Reported Concerns about Facebook Privacy Practices
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Washington, DC - Tom Pahl, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, issued the following statement regarding reported concerns about Facebook’s privacy practices:
The Big Inch: Fueling America’s WWII War Effort
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Gaithersburg, Maryland - If you drive north from NIST’s Gaithersburg, campus, you will soon reach the famed Mason-Dixon Line marking the border between the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Continue for just a few more kilometers and you’ll cross over a second historic line: the Inch Line (sometimes called the Inch Lines, for reasons explained below). Contrary to its diminutive name, this line stretches more than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from Texas to New Jersey. Constructed during World War II, it inspired a quip that illustrates its importance: “The war was won by an Inch.”
Design principles could point to better electrolytes for next-generation lithium batteries
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- Written by David L. Chandler
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors, a key component of rechargeable batteries could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say.
Bringing water closer to communities in South Sudan
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Washington, DC - On World Water Day, we shed light on a project in South Sudan is reducing the burden of water collection for thousands on women and girls.
Scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - When an earthquake strikes, nearby seismometers pick up its vibrations in the form of seismic waves. In addition to revealing the epicenter of a quake, seismic waves can give scientists a way to map the interior structures of the Earth, much like a CT scan images the body.
From WWII to Today: Blood Services Helps Patients Across the U.S.
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- Written by IVN
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Washington, DC - The American Red Cross helps millions of people in their battle back to good health every year through its Blood Services program.
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