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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. air defense system.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. He was the 1990–1991 Division VII director, and he directed the IEEE Foundation from 1999 to 2004. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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This was the most in-depth study of air pollution exposures ever applied to a large study group specifically designed to examine influences on cardiovascular health. The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The clinics were in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, St.

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