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17 hrs ago | WisInfo

Neenah teen gets racing career off to great start

NEENAH - When he was growing up, Cody Kippenhan spent his summer months playing baseball.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Neenah, WI, Appleton, WI, Slinger, WI

Fri Nov 06, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Study asks: Will warmer world bring harmful smoke?

As global warming makes wildfires more likely, scientists are trying to learn how bad the smoke is for the health of people who live downwind.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

$2.8 million US-backed Michigan Tech study seeks to cut diesel pollution, keep fuel economy

A new $2.8 million research project will look for ways to cut the pollution from diesel exhaust without reducing fuel economy.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Ludington Daily News

City clerk faces a challenger

Tuesday is election day and two people are running for the Ludington City Clerk position - incumbent Clerk Deborah Luskin and challenger Joni Potter.

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Related Topix: Ludington, MI, Computers, Schoolcraft, MI

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WTOM-TV Traverse City

Students Celebrate Native American Culture

Native American culture is taking center stage at Michigan Technological University with the school's 14th annual Speakers' Forum and the Spirit of the Harvest Powwow.

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Related Topix: Yale University

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Science

Nothing to Fear From the Big Bald Wolf

Enlarge Image Advantage, youth. On an elk hunt, young 2- to 3-year-old wolves usually lead the chase and make the kill.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Yellowstone National Park

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Wausau Daily Herald

NTC, Michigan Tech start transfer agreement

Northcentral Technical College officials today announced the school's first transfer agreement with Michigan Technological University, also known as Michigan Tech.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Green Car Congress

Michigan Tech-Led Partnership Investigating Energy Efficient...

A side effect of cleaning up diesel exhaust can be a drop in fuel efficiency and a need to do diagnostics of whether the systems are operating in their design states.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Science Daily

Eleven Genetic Variations Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

With one, they can cast back through generations to pinpoint the genes behind inherited illness.

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Automotive

Michigan Tech University Wins SAE International Video Contest

Michigan Technological University is the winner of SAE International's first-ever video contest.

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Related Topix: Rosemont, IL, Automakers

Sat Oct 17, 2009

MediLexicon

Where There's Smoke, There May Be Health Risks

Where there are wildfires, there's smoke. And where there is climate change, there may be more and more intense wildfires.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Oct 15, 2009

SooToday

Michigan Tech gets cash to study health effects of wildfires

NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ************************* Stupak announces stimulus funding for Michigan Tech WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak announced Michigan Technological University in Houghton has received $452,086 to study the health impacts of wildfire emissions.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Physics Blog

Transplanted Liver Cells Hold Hope for Treating Inherited Diseases

Mike Gibson, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, has spent most of his professional life trying to better understand genetic metabolic disorders that arise in children.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

The State News

Early assurance benefits underserved areas of medicine

An MSU medical school early acceptance program is expanding, allowing premedical students at two Upper Peninsula universities to breathe sighs of relief.

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Related Topix: Northern Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Lansing Metro

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Newkerala.com

11 new genetic variations linked to type 2 diabetes

Washington, Oct 3 : Scientists from Michigan Technological University have identified 11 new genetic variants linked to Type 2 diabetes.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Mid-York Weekly

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Those looking for a downtown success story have to go no further than the corner of Lafayette and Genesee streets.

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Related Topix: Utica, NY, Electrical Engineering, Science, Syracuse University

Mon Sep 21, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free

There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable's undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.' 1. You can find out lots of interesting stuff: e.g., how good engineering actually saved thousands of lives in the World Trade Center attacks, why it only took three hours for the unsinkable Titanic to sink.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space

Sat Sep 19, 2009

SooToday

Why fall colour keeps arriving later and later

NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY *************************** Fall colour coming later? Blame CO2 Do those fall colours seem to show up later and later? Scientists say we can blame increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for prolonging the growing season of trees.

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WLNS-TV Lansing

Michigan Tech's Parade of Nations marks diversity

Michigan Technological University is celebrating its ethnic diversity with a 20th annual festival called the Parade of Nations.

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Related Topix: Michigan

Fri Sep 18, 2009

HomeTownLife.com

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church welcomes new pastor

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church is pleased to welcome Rev. Dean M. Davenport as their new Senior Pastor.

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Related Topix: Religion, Lutheran Church, Livonia, MI, Saginaw Metro, Saginaw, MI, Michigan State University

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