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BASF to concentrate plant biotechnology activities on main markets in North and South America

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Citing a lack of acceptance for plant technology in many parts of Europe, BASF announced that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. The headquarters of BASF Plant Science will be moved from Limburgerhof, Germany, to Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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In a new research brief , Pike Research forecasts that wireless charging equipment for light duty plug-in vehicle sales will grow by a CAGR of 91% from 2013 to 2020, as wireless systems move from a retrofit technology to an integrated part of new EVs, reaching annual sales of 283,000 units in 2020.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S. I’ve learned so many things.”

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Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

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Today the IEEE Life Fellow is CTO of Pryon , a startup in Raleigh, N.C., The company's programs aim to make companies more productive, reducing costs and eliminating inefficiencies. for 33 years before he joined Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., Looking back, he says, he can divide his career at IBM into three parts.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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People collaborating with robots has the potential to change a broad swath of manufacturing sectors, from defense and space to automotive and health, enabling the reliable and efficient production of high-quality, customized products. LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.;

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Can Neural Stimulation Zap Addiction?

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In 2017 (the latest date for which statistics are available), the cost of drug abuse in the United States was nearly US $272 billion, taking into account crime, healthcare needs, lost work productivity, and other impacts on society. Peter, for his part, has no illusions about the brain stimulation that he received. “I

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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The company stumbled badly, its bureaucratic approach to product development no match for a fast-moving field. The logical place to build a small computer was inside IBM's General Products Division, which focused on minicomputers and the successful typewriter business. At the outset, though, things looked rosy. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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