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Headwaters and University of Utah Form JV for Carbon Storage

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Headwaters Incorporated has formed a joint venture with the University of Utah—Headwaters Clean Carbon Services LLC (HCCS)—which will provide a full range of services for CO 2 geologic storage and CO 2 used for enhanced oil recovery and enhanced coalbed methane recovery. Jim Lepinski, President of HCCS.

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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Batteries, fuel cells and solar-energy conversion devices have emerged as a class of important technologies that increasingly rely on electrodes derived from nanoparticles. Warren, first author, now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We’re aiming at a €5 charge per kilo ,” he said. —Scott C.

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Simultaneously, the researchers will ascertain which chemical catalysts and operating parameters should be used to optimize the conversion of the fatty acids into the desired fuels. The $2 million grant is part of the federal stimulus package and comes from NSF’s Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program. Dunaliella.

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New "E-nose" Samples Odors 60 Times Per Second

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When odorants are carried away by turbulent airflow, they get chopped into smaller packets,” says Michael Schmuker , a professor at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Resistance response curves illustrate how a sensor’s resistance changes over time in response to a stimulus, such as an odor.

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

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00, WP1995, Revision 0, Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory, 19 Mar. Dissertation, Princeton University, 2013. Apparatus and methods for improving vibration isolation, thermal dampening, and optical access in cryogenic refrigerators." "Systems and methods for controlling the gas conversion in a fiber-optic gyroscope."

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We've Entered a New Era of Streaming Health Care. Now What?

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It's our strong belief that digital self-tracking devices and software should be used universally and will serve as powerful generators of valuable data, leading to truly personalized care and profound medical insights. Medicine is not one-size-fits-all, and a universal standard for the treatment of human doesn't exist.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

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At Stanford University, otolaryngologist Blair Simmons and engineer Robert White successfully implanted the first multichannel cochlear implant, and Simmons coauthored a report about it in Science in 1965. To test whether Saunders could sense different tones and stimulus rates, the team played “God Save the Queen.”

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