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New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

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Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations.

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New technique for modeling auto-ignition characteristics of bioethanol-blended gasolines

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Researchers at KAUST in Saudi Arabia, with colleagues from Saudi Aramco and the National University of Ireland Galway, have developed a new method for investigating the auto-ignition behavior of bioethanol-blended gasolines. —Lee et al. Nasir, E.F., Kalghatgi, G. Sarathy, S.M., 2017.07.034.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. The fundamental concept is to never trust and always verify the provenance of each request.

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