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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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He served as Chief Engineer for Ford’s hybrid technologies during 2003 and was also Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003. Patil spent 27 years of his professional career at Ford Motor Company in various engineering and management positions. Rita Lane, former Vice President of Operations, Apple Inc.,

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Wi-Fi 7 Stomps on the Gas

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Yet there is one technology that has escaped this trend: Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi went mainstream with the 802.11g standard in 2003, which improved performance and reliability over earlier 802.11a/b standards. That’s nearly 40 percent as fast as the Wi-Fi 5 standard and more than 175 times as fast as the 802.11g connection I used in 2003.

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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates

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Methane produced by serpentinization can escape through cracks and faults, and end up at the ocean floor. In other known settings the abiotic methane escapes into the ocean, where it potentially influences ocean chemistry. —co-author and CAGE director Jürgen Mienert. —Joel Johnson.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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In 2003 he was promoted to director of long-term research at the lab, focusing on technology’s evolution and its potential impact. He was interested in the details, those small nuances that often escape notice, but for him were the key to truly understanding people and the world around him. His approach was never superficial.

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Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated

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These findings do change our view of the vulnerability of the large sub-sea permafrost carbon reservoir on the ESAS; the permafrost “lid” is clearly perforated, and sedimentary CH 4 is escaping to the atmosphere. Earlier studies in Siberia focused on methane escaping from thawing terrestrial permafrost. Click to enlarge.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Both parents were fugitives, having finally escaped enslavement in Virginia after several unsuccessful attempts. By the time he began working for Edison, notes Rayon Fouché in his 2003 book Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation , Latimer had “.limited on 4 September 1848.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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Volkswagen: German manufacturer Volkswagen has taken an alternative route to early success in the green car race by placing the emphasis on clean diesel models, which it has been marketing in Europe since 2003. In 2005, it launched the Ford Escape Hybrid – the first hybrid electric SUV.