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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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can vary by country and region, and different parts of the world were impacted by air pollution in different ways. The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. According to HEI’s State of Global Air , PM 2.5 The new report noted that major sources of PM 2.5 in African countries.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. Craford and Stillman each had enough material for a thesis and for a paper published in the Physical Review. The photographs appeared in the original print version.

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APRA-E awards WUSTL $2M to develop predictive battery management system for plug-in vehicles; targeting more efficient use

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A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will receive $2 million from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to design a predictive battery management system for lithium-ion batteries to guarantee their longevity, safety and performance. The School of Engineering & Applied Science is providing $1.2

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

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Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Laser printers.

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