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New analysis finds Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought

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New analysis by an international team led by MIT researchers shows that Asia now releases a surprisingly large amount of anthropogenic mercury. The new analysis provides more accurate estimates of sources of mercury emissions around the world. Noelle Selin, the Esther and Harold E.

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Ceder group at MIT analyzes the limits and opportunities of phosphates as Li-ion cathode materials using a Materials Genome approach

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Researchers at MIT, led by Prof. Ceder leads the CEDER (Computational and Experimental Design of Emerging materials Research group) at MIT, and has been pushing for the realization of the “Materials Genome” project to bring advanced automated computing environments coupled to databases to materials design. Click to enlarge.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Indiana University in Bloomington.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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MIT ] RoboCup teams probably use their humanoids more aggressively than anyone else, so they have to come up with new techniques to keep them walking even as they gradually get more and more worn out. Riding on the success of MOLA, the Goddard team develops new lidar instruments for Earth, the Moon and Mercury.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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Journal or San Jose Mercury News ), Business Week, The Economist Favorite kind of music Classical and electronic Favorite composers Sergey Prokofiev, Dimitry Shostakovich Computer A Hewlett-Packard workstation, which is used “only to print my e-mail; I dictate all my answers to my secretary.” Army Persian Gulf Command. Kalman in 1972.

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Science Fiction Short: Hijack

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So IEEE Spectrum is making one of its occasional forays into science fiction, with a short story by Karl Schroeder about the unexpected outcomes from building a computer out of planet Mercury. Quantum simulation of ecosystems is another, says Seth Lloyd , a quantum physicist at MIT. Mercury receives between 6.2

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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San Jose Mercury News ). But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). The potential [of plug-in hybrids] is terrific." ( MIT Technology Review ) 11/30/06 "We want it as much as anybody else, but there are limits right now in terms of technology. If that target is met, the largest U.S.

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