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Business Aviation Coalition releases new sustainable aviation fuel guide; CAAFI new member

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CAAFI, a coalition of airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, energy producers, researchers, international participants and US government agencies, has been working on SAF in 2006. The Coalition also reported that it has a new member: the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative ( CAAFI ).

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International team sequences Eucalyptus genome; potential for improving biofuel and biomaterial production

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An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the eucalyptus tree ( Eucalyptus grandis ) and published the analysis in an open access paper in the journal Nature. —Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. —Alexander Myburg. Trees play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. —Gerald Tuskan.

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AIC Next Event to Explore Future of Automotive Sector

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AIC —Automotive Intelligence Center—in Bilbao, Spain is launching “AIC Next”, the objective of which is to analyze the future of the automotive sector in a different way. The public/private foundation was founded in 2006. always with an eye to the long term.

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

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Using AI to enhance safety and customer experience Since its founding in 2006, SimpliSafe has been reimagining antiquated security products and services and developing accessible technology that can be easily installed into homes across the country. Managing the server activity of those connected devices is a unique challenge to SimpliSafe.

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NTSB issues recommendations on certification of Li-ion batteries and emerging technologies for aircraft

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Investigators found that the battery involved in the Boston 787 fire event showed evidence not just of an internal thermal runaway but that “unintended electrical interactions occurred among the cells, the battery case, and the electrical interfaces between the battery and the airplane.”.

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Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg wins the Automotive Lean Production Award for the first time

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As agreed in the pact for the future, Volkswagen will pool production of its Golf family at the Wolfsburg plant from the next generation onwards. The international Automotive Lean Production Award has been presented by the specialist journal “Automobil Produktion” and Agamus Consult GmbH every year since 2006.

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Study finds rates of LDV fuel consumption in US peaked in 2004; indications of peak motorization

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2001 to 2006. -5%. The factor that supports a temporary peak only is the expected future increase in the total distance driven (due to the increasing population and the improving economy). The future interplay of these factors will determine whether or not the 2004 peak will be surpassed in the future. Peak year(s).

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