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DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. DOE selected eight universities under this latest Co-Optima funding opportunity: Cornell University.

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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Oklahoma State University. This information will improve modeling capability of wellbore integrity and guide designs that can be used to reduce leakage. Louisiana State University. University of Houston. Louisiana State University. University of Mississippi. Lead Organization. Description.

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INRIX: shared bikes and scooters could replace nearly 50% of downtown vehicle trips

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Honolulu, Hawaii; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nashville, Tennessee are the Top 3 cities with the greatest profile for micromobility to succeed and reduce vehicle trips in the US, according to INRIX. These cities also feature warm climates with minimal topographic variation, providing further support for micromobility.

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Virginia Clean Cities requests proposals from Southeastern fleets interested in converting to propane Autogas

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The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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NOAA Forecast Predicts Large Dead Zone for Gulf of Mexico this Summer

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A team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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Musser’s original orrery was a hulking machine, standing over 2 meters tall and intended for use in museums and university classrooms. I first stumbled across Musser’s desktop orrery, called the Copernican Planetarium Model 500, during a visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science , at the University of Cambridge.

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Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Expected, But Severe

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Eugene Turner, of Louisiana State University and Dr. Donald Scavia of the University of Michigan, predicted a larger than normal dead zone area of between 7,450 – 8,456 square miles. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Click to enlarge. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. R. Earlier post.)

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