From smart watches and meditation apps to digital assistants and social media platforms, we interact with technology daily. And some of these technologies have become an essential part of our social and professional lives. In exchange for access to their digital products and services, many tech companies collect and use our
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University of Houston researchers are developing a program to teach small-scale, underserved and limited resources (SULR) farmers how to improve their crop production by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon removal. The work is supported by a nearly $5 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources
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Decklar Resources Inc. and its co-venturer Millenium Oil & Gas Company Limited have announced the execution of additional crude oil sale and purchase agreements and to provide updates regarding crude oil delivery operations at the Oza Oil Field in Nigeria. Under the arrangement, the firms will deliver an additional 150,000 barrels
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave a presidential order to the Ministry of Power and other relevant agencies to ensure that Nigerians have access to affordable electricity. Speaking while inaugurating the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project constructed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to supply 50 megawatts of electricity to
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Surface waves from earthquakes, explosions and other human activity can propagate out from an epicenter, wreaking havoc as they go. Controlling such waves could prevent damage and destruction. At much smaller scales, surface wave filtering and manipulation could induce desirable properties in miniature electronic devices. Now, Penn State College of
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As part of the SimPerm project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed an innovative measuring technique for reliably determining the permeation rate of films. For the first time, the permeation rate of water vapor and oxygen can be detected simultaneously. Manufacturers, users
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Treasury management is a crucial aspect of any financial management strategy as it plays a vital role in ensuring the financial stability, longevity and success of a project or organisation. In the ever-changing and volatile crypto market, treasury management can prove to be a lifesaving strategy for crypto projects, enabling them
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Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires more than doubled in 2021, pointing towards a worrying new trend that could exacerbate climate change, scientists have said. Boreal forests, or taiga, is a biome characterised by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. While they typically account for 10 per cent of
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Swedish power giant Vattenfall did a two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland – here’s what it found. The aim of the 115-page study, which took place at Vattenfall’s 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, aka the European Offshore Wind Deployment Center, was: …to improve our understanding
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The UK needs a national hydrogen transport strategy to support its decarbonisation plan and efforts to meet net zero, an industry body has said. In the future, hydrogen could be used to fuel vehicles where current battery technologies struggle to provide enough power density such as planes and heavy goods trucks. Hydrogen
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