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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. What are the prospects for avoiding this dystopian future? F of warming. .

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This Durable Strand of Jelly Can Block Pain

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When researchers Xinyue Liu and Siyuan Rao first began their collaboration at MIT, they treated this question literally. Except for bones and teeth, our muscles and other organs are all actually hydrogels,” said Liu, a materials scientist now at Michigan State University. Our body is also made of hydrogels.

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MIT, NASA engineers develop morphing wing

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The new approach to wing construction could afford greater flexibility in the design and manufacturing of future aircraft. For testing purposes, this initial wing was hand-assembled, but future versions could be assembled by specialized miniature robots. Image: Kenny Cheung, NASA Ames Research Center. kilograms per cubic meter.

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Study concludes US CAFE regulation can accelerate EV market penetration

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In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution that does increase the adoption of EVs, whether it is implemented alone or in conjunction with another policy such as government incentives. Click to enlarge.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. and Toronto, Ont., Laser printers.

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New FOX method estimates black carbon emissions from civil aviation ~2.7 times higher than standard estimates

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Comparison between estimated EI BC and measured EI BC derived FOA3 (black open box), the FOA3 approach with the updated SN-CI correlation (blue triangle), and estimates obtained from the new FOX method (red circle) that are not dependent on SN. Credit: ACS, Stettler et al. Click to enlarge. These are a factor of ?2.7

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The Cold War Arms Race Over Prosthetic Arms

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Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. A search of the MIT Museum’s database came up empty (no known example of the hearing glove exists), but I did find the entry on the Boston Arm.

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