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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. Because SUVs and trucks have a large number of parts, the authors suggested, they are good candidates to be the vehicle types with the largest amount of biobased material on a part number basis. Durability.

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Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Trailblazing Optics

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A big mirror collects light from stars, galaxies, nebulae, planets, comets, and other astronomical objects—and then focuses those photons onto a smaller secondary mirror that then ultimately directs the light to instruments that record images and spectra. meter-diameter light-collecting area. m in wavelength. NASA and the U.S.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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Part of the reason for its success is the price, which keeps falling—from $595 at its introduction to $149 currently, for which the consumer gets graphics and sound equal to or better than that provided by machines that cost five times as much. Anytime I design something, I want to use the minimum number of components possible.

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