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Chrysler Resumes Production at Seven North American Assembly Plants

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Chrysler Group LLC will resume volume production of vehicles with the start up of seven of its North American assembly plants the week of 20 June 2009. The announcement of the restart comes One week after finalizing its global strategic alliance with Fiat Group. Louis North Assembly Plant (Fenton, MO) – Dodge Ram.

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

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Help scientists and breeders improve maize crops, which are economically important and serve as globally important sources of food, fuel and fiber. The new maize sequence was produced by a consortium of researchers that was led by the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University in St. Schnable et al. Science 326 (5956), pp.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Washington University, St. General Electric Global Research. The additional $277 million being awarded comes from funding made available through the Recovery Act.

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