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U of M solar car team to unveil new car June 26
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The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project team will unveil its newest solar-powered car. This is the first public viewing of the car in preparation for the 2012 American Solar Challenge, a 1,600-mile race starting in Rochester, N.Y. and ending in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, July 21 at the State Capitol Mall.
Engineering alumnus to launch social venture in India
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University of Minnesota electrical engineering alumnus Sri Latha Ganti is part of a project aimed at boosting local economies in India. The project has acquired funding to launch a for-profit social venture that will offer efficient drip irrigation systems to rural farmers in developing countries.
Dow to share lab safety expertise with University of Minnesota
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The Dow Chemical Company and the University of Minnesota are expanding their strategic partnership by launching a first-ever pilot program to improve safety awareness and practices in the university’s chemistry and chemical engineering labs.
University students host Boy Scout Science and Engineering Merit Badge event
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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering student groups will help about 150 Boy Scouts earn merit badges in science and engineering at a special day-long event on Saturday, April 28.
Federal and state officials to celebrate opening of high-tech physics lab in northern Minnesota
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the first-of-its-kind facility of the NuMI Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance (NOvA) far detector building is Friday, April 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
University of Minnesota startup offers game-changing energy solutions that reduce CO2 emissions
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Discoveries by CSE researchers has led to the launch of a new University of Minnesota startup that will provide renewable energy more economically while reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
CSE professor's invention helps advance reliability of alternative energy
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A University of Minnesota invention by mechanical engineering professor Perry Li could help make storage of solar and wind energy more efficient and economical.
Researchers find that China’s pollution related to e-cars may be more harmful than gasoline cars
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Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but new findings from an international research team suggest that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.
University of Minnesota conference on Nov. 11-12 explores "Experiments on Rivers: The Consequences of Dams"
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The University of Minnesota will host a major conference on dams, “Experiments on Rivers: The Consequences of Dams,” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 11-12, at the University’s Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Drive S.E., and the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory auditorium, 2 3rd Ave. S.E., Minneapolis.
Researchers who map Antarctic are expanding work to include the Arctic
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University of Minnesota researchers, who have gained international acclaim for their work mapping the rugged terrain in Antarctica, are now expanding their scope to include research in the Arctic.