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Monsanto, BASF Scientists Discover Gene Conferring Drought Tolerance in Corn Plants

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Monsanto Company and BASF scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring gene that can help corn plants combat drought conditions and confer yield stability during periods of inadequate water supplies. Submissions in other import markets will follow in the months to come.

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Volvo Begins Trials of Hybrid Buses in Brazil and Mexico

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After Curitiba, the Volvo 7700 Hybrid will be tested in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and later also in Bogotá, Colombia. It will also feature at a conference on sustainable transports in Mexico City and at the COP 16 climate conference in Cancun.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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SEAT President Luca de Meo also announced at the company’s annual media conference that the CUPRA Formentor, the new CUV that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, will be built at the Martorell factory. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant.

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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This experience has been a profound learning opportunity,” says Leonardo Vergara, a systems engineering student at Universidad del Norte , Barranquilla, in Colombia. “My The celebration kicked off during the IEEE Rising Stars conference, held from 5 to 7 January in Las Vegas.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021. We can already see the EV growth; more than 3.24 million EVs were sold worldwide in 2020, compared to 2.6

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Because such properties can confer faster growth, this project addresses a challenge posed by the long generation time of trees through fast and cost-effective nontransgenic genetic manipulation. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia. Genomic and Breeding Foundations for Bioenergy Sorghum Hybrids.