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Glacier-Slow Progress: Midyear economic outlook
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Joseph M. Kelly
| July 2012
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The protracted climb out of the recession continues with modest, incremental improvement. Residential construction remains the main drag on overall construction, but improvement appears to be on the horizon. However, growth will not come quickly nor with great fanfare.

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Brown University Reports Advance in Fuel-Cell Technology
July 2010
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Creating catalysts that can operate efficiently and last a long time is a big barrier to taking fuel-cell technology from the lab bench to the assembly line.

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Nobel Prize in Physics Split
November 2009
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for two scientific achievements that have helped to shape the foundations of today’s networked societies. They have created many practical innovations for everyday life and provided new tools for scientific exploration. In 1966, Charles K.

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Flexible Solar Strips Illuminate Campus Bus Shelter
August 2009
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New flexible solar cell technology developed by a group of engineering researchers at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, has been installed at a bus shelter on campus to power lighting for nighttime transit users.

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Research Forecasts 6 Million Homes With Smart Meters by 2012
March 2009
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The market for residential energy management will increase significantly over the next four years due to increased consumer demand and new government and industry initiatives. The number of U.S. households with a smart meter will grow to more than 6 million by 2012, according to Parks Associates.

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