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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. Just weeks before he died, Barroso organized and led a weeklong trip to Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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The IEEE Board of Directors shapes the future direction of IEEE and is committed to ensuring IEEE remains a strong and vibrant organization—serving the needs of its members and the engineering and technology community worldwide—while fulfilling the IEEE mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge. Currently, ASPIRE is organizing a challenge called The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC). The MBZIRC had two previous iterations that were organized by Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. There's a white-paper phase.

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Pollutant emitted by biomass burning found to cause DNA damage and lung cell death; the role of retene

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In fact, this manuscript is a sequel to an article published recently by our group characterizing in detail the chemical composition of the inhalable material whose health effects are investigated here. The results of this analysis were published in 2015 in the journal Atmospheric Environment. —de Oliveira Alves et al.

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New, more realistic simulator to improve self-driving vehicle safety before road testing

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Scientists from the University of Maryland (UMD), Baidu Research and the University of Hong Kong have developed a photo-realistic simulation system for training and validating self-driving vehicles. But to ensure safety, autonomous vehicles must evaluate and respond to the driving environment without fail. Resources. Wang, D.

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Baker Institute expert suggests assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed

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Assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed, according to a new article from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Instead of oil buttressing autocracy, the article argues that autocracy among oil exporters buttresses oil by encouraging consumption.

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