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An engineering professor is melding his work in environmental fluid dynamics with advanced software to produce a three-dimensional model of Lake Michigan, which can be used to more accurately predict how pollution moves within water.
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Retired admiral Thad W. Allen is being honored by the ASME with the Dixy Lee Ray Award for a lifetime of high-impact and distinguished accomplishments in environmental protection, including outstanding management of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A machine for cheaper and cleaner disposal of medical waste is on the market, after living in post-patent limbo for years. Afraid to make the initial outlay, hospitals have, until now, continued using incinerators, or having a disposal company deal with their waste. The Ecolotec, with its “knife hammers” that rotate at 1500 rpm, can reduce hospital waste by 80 percent, turning it into a sterilized, safe to handle pulp, ready for the landfill.
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