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Critical Nuclear Power Component Maker Adds Jobs, Manufacturing in Tennessee
July 28, 2025
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Window Manufacturer Expands, Adds Jobs in Arkansas
July 28, 2025
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Glass Plant Shuts Down Production, Cuts Dozens of Jobs
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President Trump arrives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, July 30, 2025.
Trump Injects New Dose of Tariff Uncertainty as He Pushes Back Start Date
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In NIST's proposed design for a DNA sequencer, a nanoscale ribbon of molybdenum disulfide is suspended over a metal electrode and immersed in water. Single-stranded DNA, containing a chain of bases (bits of genetic code), is threaded through a hole in the ribbon, which flexes only when a DNA base pairs up with and then separates from a complementary base affixed to the hole. The membrane motion is detected as an electrical signal.
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DNA Sequencer Based on Nanoscale Sensor
This undated handout photo provided by Porsche shows the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid. Major automakers are finding the Paris auto show, held in a city whose mayor wants to ban diesels to reduce pollution, as a fine place to show off new zero-emission electric cars. Most prominently, Volkswagen will unveil a new small electric car as part of the company’s pivot from diesel to more electric models as it struggles to recover from a scandal over 11 million cars that were rigged to evade diesel emissions tests. It runs Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 through Oct. 16 at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles.
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Electric Cars Rule at Paris Show
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New Car Mileage Estimates Drop
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Rendering of early plans for Texas Instruments’ next 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fab, next to the company's existing fab, in Lehi, Utah.
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