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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network. Saracco left the museum in 2011 to join EIT Digital as the president of its Italian branch in Trento.

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New enhanced quasi-dimensional combustion model for HSDI diesel engines

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A team at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy) has developed and validated a quasi-dimensional combustion model applicable to any type of high-speed direct-injection (HSDI) diesel engine. International Journal of Engine Research 12: 311-335 doi: 10.1177/1468087411401285. —Perini and Mattarelli.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, setting off the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At the 1895 International Geographical Congress, Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed setting up a worldwide network of seismological stations. Subduction along this plate triggered the 9.0-magnitude

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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Congestion is one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban agglomerations, usually above a threshold of about 1 million inhabitants, notes Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue at Hofstra University. A 2013 survey by parking provider APCOA found that the search for parking space in Germany on average requires 10 minutes, in Italy, 15 minutes.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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