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Jet Engine Yields Electricity, Heat
Cogeneration Power Plant Adds Steam, Watts to Campus |
By Rich McManus |
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Cogen stalwarts (from l) Dr. Farhad Memarzadeh,
John Fratangelo and Joseph Nieves at the Bldg. 11A plant |
Operating nearly noiselessly and producing only
the slightest whiff of exhaust, a state of the art "cogeneration" power
plant recently came online at NIH. It provides 23 megawatts of
electricity (about 40 percent of campus needs) and tons of steam
(about 30 percent of what NIH requires) to both heat buildings
in winter and sterilize scientific equipment (in autoclaves) year
round.
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What Scientists Should Know
Primer Offered on Creationism, 'Intelligent Design' |
By Carla Garnett |
Perhaps there is a place for students to learn
about creationism, but that place is not science class, according
to Dr. Robert Pennock of Michigan State University, who himself
offered a lesson, "What Scientists Need to Know About Intelligent
Design Creationism," in a July 13 lecture sponsored by NIGMS. A
professor of philosophy and science and technology studies, Pennock
has spent more than 15 years following the creationism movement
in the U.S. and has published two books on the topic. At NIH, he
briefly reviewed the group's history and recent progress.
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