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Study finds GHG methane offsets its warming ~30% and precipitation increase ~60% by short-wave absorption

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A new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and colleagues in the US and Europe has now found that methane short-wave absorption counteracts ~30% of the surface warming associated with its long-wave radiative effects. Much comes from industrial sources, as well as from agricultural activities and landfill.

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Hyundai and Kia license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology, ending litigation

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Paice and the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization that invested in Paice, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in US District Court in 2012. Alex Severinsky formed Paice in 1992 with the support of the University of Maryland incubator program.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—could transform the way governments, global industries and science research operate, in addition to providing the foundation for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Both are now faculty members at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel helped cement the region as a global center for technological innovation, the article says.

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Newly identified enzyme from hyperthermophilic archaea could assist cellulosic biofuels production

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have characterized a new cellulase (cellulose-digesting enzyme) that has optimal activity at 109 °C, a half-life of 5 h at 100 °C, and resists denaturation in strong detergents, high-salt concentrations, and ionic liquids.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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According to Navigant Research, global revenue generated by ride-hailing services is expected to grow to almost $1.2 as well as 600 universities throughout the country. German executives see an increased global interest in using cars as a service, with consumers and fleet managers paying by the minute, hour, and day.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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In Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon , members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. Nearly every university robotics department Spiers visits has an anthropomorphic robot hand in development. Civil War (during which.