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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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Here, we focus on volatile chemical products (VCPs), including pesticides, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cleaning agents, and personal care products. Contributors to ambient air pollution in Los Angeles. (A These products contain organic solvents, which lead to substantial emissions of VOCs to the atmosphere.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. IEEE FRANCES E. “For

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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Vital Statistics Name: Asad M. Madni Current job: Distinguished adjunct professor, University of California, Los Angeles ; retired president, CEO, and CTO, BEI Technologies Date of birth: 8 September 1947 Birthplace: Mumbai, India Family: Wife (Taj), son (Jamal) Education: 1968 graduate, RCA Institutes ; B.S., 1969, and M.S.,

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

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This radio tower, located near downtown Los Angeles, is bedecked with 6-GHz fixed-microwave antennas that serve area police and fire departments. Ordinarily, parties can also make in-person presentations to the FCC staff and the five commissioners, if they post summaries of what they say. Alternative Realities.

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Study finds that suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores in US

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East Coast metropolitan statistical areas (J), with a larger map of New York metropolitan area (K, outer line) and New York City (K, inner line) highlight the consistent pattern of relatively low GHG urban core cities and high GHG suburbs. Credit: ACS, Jones and Kammen. Click to enlarge.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

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Statistics gathered by the website GarageLiving.com provide additional data points: Of 1,500 North American respondents to a Garage Living poll, 20% said they were unable to park in their garage. And another UCLA study of 32 Los Angeles-area families found that 75% of them didn’t use their garages for parking.