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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Volkswagen Beetle

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This Chicago-based 2004 Volkswagen Beetle convertible is a bit different from our usual pickings. Check out this Chicago-based car here. There are 124,000 miles on the clock of this automatic-transmission car and it is a GLS trim. It appears to be pretty stock, with the 1.8T It appears to be pretty stock, with the 1.8T

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NSF awards UIC $1.44M to discover new 2D materials for better batteries

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The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $1.44-million Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, about 700 2D materials are predicted to be stable; many remain to be synthesized. million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to discover new 2D materials that can be used to manufacture better and cheaper batteries.

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Kimbal Musk exercises options to buy 25k of Tesla stock at $74.17 per share

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Kimbal Musk, the brother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has been a board member at Tesla since 2004. Kimbal is also a notable businessman in his own right, owning “The Kitchen Restaurant Group,” which operates a number of community restaurants in Indianapolis, Colorado, and Chicago. .

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Researchers create graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms

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Graphene, discovered in 2004, is a one-atom-thick sheet of graphite. Freeland and Phillip Ryan of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. The U of A-led group published its findings in Physical Review Letters. The research was also partially funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. and Meyers, D.

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Invenergy and Xtreme Power launch JV for 1.5 MW grid energy storage system

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Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy generation company, and Xtreme Power, a provider of real-time power management and energy storage solutions, launched a joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system in Illinois.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Behnke spent his entire career at Commonwealth Edison in Chicago. He was the 1990–1991 Division VII director, and he directed the IEEE Foundation from 1999 to 2004. He was an active volunteer in the IEEE France Section , and in 2004 he helped launch its IEEE Life Members Affinity Group. Behnke served in the U.S.

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

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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. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” Paul and Winston-Salem.

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