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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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The University of Sunderland (UK), working with a consortium of five other research partners from Italy, Spain and Germany, has been selected for funding by the €1-billion (US$1.4-billion) Source: University of Sunderland. Elmarakbi is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Automotive Composites.).

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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Fossil fuels still represent 90 percent of Azerbaijans exports and up to 50 percent of its GDP, according to the International Energy Agency. Now, the village draws power partially from the Garadagh plant, and university groups come to Garadagh almost every week to learn how solar plants work in practice, he says.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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In the morning, my working day usually began with a lecture to students at the university, and in the afternoon, I spent teaching classes at the college. I was involved in work on national standardization and work with international organizations such as IEEE, IEC, EBU, ITU, OSA and others.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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—Co-author Professor Thomas Münzel, of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Centre Mainz. Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population.

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Tragedy Spurred the First Effective Land-Mine Detector

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After receiving a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1933, Kosacki completed his year-long mandatory service with the army. With Warsaw under German occupation, Kosacki and his unit were captured and taken to an internment camp in Hungary. He died in 1990.

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