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Pursuing a Battery So Electric Vehicles Can Go the Extra Miles

Sep. 14, 2009
I.B.M. executives said the company had begun an effort to improve battery storage, and a future generation lithium-air battery might be the answer.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler