Word: developable
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...Working with Harvard’s Office of Technology Development, Ramanathan created SiEnergy, a spin-off that received $500,000 last year from Allied Minds, a venture capital investment firm that focuses on innovative early-stage technologies, to develop their low-temperature fuel cell technology...
...Quantum of Solace,” the plot centers on the hot topic of environmentalism. In this case, the bad guy tries to manipulate environmental leaders to turn the planet’s trash surplus into personal profit. You might think that these elements would develop into some sort of political commentary, but you’d be wrong. The acting may be nugatory and the storyline skeletal, but the film does provide a bare framework for car chases and fights. The action sequences are wittily choreographed, if hokey at times. There are quite a few good explosions, which might...
That big, high-risk investment will only come down with the development of better technology. Gawell sees Icelandic investments abroad as an important way to develop the sector: "Icelanders have been a significant part of making the strategic investments you need to make this happen...
Cleaning Industry At the research and development labs of steel giant ArcelorMittal in Belgium, researchers are trying to develop thinner, stronger steel that can replace plastic in washing machines and other appliances. They're also experimenting with coatings that are both environmentally friendly and more effective in fighting corrosion. Dulux Trade, the paint subsidiary of Netherlands-based chemical firm AkzoNobel, this year started selling Ecosure, a type of paint with much reduced amounts of embodied carbon and other volatile organic compounds. And at the R&D center of French cement firm Lafarge, director Pascal Casanova waxes lyrical about Ductal...
...mind that usually only monks do,” said Lewis, who is the Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute this year. “The poet’s value to society lies in her resilience in the face of dread and her ability to develop something controlled and forceful out of her experiences with that dread.” Lewis also asserted that the writer in search of truth “is like a member of the special forces, who goes into enemy territory to carry out existential maneuvers.” Lewis discussed...