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IEEE’s Honor Society Gave This Boston University Student Tools to Succeed

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As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Greene was a guest lecturer for an introduction to engineering course at the Wentworth Institute of Technology , also in Boston. “If

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Study finds NSAIDs may lessen air pollution effects on lung function

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The team of researchers from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine published their findings in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The authors declare no conflicts. 201905-1003LE.

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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

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Bert Brunekreef at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and colleagues reported that exposure to PM 2.5 , BC, and NO 2 showed significant associations of air pollution exposure with natural-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory, and lung cancer mortality. Boston, MA: Health Effects Institute.

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Niobium-based battery start-up Nyobolt opens US office

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Serving as the main hub for Nyobolt’s global battery cell development, the Boston-based US team—which combines the expertize of A123 engineers and other leading battery companies—will be responsible for creating the first demonstrative product prototypes for Nyobolt, which are expected to launch later this year.

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Spirit Airlines Is on Shaky Footing After Judge Blocks JetBlue Deal

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A federal judge in Boston blocked the proposed merger on Tuesday , concurring with the Justice Department that the deal would hurt consumers by reducing their choices and raising fares. billion in 2019. The airlines, which could appeal, say they are considering their options. It now owes about $6.6 billion, up from $3.6

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Sandia and partners pinpoint major cause of corrosion in pipelines

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Other authors include Sandia researchers William Mook and Daniel Bufford and former Sandia researcher and experimental lead Claire Chisholm, who is now at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The work was funded in part by Sandia’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program. Aguiar, William M. Mook, Paul G.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Stanley Whittingham [from left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. Goodenough at the University of Oxford was the next scientist to pick up the baton.