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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

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According to the report, the Waymo vehicle was at a full stop at the four-way intersection of 17th and Mississippi in Potrero Hill, with a large truck turning into the intersection. This all falls as Waymo is looking to expand its full driverless robotaxi service in Los Angeles , where it is currently testing rides.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The grants awarded were in response to RFP-I, a request for proposals the GRI Research Board issued on 25 April 2011. Lead Institution: University of Mississippi. On 30 June, the Research Board awarded 17 grants totaling $1.5

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The project will deploy 262 heavy-duty LNG trucks in Southern California and construct two LNG refueling stations in San Bernardino and South Gate (South Los Angeles) to support J.B.

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John Brooks Slaughter: Courageous Advocate for Diversity in STEM

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I visited schools in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia, and I established relationships with some of the scientists at Howard University ,” an HBCU in Washington, D.C. I made every effort to make them realize that they could be successful in competing for grants at the NSF,” he says. “I