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Statoil and ExxonMobil announce large deepwater gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania. Statoil announced on 17 February that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. —Tim Dodson, executive vice president for Exploration in Statoil.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Beijing in China, São Paulo in Brazil). Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Beijing in China, São Paulo in Brazil). Kathmandu in Nepal, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania). Breakdown of the 841 large cities by country income-levels: 353 cities (42.0%) from high-income countries (e.g. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan).

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Providing cancer care to underserved communities Richards-Kortum became interested in developing technology for underserved communities in Africa in 2006 after attending the opening of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. The experience changed her life, she says.

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

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Some of the world’s cities suffer disproportionate economic losses because of the health consequences of in-car air pollution, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK). The international study assessed economic losses by measuring a city’s death rate caused by PM 2.5

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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It’s really up to the battery manufacturers and the automakers as to which physical configuration to use, and then of course the internal chemistry configuration. There are cylindrical cells, pouch cells and prismatic cells. It’s all based on what the battery manufacturers think is the best for their application.

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