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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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This represents just under two times the total annual world cobalt production, nearly the entire world production of neodymium, three quarters the world’s lithium production and at least half of the world’s copper production during 2018. Associate Professor Dan Smith, Applied and Environmental Geology, University of Leicester.

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Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. The study was funded by the European Union within the framework of the H2020 program (ACTRIS-2), the German Federal Environment Agency (WCCAP), IRD France (CHARME) and the Swedish funding agencies FORMAS and STINT. Environ. , Andrade, M.,

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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Source: University of Leicester. Source: University of Leicester. Cooper, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, chairs the TOAR Steering Committee and has been working to develop the assessment since 2014. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Owen Cooper.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. She has had a long career in academia, is a science advisor to the U.S.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. She has had a long career in academia, is a science advisor to the U.S.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. The 17 teams hailed from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.