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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington.

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The Rise of Groupware

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These days, computer users take collaboration software for granted. We take that for granted now, but back then it was considered magical: Like Lotus 1-2-3, Notes is easy to customize. The key to this universality is a procedure called replication, by which Notes copies information from computer to computer throughout the network.

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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

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In the 1960s, Americans were enjoying cheap gasoline and everyday automobiles boasting some of the largest engines ever manufactured. Here’s an example from The Washington Post. We’ve also seen roadway fatalities climbing as they’ve gotten heavier as predicted by the University of Michigan College of Engineering study.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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In the course of the ensuing criminal trial, Shannon, Asmann, and Ruh were all granted immunity in exchange for testifying against Broady, who emerged as the brains behind the operation. Excerpted from The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States by Brian Hochman , published by Harvard University Press (2022).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions. WCI covers seven U.S.

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