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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. as possible, but not later than 2015. will be led by the climate science in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and the global Review from 2013-2015. and to assist the Conference of the Parties.

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Greenland Conference Concludes Arctic Climate is Changing Drastically and Rapidly

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That was the overall conclusion from a scientific conference on climate changes in the Arctic which was held in Nuuk, Greenland last week. Given that the present trend of melt continues, some models indicate that it is quite likely that the Arctic Ocean could be ice free in the summer time as early as 2015-16.

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National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions

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Pond has developed a universal algae platform that provides optimal growth conditions for virtually any algae strain. The process being deployed by CNRC experts and its partners is designed to rapidly recycle carbon dioxide and other airborne industrial emissions into biomass through photosynthesis.

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GM Canada Engineering Center to build fleet of self-driving 2017 Chevrolet Volts

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These vehicles will be part of a test fleet based at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. GM’s fleet of self-driving 2017 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles will first be deployed as part of a broader test program at GM’s Technical Centre in Warren, Michigan.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Boeing, Canadian aviation industry launch sustainable aviation biofuel project using forestry waste

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Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd., of Vancouver.

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Emmy Award Winner’s Algorithms Bring High-Quality Video to Your TV

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at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bovik found his calling: digital image processing. Employer: University of Texas. Alma mater: University of Illinois. For nearly 40 years, he has been a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering , in Austin.