanoid League , launched in 2002, is critical to meeting our objective of fielding a team of highly skilled humanoid robots by 2050.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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John Shegerian: When we got into the industry [in 2002], Al Gore had not yet won his awards for “ An Inconvenient Truth.” John Shegerian People might say, how is that possible given that we’re talking more about environment and there are more companies like yours? There was no iPhone or Internet of Things.

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MIT team finds lead levels higher in Indian Ocean than northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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They are presenting their results this week at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Montreal. But while leaded gasoline usage has decreased drastically in the last few decades, lead is still pervasive in the environment.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

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Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference. See, you really should have been there. That’s what our friend Moira and her husband Dency do. If you can afford them.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Exploring the Potential Use, Impact and Valuation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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They collected data using a multi-part online survey, and elicited driving patterns and recharge potential using a plug-in potential diary of driving and parking for a vehicle purchased new (model year 2002 or later) that is driven several times per week by the respondent’s household. the electric range capability—of the PHEV.

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