{"id":16550,"date":"2013-07-31T19:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=16550"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:32:57","slug":"partnership-advances-gas-turbine-materials-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/07\/partnership-advances-gas-turbine-materials-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership Advances Gas Turbine Materials Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>  Normal<br \/>\n  0<\/p>\n<p>\n  false<br \/>\n  false<br \/>\n  false<\/p>\n<p>  EN-US<br \/>\n  X-NONE<br \/>\n  X-NONE<\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><br \/>\n &lt;w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=&quot;false&quot; DefUnhideWhenUsed=&quot;true&quot;<br \/>\n  DefSemiHidden=&#8221;true&#8221; DefQFormat=&#8221;false&#8221; DefPriority=&#8221;99&#8243;<br \/>\n  LatentStyleCount=&#8221;267&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; 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