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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 4.8 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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(The maximum—136,468 million gallons—was reached in 2014.). Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons).

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Choosing not to drive: A transient or a permanent phenomenon?

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The years included in the first analysis were 1983 and 2008 (the same as in our original study), and three additional years spaced three years apart (2011, 2014, and 2017). In a 2014 survey , we asked persons without a driver’s license whether they ever planned to get a license, and if so, when. minus 81.7 is 45% of 100 minus 81.7.)

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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 teragrams per year in 2007 (+72%). Historical annual BC emissions in the residential sector (A), industrial sector (B), and motor vehicles (C) from 1960 to 2007. Credit: ACS, Wang et al. Click to enlarge.

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US new-vehicle fuel economy drops again in September

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) This decline likely reflects the increased proportion of light trucks among the vehicles sold, they suggested. mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 5.1 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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Purdue and Duke Energy to explore potential for SMR nuclear power source for campus

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Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. A typical SC wall, from Bhardwaj and Varma (2007) Modern Steel Construction. Chiang is the executive vice president of Purdue University for strategic initiatives and the John A.

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