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Researchers combine plasma-assisted nitrogen oxidation and lean NOx trap technology for ammonia production

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A team from KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp in Belgium has developed a new process that is suitable for the distributed, small-scale production of “green” ammonia. A paper on their work is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Ammonia is one of the most important globally produced chemicals.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Technical Achievements

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IEEE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AWARD Sponsors: the IEEE Circuits and Systems , Engineering in Medicine and Biology , and Signal Processing societies NIRMALA (NIMMI) RAMANUJAM Duke University Durham, N.C. For more globally accessible technology for women's health related to cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.” IEEE JAMES L.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 The new funding will be shared by six Stanford research teams and an international group from the United States and Europe. The seven awards bring the total number of GCEP-supported research programs to 117 since the project’s launch in 2002.

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Inaugural meeting of Volkswagen Sustainability Council; Group makes €20M available for projects

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The Council elected Georg Kell, Founding Director UN Global Compact, as its chair. The first areas of focus in 2017 for the body will be the challenges of global CO 2 emissions and the corresponding regulations post-2025, plus the company’s transformation process. Dr. Gesche Joost – Professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin.

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Global Ice Age Climate Patterns Influenced by Bering Strait

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In a vivid example of how a small geographic feature may have far-reaching impacts on climate, new research shows that water levels in the Bering Strait—which separates the US and Russia by only 90 kilometers (56 miles)—helped drive global climate patterns during ice age episodes dating back more than 100,000 years. Aixue Hu, Gerald A.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 Chris Malins of the International Council on Clean Transportation. —Miettinen et al.

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