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Researchers develop high-strength nanotwinned aluminum alloy

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The microprojectile tests were performed by a research group at Rice University, led by professor Edwin L. Zhang (2018) “High-Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase” Adv. 2018, 1704629 doi: 10.1002/adma.201704629. —Sichuang Xue. Thomas, a co-author of the open-access Nature Communications paper. 201704629.

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Researchers predict average Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead zone” slightly above-average in Chesapeake Bay

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The Chesapeake Bay prediction is based on models developed by NOAA­-sponsored researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, University of Michigan, and again relies on nutrient loading estimates from USGS. Later this year, researchers will measure oxygen levels in both bodies of water.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons of lithium locked in salty brines underneath U.S. The Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources told Reuters it does not have existing statutes related to lithium.

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This AI Can Spot an Art Forgery

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A little over 50 years before that, a Louisiana man had purchased the painting in London for a mere £45. Frank, a professional curator of art images, in 2018. It turned into kind of an addiction," says Steven, who through e-learning later earned a graduate certificate in artificial intelligence from Columbia University.

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