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European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

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The strain of archaea used in Electrochaea’s P2G process has been adapted for industrial application by Prof. Laurens Mets at the University of Chicago. This hydrogen is then fed to a separate bioreactor containing the archaea along with carbon dioxide from a biogenic or industrial source.

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Swiss team finds particle emissions from aircraft turbine engines at ground-idle induce oxidative stress in bronchial cells

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Now, in addition to already investigated particle sources such as emissions from heating systems, industry and road traffic, aircraft turbine engine particle emissions have, in the wake of increasing air traffic, also become more important. Image: University of Bern /SR Technics Switzerland AG.

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Swiss team concludes that particulate filters should be mandatory for GDI engines

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The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. The results of the GasOMeP project were presented during a conference held at the Empa Academy in late March.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Technical Achievements

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IEEE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AWARD Sponsors: the IEEE Circuits and Systems , Engineering in Medicine and Biology , and Signal Processing societies NIRMALA (NIMMI) RAMANUJAM Duke University Durham, N.C. IEEE RICHARD HAROLD KAUFMANN AWARD Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications Society EWALD F. IEEE JAMES L. IEEE ANDREW S.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences had used an open-source standard known as RISC-V to reduce malfunctions in chips for cloud computing and smart cars, the patent filing shows. The most common standards are controlled by Western companies: x86, dominated by U.S. billion to that point.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. University of Nevada, Reno. ETH Zurich, Switzerland. University of California, Berkeley. Flyability, Switzerland. Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. California State University Channel Islands. Team CERBERUS. Team CERBERUS.

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Empa recommends buying diesel vehicles only if Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d

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On 1 September 2017, new emissions regulations for passenger vehicles come into force in the EU and Switzerland. Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research for Industry, Construction and Commerce, recommends buying diesel vehicles only if they have been approved in accordance with Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d.

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