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Energy ministers agree to help speed up global deployment of carbon capture and storage

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At a meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group chaired by Australia and the UK. A number of actions have already been initiated in support of the CCUS Action Group’s recommendations.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters.

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President’s Note: Forging Partnerships will Sharpen IEEE’s Edge

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These engagements at the grassroots level provide better insights into understanding the community’s needs and what resources could help advance members’ professional lives. I spoke at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP27) last year and will be speaking at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates in December.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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NO 2 ’s contribution exceeded 20% in 92 cities located in both developed and emerging economies. The country with the highest percentage of traffic pollution-attributable childhood asthma incidence was South Korea (31%), followed Kuwait (30%), Qatar (30%), United Arab Emirates (30%), and Bahrain (26%).

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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More broadly, ASPIRE’s aim for these grand technical challenges is to fast track the development of innovative technologies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Emirates want to move from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, according to Morrish.

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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer

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I was fortunate to work with mainframes during my second year as an electrical engineering student in the United Arab Emirates University at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, in 1986. It eventually led to the creation of LANs and wide-area networks, enabling the sharing of resources and information across organizations.