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Actacell merges with flourine-based battery company Contour Energy Systems

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Contour Energy Systems, Inc, developer of new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nanomaterials science and manufacturing processes for lithium-ion energy storage systems ( earlier post ) is merging with Li-ion battery maker ActaCell Energy Systems, a spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin ( earlier post.

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The Wall Street Journals

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Fialka Wall Street Journal March 26, 2007 AUSTIN, Texas -- Of all the plans cooked up by cities to combat pollution and global warming, the one hatched here is among the most ambitious -- and, some say, one of the more quixotic. clip Austin takes pride in both its environmental record and its quirkiness. The whole story is here.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. Improving neonatal care in sub-Saharan Africa In 2007 Richards-Kortum, Oden, and their team began developing technology to improve neonatal health care and reduce death rates in sub-Saharan Africa. After earning her Ph.D.

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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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Mancino, a member of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society , was inducted in 2007 into its Hall of Fame. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He moved up the career ladder and served as manager of engineering reliability.

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New Research Tools for Assessing Impacts of Aerosols on Climate

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Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Texas, Austin, have created a database that includes visibility measurements taken from 1973 - 2007 at 3,250 meteorological stations all over the world and released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Kaicun Wang, Robert E. Science 323, 1468 doi: 10.1126/science.1167549

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations.

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Partner Update and Announcement

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C oming this fall, mark you calendars for the Austin Energy Alt Car Expo and Conference. This is the same bill that the House passed in 2007. It's October 17th and 18th and it will be a great opportunity to see what's happening in plug-ins, mass transportation, and urban planning.