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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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The Apollo participants will test the second generation of Evatran’s technology, improved through the first phase of the pProgram, launched in March 2012 with Google, Hertz, Duke Energy, Clemson University, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture.

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Breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat

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This research is a collaborative project between CSIRO, NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of Adelaide, the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology. The results are published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Dr. Rana Munns. Matthew Gilliham.

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Australia Reels From Split Weather System, Suffers Effect Of “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”

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Southern Cities See Record Temperatures, Little Water. Buckled train tracks and sagging power lines interrupted much of the city’s passenger train service, and residents were advised to conserve water. We’ve seen blackouts, disruptions to many of our transport systems, greater water consumption and of course, more sleepless nights.”

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