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Air Liquide launches second Scientific Challenge on essential small molecules; hydrogen in two out of three topics

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Following the success of the first edition which mobilized 130 academic and startup partners, Air Liquide has launched a second Scientific Challenge designed to advance research in an open innovation approach. An Air Liquide scientific prize coupled with a €50,000 grant will be awarded to each of the laureates at the end of 2018.

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Video Friday: Automotive Artistry

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ABB Robotics has collaborated with two world-renowned artists, eight-year-old Indian child prodigy Advait Kolarkar and Dubai-based digital design collective Illusorr, to create the world’s first robot-painted art car. If you think this might be able to help you (and you live in Switzerland), Emovo is currently offering free trials.

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UNECE Adopts Type Approval for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles’ Electric Safety Requirements; Applies in 41 Countries

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1” is replaced by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted/extended/refused/withdrawn approval. The first two digits of the approval number (01) indicate that the approval was granted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation No. Generic format of the approval mark pursuant to Regulation No. Click to enlarge.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

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The hot springs I visited in Nevada are the only purely wild hot springs in the book — the only bathing places without someone granting admission or monitoring the flow of visitors. 7132 Thermal Baths, Switzerland The baths at 7132 Hotel in Vals, Switzerland, are an austere, Brutalist shrine to hot water.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

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Some years later, I had the good fortune of visiting the huge headquarters of the cipher machine company Crypto AG (CAG), in Steinhausen, Switzerland, and befriending a high-level cryptographer there. The H-4605 was designed with NSA assistance. I was fascinated. It mentioned a 1963 cipher machine, the HX-63. National Security Agency.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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In contrast, an autonomous understanding system could help reengineer the warehouse design to further increase performance in the same space. Each system should be designed to fail safely and securely so as to minimize the impact on adjacent components. Zero Trust Applied to Chip Design.

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New diamine-appended MOFs can capture CO2 for half or less of the energy cost of current materials

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As we will show, the resulting mmen-M 2 (dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn) compounds, here designated ‘phase-change’ adsorbents, can have highly desirable characteristics that make them superior to other solid or liquid sorbents for the efficient capture of CO 2. —McDonald et al.

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