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Volvo Car Corporation developing new safety systems with autonomous driving support

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A research project within Volvo Car Corporation in collaboration with the Department of Signals and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology is developing Intersection Support, a system which alerts and automatically brakes for crossing traffic when necessary. In the US 21.5% Sweden reported 47,000 animal collisions in 2010.

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Norway-US Project Developing Diesel/Biodiesel, Cool Flame Reformer and Solid-Acid Fuel Cell APU

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Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc., The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway under its RENERGI program. NPS acquired licensing rights to the cool flame reformer technology developed at RWTH Aachen University in the late 1990s. SAFCell Inc., Cool flame reformer.

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Sapa opens up automotive-focused extruded aluminum R&D center in Michigan

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Norway-based aluminum company Sapa is opening an automotive-focused R&D laboratory—Sapa Technology Americas—in Michigan, dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. —Hein Meling, a computer science professor at the University of Stavanger and co-author of the paper.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The University of Texas at Austin. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire on the project. University of Washington. University of Oregon. DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?. DOE Investment: approximately $390,000. ?

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Institution: University of South Florida.

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US and Japan successfully complete Arctic field trial of gas hydrate production technology using CO2-methane exchange within structure

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) partnered with ConocoPhillips and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) on the test, which was the first field trial of a methane hydrate production methodology whereby CO 2 was exchanged in situ with the methane molecules within a methane hydrate structure.

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