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New Method for Producing High-Performance Zeolite Membranes; Could Increase Energy Efficiency of Biofuel Production

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Where possible, repairing the zeolite membrane is difficult and expensive. Tags: Fuels. These defects have prevented zeolite films from being used effectively as membranes, because molecules of unwelcome chemicals that are rejected by the zeolite pores can still penetrate through the membrane defects. Science Vol.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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billion available for highway, transit, bridge, rail, shipyard and airport construction and repairs nationwide. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) The DOT is making $48.1 Of that, $26.5

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

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The reason: Xerox might have lost $150 000 over the life of the contract if the laser printers needed repair as often as the copiers on which they were based, even though initial evidence showed that printing caused far less wear and tear than copying. Mountain View, Calif. Richard Shoup’s Alto had a color display.

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