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Cool Science: How Kurt Vonnegut's Brother Tried To Break Up Hurricanes

Tomas Kellner
July 08, 2020

Kurt Vonnegut’s science-fiction novel “Cat’s Cradle” revolves around a tricky compound called ice-nine that can turn water solid at room temperature. Vonnegut, who worked for GE in the 1950s as an in-house journalist, came up with many beautifully outlandish plots for his best-selling books. But ice research was hitting close to his beat as well as his home.

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Empire Strikes: GE Scientists Studied Lightning Atop New York's Iconic Skyscraper

July 09, 2018
Electrical storms and lightning have been around since Earth’s infancy – possibly even sparking first life. Yet 4.5 billion years later we still understand strikingly little about how they work, including such basics like what causes lightning and how it travels.
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Renewables

As Right As Rain: This Funny Weather App Will Light Up Your Day

February 08, 2016
Many clouds have a silver lining. Poncho, the irreverent weather app from Betaworks, just teamed up with GE to help you find it. “Our thesis is that people don't necessarily want to know what the weather is—they want to know whether they should wear boots or flip-flops outside, whether they should take a cab or walk,” says Betaworks’ James Cooper. “We combine that information with something funny. We're trying to make weather entertaining.”
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David Malkin and Paul Centolella: Superstorm Sandy Anniversary--Time to Rethink Utility Regulation

David Malkin GE
Paul Centolella Analysis Group
October 25, 2013

The anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is a stark reminder that the nation’s infrastructure remains vulnerable to disruptive weather events. By the time Sandy blew out to sea, it had left 72 dead, damaged 650,000 homes, knocked out power for 8.5 million Americans, and cost between $27 and $52 billion.

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