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Ben Gurion University of the Negev and Thailands PTT Chemicals in R&D agreement to commercialize proprietary green algae

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the PTT Chemical Public Company Ltd. PTT) in Thailand have signed a research and development collaboration agreement for commercial development of BGU’s proprietary green algae strain. DGLA’s market potential is estimated at $300 million by 2015.

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Monash researchers stabilize Li-S battery with saccharide-based binder

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The Lithium-sulfur Battery Research Program at Monash University has been supported by the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Research Council and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Enserv Australia hopes to develop and manufacture the batteries in Australia, the world’s largest producer of lithium.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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University of Texas at Arlington for more than 50 years. Kunsan National University , in Korea; Miicevic is an assistant professor of telecommunications and IT at the University of Belgrade , in Serbia; and Bojkovi? is a professor of electrical engineering, also at the University of Belgrade. Education and Early Career.

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Big, Smoggy Bangkok Gets a Badly Needed Breath of Fresh Air

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For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. The new section of the park was officially opened in August 2022, to honor the 90th birthday of Queen Sirikit, Thailand’s queen mother. It is a very popular spot.”

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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Using China as a model, the team compared emissions data from 180 cities across the country, looking at the industrial make-up of each city, its socioeconomic profile, and the types of energy produced and consumed. Total CO 2 emissions of 182 Chinese cities. Shan et al. Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Bo Zheng, Steven J.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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The videos shows scenes from the RoboCup 2022 Humanoid AdultSize competition in Bangkok, Thailand. The robots of Team NimbRo of University of Bonn, Germany, won the main soccer tournament, the Drop-in tournament, and the Technical Challenges. Consequently, NimbRo came in first in the overall Best-Humanoid ranking. Davide Scaramuzza.

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