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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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He left MIT in 1959 to join Electronic Communications, now part of Raytheon. 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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USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

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However, in late 2004, the Marcellus was recognized as a potential reservoir rock, instead of just a regional source rock, meaning that the gas could be produced from it instead of just being a source for the gas. Since the 1930s, almost every well drilled through the Marcellus found noticeable quantities of natural gas.

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