Word: cool
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...three institutions annually. It funds research rooted in basic science that is of “high risk but potentially high reward” said Gu-Yeon Wei, an associate professor of electrical engineering at SEAS and co-principal investigator of the project. “This is such cool research, as the practical, technological aspects of the project dovetail with deep fundamental issues in computer science, robotics, biology, and engineering,” said Cherry A. Murray, Dean of SEAS, in the press release.Wei recalled walking by Robert J. Wood’s nanorobotics lab—where...
...demand for gas, despite its low price, stays relatively low. Then layer on the effects of the recession: gas-intensive industrial production is down 12.8% since this time last year, according to Barclays Capital bank estimates. On top of that, there's weather: this has been a cool summer in much of the U.S., so less natural gas has been burned for electricity to power air-conditioning than in recent years. (Read "America's Untapped Energy Resource: Boosting Efficiency...
...What John F. Kennedy was: cool under pressure, a shrewd decision maker, an inspiring speaker, a man who could learn from his mistakes. What he wasn't: a devoted husband, a vigorous athlete, a martyred saint, a budding King Arthur. With his sudden, shocking death, however, these truths were transmuted, through understandable grief, into the gauzy unreality of Camelot...
Have you been traded this morning? [Laughs.] Nah, nah, I'm cool...
...thinking far ahead, and he doesn't see existing technologies producing an 80% cut in emissions. At a recent appearance with Obama, he said the U.S. needs to be like Wayne Gretzky: not just chasing the puck but positioning itself where the puck is going to end up. "Very cool metaphor," the President said...