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Study characterizes arc welding fume particles to advance understanding of health impacts

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Arc welding generates welding fume that is hazardous for human health. A team from the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia, with other colleagues in Russia and Greece, has focused on the key characteristics, as well as dispersion models, of welding fumes within a work zone. An open-access paper on their work is published in Scientific Reports. The team used common commercial electrodes with various types of coverings (rutile, basic, acidic and rutile-cellulose) in a series of experiments on

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Classic Aston Martin features plug-and-play electric power

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Wealthy buyers looking for an electric Aston Martin may not have to wait until the brand's new Rapide E performance car—at least not previous owners who may already have an old Aston Martin laying around. The company has joined other European automakers in developing an electric drive system for its classic cars. Aston Martin mounts its.

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National Academies report finds US interstate highways need major overhaul; calls for 20-year blueprint for action

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The future of the US Interstate Highway System is threatened by a persistent and growing backlog of structural and operational deficiencies and by various looming challenges, such as the progress of automated vehicles, developments in electric vehicles, and vulnerabilities due to climate change, according to a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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@LATimes Massive Fail On Climate Crisis Reporting Is Indefensible & Deliberate #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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DOE researchers develop novel biomass gasification process for high-octane blendstock; DME intermediate

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a novel process that uses biomass gasification to produce high-octane gasoline blendstock. The resulting blendstock is low in aromatic compounds. To make this new blendstock, NREL’s indirect liquefaction team first converts biomass into synthesis gas (syngas) using a gasifier, a reformer, heat, and catalysts.

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@LATimes Loves A Below-The-Waist Story A Whole Lot More Than They Value Covering The Climate Crisis #JournalismFAIL #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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