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UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

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Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. The longitudinal study followed nearly 7,000 people aged 45 to 84 from six US regions: Winston-Salem, North Carolina; New York City; Baltimore; St.

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DOE to invest $16M in computational design of new materials for alt and renewable energy, electronics and other fields

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The research teams include experts from universities and other national labs. A longtime user of NERSC supercomputers, Louie has a dual appointment as Senior Faculty Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Chelikowsky, University of Texas, Austin.

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Punching above its weight

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Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering.

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US Departments of Agriculture, Energy partner to award $4.9M for bioenergy research

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Fiscal Year 2015 grants include: AWARD TABLE. North Carolina State University. University of Idaho. Cornell University. University of Georgia. Lead Awardee. Description. trichocarpa defense that integrates genetic resistance and defense mutualists. 1,000,0000.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Electric vehicle share of new vehicle registrations in 2015, highlighting leading metropolitan areas in each region (new vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive). There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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DOE BETO awards $10M to 7 advanced biofuels projects

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Metabolix in collaboration with North Carolina State University. The Ohio State University in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Green Biologics. The University of California, Riverside in collaboration with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and CogniTek. BETO awards. Organizations.

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NSF awards $4.6M to improve human control of automated cars, drones

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Sanjit Seshia (2015) Verification by, for, and of Humans: Formal Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems and Beyond , ECE Department Colloquium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Overview of the VeHICal process. Click to enlarge.