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OCSiAl launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility in Serbia in 1H 2023

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OCSiAl, the world’s largest manufacturer of graphene nanotubes ( earlier post ), is launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, in the first half of 2023. The graphene nanotube synthesis facility in Serbia will leverage OCSiAl’s unique production technology.

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UNECE to align heavy-duty vehicle engine emissions requirements with Euro VI

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The others are the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). 29) in June 2012 for its final adoption.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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births per woman, on average, over a lifetime in sub-Saharan Africa (4.6), Oceania excluding Australia/New Zealand (3.4), Northern Africa and Western Asia (2.9), and Central and Southern Asia (2.4). (A The global fertility rate, which fell from 3.2 births per woman in 1990 to 2.5 in 2019, is projected to decline further to 2.2

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U.S. vs. China Rivalry Boosts Tech—and Tensions

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Six years later, he established Microsoft Research Asia , the company’s largest basic and applied computer-research institute outside the United States. In 2012, Zhang Yiming , a Microsoft Research Asia alum , founded the video-sharing platform’s parent company, ByteDance , which today is one of the world’s most successful AI companies.

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