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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Drinking water systems pose increasingly attractive targets as malicious hacker activity is on the rise globally , according to new warnings from security agencies around the world. In January, infiltrators linked to a Russian hacktivist group penetrated the water system of a Texas town near the New Mexico border.

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Honda tests Gen 2 prototype electric autonomous work vehicle with Black & Veatch

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Honda and Black & Veatch have successfully tested the prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) at a Black & Veatch construction site in New Mexico. The Honda AWV employs a suite of sensors to operate autonomously, using GPS for location, radar and lidar for obstacle detection and stereoscopic (3D) cameras for remote monitoring.

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Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

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According to the MOU, Howard intends to capture its carbon emissions at Javelina, avoiding atmospheric release which contributes to global warming. The company has corporate offices in San Antonio, Houston and Monterrey, Mexico.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water. This new global emission estimate is startling. Their work was part of a broader cross-site study of nitrogen processing in streams.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Systems (NEWT) will pursue high-performance and easy-to-deploy water treatment systems that can turn both wastewater and seawater into clean drinking water.

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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Audi operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in partnership with Joule. At this facility, microorganisms use water (brackish, salt or wastewater), sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce the high-purity fuels. Reinhard Otten (2013) Alternative Kraftstoffe der 3.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Water production. Clean water shipped to agriculture (regulated).

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