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Exxonmobil and Princeton University Announce New Energy Research Projects

Sep 28, 2016

Projects to focus on solar and battery technologies, plasma physics and Arctic sea-ice modeling ExxonMobil has committed $5 million toward Princeton partnership for new energy research ExxonMobil engaged in similar energy ...

Tags: ExxonMobil, Princeton University, new energy research projects

M/A-COM Receives First Production Order for SPAR Tiles in Multifunction Phased Array Radar

Nov 12, 2015

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) says that, following the field trial of the Multifunction ...

Tags: M/A-COM, SPAR Tiles, MPAR radar system

A Move Back to EL Nino May Not Happen Within The Next Calendar Year

Jan 23, 2015

The weather world's been talking for months about the prospect of the southern oscillation index tilting from La Nina to El Nino, a shift that normally signals more crop-friendly, mild and moisture-plentiful weather for the Midwest. But ...

Tags: sea-surface temperatures, Agriculture

NOAA Fisheries Announce an Agreement to Create Federally Enforceable Restrictions

Nov 24, 2014

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, in cooperation with state agencies, rice growers and industry, announced an agreement to create federally enforceable ...

Tags: Endangered Salmon, Steelhead Trout, Agriculture

Record Beef Prices at The Consumer Meat Case Persist

May 8, 2014

If you're not ready for a higher cattle market for a while, you better settle in and get ready for it, because it's going to continue for "multiple years" into the future, one expert says. Record beef prices at the consumer meat case ...

Tags: Beef Herd, cattle market

Freeze This Year Has Local Implications,Including Possible Changes to Snowfall Amounts

Feb 28, 2014

At night, as cold settles in, lake ice creaks and groans. It's been excessively cold, and I camped exposed on the snow-swept surface. Other than the lack of vegetation and the sounds at night, you'd never know you were on a lake. It feels ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

A Research Team Has Extended The Principles of The Household Smoke Detector

Jan 13, 2014

Given North America's recent record-breaking cold with its thousands of cancelled airline flights, ice and aviation are very much in the news-especially the ice that cakes up on wings and tails, requiring trips to de-icing stations on the ...

Tags: Aircraft Icing, Alpha Particles

The So-Called "Combined Cycle" Natural Gas Power Plants Can Worsen Air Quality

Jan 10, 2014

Power plants that use natural gas and a new technology to squeeze more energy from the fuel release far less of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than coal-fired power plants do, according to a new analysis accepted for publication Jan. 8 ...

Tags: power plants, emissions, fuel release, combined cycle

Laboratory Tests Have Found No Evidence of Unsafe or Excessive Levels of Arsenic

Jan 10, 2014

Laboratory tests on Washington State's exotic shellfish export, the geoduck clam, have found no evidence of unsafe or excessive levels of arsenic, rebutting claims made by Chinese food safety authorities that followed?a sudden ban placed on ...

Tags: Shellfish Safe, Washington State Shellfish Safe

Leatherback Turtle in The Pacific Ocean Is One of The Most Endangered Animals in The World

Jan 9, 2014

The leatherback turtle in the Pacific Ocean is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Its population has declined by more than 90 percent since 1980. One of the greatest sources of mortality is industrial longlines that set ...

Tags: leatherback turtle, GPS, longline fishing, bycatch risk

NASA's JPL Laboratory and NOAA Are Working Together

Jan 7, 2014

Teams of researchers with the Scripps Institute, NASA's JPL laboratory and NOAA are working together, representatives from each have reported at this year's meeting of the Geophysical Union, to upgrade monitoring stations in parts of ...

Tags: Scripps Institute, JPL laboratory, NOAA, monitoring stations

R-NC Introduced a Bill That Would Move The National Oceanic and NOAA

Jan 6, 2014

In mid-December, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced a bill that would move the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its seafood inspections to the U.S. Department of the Interior. More broadly, the act ...

Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.Sen.Richard Burr

NASA and JAXA Prepare to Launch a New Satellite in February

Dec 30, 2013

Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February. NASA and JAXA selected 1:07 p.m. to ...

Tags: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA

LightSquared Proposed a New Plan to Exit Chapter 11 by Raising $2.75 Billion in Loans

Dec 30, 2013

LightSquared proposed a new plan to exit Chapter 11 by raising $2.75 billion in loans and at least $1.25 billion in equity investment, replacing a plan that included a spectrum auction in which Dish Networks was the highest bidder. The ...

Tags: LightSquared, Chapter 11, Dish Networks, spectrum auction

The Question About Tornadoes Comes up at His Oklahoma City Data Center Has Answers

May 31, 2013

If the question about tornadoes comes up at his Oklahoma City data center, as it sometimes does, Todd Currie, vice president of operations and general manager at Perimeter Technology, has answers. He even has a cutout sample of his roof to ...

Tags: Tornadoes, Data Centers, Oklahoma

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