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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, and earned a Ph.D. Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. The research paved the way for more effective solar power generation.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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However, emissions do not just remain in conurbations; particles and gaseous pollutants can be transported thousands of kilometers by the wind. Burrows, the Principal Investigator of the mission and a professor at the Institute of Environmental Physics at the University of Bremen. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan. —Joohn Burrows.

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. [ Robot Brains ] Here are two talks hosted by UPenn’s GRASP Lab, featuring Kevin Lynch from Northwestern University, followed by Robert J.

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