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PECO Expanding Fleet with NGVs & PHEVs

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The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. The matching stimulus grant will provide up to $2.5 million for the vehicle conversions.

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Once that has been done, the researchers plan to replace those genes with genes from other organisms to produce the desired fatty acids and overcome the internal regulatory mechanisms that could potentially limit fatty acid production.

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We've Entered a New Era of Streaming Health Care. Now What?

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It forced a transition to virtual health care delivery and exposed many patients, providers, and health care delivery organizations to the efficiencies and qualities of telemedicine for the first time. This problem has grown in importance as research has shown that preventive care and early detection of disease improve outcomes.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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They began making commitments externally for new models of EVs and trying to build up their battery and electronics technology, so we rapidly increased our organic investment. So we are extending that technology, along with some of our own organic technology, to help solve this issue of data storage and analytics.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

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To test whether Saunders could sense different tones and stimulus rates, the team played “God Save the Queen.” Rod Saunders converses with his wife, Margaret, via his prototype cochlear implant. The engineers found and fixed a loose connection in the speech processor that fitted over the implant.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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