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HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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Mosaic’s technology, originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley, utilizes a cooperative binding process to produce highly selective MOF materials that require significantly less energy than competing technologies. The company plans, builds and operates eFuels plants in Chile, Uruguay, the US and Australia.

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The Violinist Who Fell in Love With Machine Learning

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Growing up in Montevideo, Uruguay, Orman excelled at both music and math, and he double-majored in the subjects at college. But music was his true passion and after university he pursued a career as a professional violinist, performing, teaching, and helping to record and produce other artists.

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The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades

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In August 1832, for instance, while the ship was anchored off Monte Video, Uruguay, First Lieutenant Bartholomew Sulivan described a strike that he witnessed while on deck: The mainmast, for the instant, appeared to be a mass of fire, I felt certain that the lightning had passed down the conductor on that mast.