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Rice University lab study suggests foam may maximize enhanced oil recovery efforts

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Results of a Rice University laboratory study suggests that using foam may maximize enhanced oil recovery (EOR). and the Petroleum Institute of the United Arab Emirates supported the research. The Department of Energy, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., the Abu Dhabi Oil R&D Sub-Committee, the Abu Dhabi Co.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH).

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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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It holds networking events, provides educational resources, and publishes career-related articles on its blog. One webinar, for example, brought together representatives from the ETH Zurich university, the Clean Energy Ministerial forum, and Student Energy. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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The MBZIRC had two previous iterations that were organized by Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. More broadly, ASPIRE’s aim for these grand technical challenges is to fast track the development of innovative technologies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer

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I was fortunate to work with mainframes during my second year as an electrical engineering student in the United Arab Emirates University at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, in 1986. It eventually led to the creation of LANs and wide-area networks, enabling the sharing of resources and information across organizations.