In a bid to develop alternative designs for lithium-based batteries, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, funded by Army Research Office, have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower-cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.
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The Vision 20/20 Project has been helping communities across the nation implement Community Risk Reduction (CRR) programs to help make communities safer.
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of California, Irvine has developed a new technique for predicting the final size of a wildfire from the moment of ignition.
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The Coast Guard has issued a safety bulletin following the fire on a boat in California that killed 34 people, recommending that commercial boat operators limit unsupervised charging of cellphones and other electronic devices.
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The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay is teaming with the advertising agency ChappellRoberts on a new initiative called “First to Respond, Last to Ask for Help.” The program, which promotes suicide awareness for Tampa Bay’s first responders, was announced during a Tuesday conference.
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Communities that are resilient may be damaged by some natural or manmade hazard event, but they recover and rise again, stronger.
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The B747-400 SuperTanker is the true “Next Gen” air tanker. It joins the world's fleet of aerial firefighting tankers not only as the youngest VLAT (VERY LARGE AIR TANKER) but with almost twice the capacity of the next largest aerial tanker.
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