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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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To conduct the study, the researchers used anonymized cellphone data from large communications providers to track the movement of people in the metro areas of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Boston; Braga, Lisbon, and Porto, Portugal; Dakar, Senegal; and Singapore. This generalized behavior is not just something you observe in Boston.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Indiana University in Bloomington. Army for two years after he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. The OCCHC builds apartments and homes in low-income neighborhoods. Johnson served in the U.S.

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No garage, no driveway, no problem: itselectric is bringing curbside EV charging to the US

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Millions of drivers around the world live in dense urban neighborhoods where they have no driveways, and thus no possibility of installing a home EV charger. But when you put a charger on the curbside, that charger can be used by people who live in that neighborhood and park their cars on the street overnight every day.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

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In other circumstances, the straight As Boyea-Robinson earned at school and the lessons in mechanics her dad taught her might have ensured a trajectory toward a top STEM university. She attended Duke University ’s Pratt School of Engineering , in Durham, N.C., That student was me,” she says, “with different options and choices.”

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. At times directly affecting residential neighborhoods, the large-scale industrial process has strained many US communities. Earlier post.). earned a doctorate in geological and environmental sciences at Stanford.

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No garage, no driveway, no problem: itselectric is bringing curbside EV charging to the US – Charged EVs

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Millions of drivers around the world live in dense urban neighborhoods where they have no driveways, and thus no possibility of installing a home EV charger. But when you put a charger on the curbside, that charger can be used by people who live in that neighborhood and park their cars on the street overnight every day.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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