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To evaluate the fuel, Bruno, Lozano, and former MIT graduate student Matthew Corrado conducted a series of experiments using electrospray thrusters powered by ASCENT.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
More than a decade later, former EBay chief Meg Whitman spent $144 million of her wealth on her bid to become California’s governor, setting a new national record for spending on a state election.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“It was so loud that, honestly, you couldn’t even hear your teammates celebrating,” says former U.S. midfielder Stu Holden, who played here in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
His former days of reading helped him identify these plants.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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