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Thermal Scientist From New Jersey Makes Forbes' 30 Under 30 Thermal Scientist From New Jersey Makes Forbes' 30 Under 30
Thermal Scientist From New Jersey Makes Forbes' 30 Under 30 Forbes has released its prestigious "30 Under 30" list for 2024. On it is Drew Lilley, a 28-year-old Chatham native and UPenn grad. Lilley, a thermal scientist, CEO, and co-founder of Calion Technologies, made the Energy category. "Lilley founded Calion Technologies to commercialize his doctoral research on ionocaloric heating and cooling for zero-emission refrigeration," Fobres writes.  "Ionocaloric refrigeration is an alternative to traditional vapor-compression technology, which has dominated cooling and heat pumping for over a century but accounts for a lot of CO2 emissions. Cali…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Could Lead To Spikes In These Food Products In Addition To Oil Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Could Lead To Spikes In These Food Products In Addition To Oil
Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Could Lead To Spikes In These Food Products In Addition To Oil The Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected to cause a flux in the markets, sending the prices of energy and certain agricultural products through the roof as supply chains are further disrupted. Experts are expecting oil and gas prices to spike due to the European crisis, though some of Russia and Ukraine’s largest exports are expected to impact costs for other products overseas and stateside. Officials said that outside of energy, the price of products such as wheat, barley, corn, copper, and nickel are likely going to be on the rise as supply chains already impacted by the COVID-19 pande…

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by Zak Failla
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FOX Signs Bergen County's Jackie DeAngelis As Business Correspondent FOX Signs Bergen County's Jackie DeAngelis As Business Correspondent
FOX Signs Bergen County's Jackie DeAngelis As Business Correspondent FOX Business Network (FBN) has signed Bergen County native Jackie DeAngelis as a financial correspondent. Beginning April 22, the former CNBC reporter and anchor will cover breaking business news out of FBN’s headquarters in New York, network president Brian Jones announced. Prior to joining FBN, DeAngelis -- formerly of Alpine, Fort Lee and Englewood -- spent 13 years at CNBC as she the network’s chief energy correspondent and anchor of online commodities program, "Futures Now."  DeAngelis contributed market reports across CNBC’s daily programming as well as covered the eco…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Thieves Steal Used Cooking Oil From Behind Restaurants Glen Rock PD: Thieves Steal Used Cooking Oil From Behind Restaurants
Glen Rock PD: Thieves Steal Used Cooking Oil From Behind Restaurants Two thieves in a white van siphoned used cooking oil that a Glen Rock shopping center owner was collecting for recycling, authorities said. The property owner told police that he collects the used oil from two restaurants that leave it in drums behind the Maple Avenue shopping center. Surveillance video shows the pair pulling around back in a white cargo van late Thursday night, getting out and removing the locks from the drums before pumping out the contents with a large hose, Lt. Frank Riggio said. Commercial recyclers buy used cooking oil, which can be refined into biofuel that burns cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco