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Honda-Led Research Team Devises Method to Control Growth of Nanotubes with Metallic Conductivity

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in conjunction with researchers at Purdue University and the University of Louisville, has developed a method for controllably growing carbon nanotubes with metallic conductivity. The height of the nanotubes indicates the probability of each specific tube in the experiment. Source: Honda RI. Click to enlarge.

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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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The selected organizations (and project descriptions) from this first call selection are: University of Connecticut. Penn State University. University of Louisville. University of California, Irvine. The intended period of performance of each project is 24 months or less.

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PM2.5 pollution linked to blood vessel damage in healthy young non-smoking adults

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lead author, Brigham Young University. These findings suggest that living in a polluted environment could promote the development of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke more pervasively and at an earlier stage than previously thought. co-author, University of Louisville. Arden Pope, Ph.D., —Pope et al.

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Video Friday: Preparing for the SubT Final

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Team Explorer, the SubT Challenge entry from CMU and Oregon State University, is in the last stage of preparation for the competition this month inside the Mega Caverns cave complex in Louisville, Kentucky. Meaning, it needs to be able to perform a collection of tasks in practically any environment. This is early AI in action.

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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—Professor Annemarie Schneider from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead author. The population maps were developed by the WorldPop team, led by Andy Tatem at the University of Southampton. 2015) “A new urban landscape in East–Southeast Asia, 2000–2010” Environ. Resources. A Schneider et al.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., DARPA designed the competition to advance practical robotics in extreme conditions, based around three distinct underground environments: human-made tunnels, the urban underground, and natural caves. A series of three preliminary circuit events would give teams experience with each environment.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. ElliQ ].