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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC

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Honda Research Institute (HRI), a Honda R&D subsidiary, and Boston University have agreed to begin joint research in the area of data security and privacy for artificial intelligence (AI) research. A first research project will investigate data privacy control using a technology called secure multi-party computation (MPC).

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Engineered E. coli produce styrene from glucose

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Engineers at Arizona State University have engineered E. Between 1960 and 2006, estimated production ranged from a low of 1,740 million pounds in 1960 to a high of 11,897 million pounds in 2000. In 2006, eight. SIRC legal counsel will work with government counsel to develop that schedule while. Rebekah McKenna, David R.

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de Boer Resigns from UNFCCC

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de Boer will be joining the consultancy group KPMG as Global Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, as well as working with a number of universities. Copenhagen did not provide us with a clear agreement in legal terms, but the political commitment and sense of direction toward a low-emissions world are overwhelming. Yvo de Boer.

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Geographers provide new insight into commuter megaregions of the US

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Geographers from Dartmouth College and the University of Sheffield have provided new insight into the economic geography of commuter megaregions in the US by using an empirical approach that combines visual interpretation with statistical analysis. —Nelson et al.

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BP to Acquire Vereniums Cellulosic Biofuels Business for $98.3M; Verenium retaining Enzyme Business

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Verenium’s conversion process originated from technology developed by a team led by Dr. Lonnie Ingram at the University of Florida and originally licensed by Celunol. DLA Piper LLP (US) served as legal advisor to BP. Cooley LLP served as legal advisor to Verenium. Since 2006, BP has announced investments of more than $1.5

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TfL To Begin Testing of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Technology

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The unit can be disabled at the touch of a button, at which point it reverts to an advisory status where the current, legal speed limit is simply displayed as a driver aid. They partners commissioned the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds to produce the report.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

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