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Ohio Gov. signs legislation that defines natural gas as “green energy”

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The natural gas industry in Ohio has gained a victory of sorts after Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation that allows for a broader expansion of drilling for oil and gas in state parks. After all, green energy refers to energy sources that do not involve the use of fossil fuels, such as solar and wind. The post Ohio Gov.

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OSU study: Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution

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The nation’s air on the whole has become cleaner in the past 70 years, but those benefits are seen primarily in whiter, higher-income areas, said Kerry Ard, an associate professor of environmental sociology at The Ohio State University (OSU), who presented the research.

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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ALMMII is a public-private partnership led by Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The initiative is part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation and is being led by the Department of Defense.

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Lordstown recordsdata for chapter, sues Foxconn

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Lordstown, named later the Ohio the town the place it’s based totally, filed for Bankruptcy 11 coverage in Delaware and concurrently took felony motion towards Foxconn. million in Lordstown as a part of the word, and recently holds a kind of 8.4 Foxconn up to now invested about $52.7 possession stake within the EV maker.

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Refreshed 2017 Acura MDX SUV debuts in New York with Sport Hybrid Powertrain; 26 mpg combined

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Upping the performance pedigree of the MDX with bold styling, our exclusive Sport Hybrid powertrain and the standard application of AcuraWatch technologies that many in the industry refer to as semi-autonomous, represents a major injection of Acura’s Precision Crafted Performance DNA. auto plant using domestic and globally sourced parts.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Schweitzer III invented the digital microprocessor-based relay as part of his doctoral thesis. The fault shunts extra current to some parts of the circuit, shorting it out. Inspired by a blackout and a protective relays book Schweitzer says his relay was, in part, inspired by an event that took place during his first year of college.

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Exascale Computing Project selects 35 software development proposals for $34M in first year funding

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Exascale refers to computing systems at least 50 times faster than the nation’s most powerful supercomputers in use today. Exascale Code Generation Toolkit, Dan Quinlan, LLNL with PNNL, Ohio State Univ., Autotuning Compiler Technology for Cross-Architecture Transformation and Code Generation, Mary Hall, Univ. of Utah with ANL, LBNL.

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