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UMTRI study shows wide global variability in GHG emissions from operating an EV

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L/100 km) for a BEV; on the other extreme are Botswana and Gibraltar (which generate 100% of their electricity from coal and oil), each with 29.0 For example, Albania (which generates 100% of its electricity from hydroelectric power) would have an average 5,100.0 MPG ghg (0.05 MPG ghg (8.1 The corresponding value for the US is 55.4

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Giga Aims to Find and Connect the World’s Schools

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You know how many kilometers of fiber you’re going to deploy, how many switches, splitters, and other equipment you’ll need,” says Walid Mathlouthi , global lead of infrastructure mapping contribution to the project with ITU’s Future Networks and Spectrum Management.

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Elon Musk meets with the President of Namibia to talk Starlink

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” Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Currently, Starlink is available in a handful of countries in Africa, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and, as of Tuesday, Burundi.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. Maria Oden , also a bioengineering professor, founded the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies.

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