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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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It is often better to fly in lifesaving supplies instead of loading trucks with supplies to bring them along roads that might not be passable anymore,” Fregene says. Kingsley Fregene Saving lives in Nigeria Fregene’s aim to keep people safe started with his first after-school job, as a bus conductor, when he was in the sixth grade.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village.

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Glencore to pay >$1.1B to resolve government’s investigation into bribery and commodity and price manipulation

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million in payments to be made to intermediary companies in order to secure improper advantages to obtain and retain business with state-owned and state-controlled entities in West Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Equatorial Guinea. A former Glencore Ltd. Glencore Ltd.

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Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education

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A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. Ford has unveiled a number of new technologies to help people stay better connected behind the wheel.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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When precancerous tissue forms, new blood vessels grow to supply it with blood. Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside. On the other side of the device is a cable that can be connected to a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone.

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INPEX and Total launch the $34B Ichthys offshore Australia LNG Project; entire 8.5 Mt/y LNG output already sold for 15 years

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In delivering this important project into production we will be securing vital long-term energy supply to Japan.Ichthys production volumes represent more than 10% of Japan’s LNG imports at current. Ichthys will provide a long-term stable supply of cleaner energy to. Japan, and help Japan diversify its energy sources.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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Fortunately, to improve this issue, battery makers are working towards more responsible supply chains , and have the potential for cheaper, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly energy storage in the near future. of the country’s total electricity connections, but it’s growing fast. The New Zealand Power Grid.