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Kansas serenaded Panasonic $4B battery factory with an original written song.

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Kansas wasn’t just wooing Panasonic with a $1 billion state incentive package, but also an original song inspired by its seven principles. In November, Panasonic, which is a battery cell supplier for Tesla, broke ground on its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Kansas. You can l isten to the song here.

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NREL study focuses on growing use and impacts of ride-hailing services at airports

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In a new study, NREL researchers focused on the key observability aspects of new modes and the rate of shifts in mobility patterns across airports in the regions of San Francisco, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City—all US DOT Smart City Challenge finalists.

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Nebraska provides TransCanada with map identifying Sandhills Regions to be avoided in designing alternative route for Keystone XL pipeline

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NDEQ is conveying this to TransCanada for reference as the company develops a proposed new route for the Nebraska portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. —Mike Linder.

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Ford to expand 3-Wet Paint capacity by 50% globally in 2013

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High-solids solvent-borne technology refers to a paint formulated to minimize solvents, resulting in a concentrated pigment and resin mixture with fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released. Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo. Jiangling Motors Co. Jiangxi/Nanchang, China. Valencia Assembly Plant, Valencia, Spain.

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

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Cass approached me with this question because I work at the Linda Hall Library (LHL), an independent research library in Kansas City, Missouri that collects materials related to science, technology, engineering, and their histories. Or maybe an unscrupulous engineer had absconded with the disc after the issue arrived in Kansas City.

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Researchers modify camelina to produce highest levels yet in transgenic plant oil of novel lipid acetyl-TAG; biofuel and industrial use

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For example, they possess reduced kinematic viscosity and lower melting points compared to conventional triacylglycerols (here referred to aslcTAGs). It also can be rotated with wheat and could become a biofuel crop for semi-arid regions, including western Kansas and Colorado.

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Study establishes feasibility of near-miscible CO2 injection to recover significant percentage of residual oil in Kansas oilfields

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A study by the University of Kansas Center for Research funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) has established the feasibility of using near-miscible CO 2 injection for recovering between 250 million and 500 million additional barrels of oil from Kansas oilfields. The Arbuckle Formation has produced 36% (2.2

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