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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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As part of the job, in Oghara, Nigeria, then a small fishing village along the Niger River, he collected fares and directed passengers on and off the bus. Many youngsters are inspired to pursue engineering by fiddling with gadgets. With no traffic cops or traffic lights, there often was chaos at major intersections. Not Fregene.

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Tohoku researchers develop efficient hydrodynamic reactor for pretreatment of biomass

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Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a new system combining hydrodynamic cavitation with sodium percarbonate (SP) (an environmentally benign oxidation reagent) for the efficient pre-treatment of biomass. 5b04375.

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