Company aims to expand beyond upstream oil & gas market.
Veolia to supply effluent treatment facility for Pretium Resources Brucejack gold mine in Canada
Brucejack is one of the largest and highest-grading undeveloped gold projects in the world with commercial production targeted for 2017.
Water Research Foundation releases RFPs, seeks volunteers for new projects
Research topics include water loss control, communication on cyanotoxins, water and wastewater capacity charge programs, and fostering sustainable relationships between clean water agencies and the community.
USDA furnishes $25M water system investment in Iowa
Treatment plant upgrades include such things as new trash screens, new grit removal systems and pumps, as well as an enlarged flow equalization basin.
IWA names d’Arras of Suez Water Europe as new president
The International Water Association has named as its new president Diane d’Arras, executive vice president, Suez Water Europe.
1nm gate-length MoS2 transistors could spell the end of silicon
Silicon’s elasticity has been under threat for some time and a joint paper in Science from UC Berkeley, Stanford, the Lawrence Berkeley National University and the University of Texas could spell the end of the silicon story.
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TSMC bids for process leadership
TSMC looks like it’s bidding for process leadership with the revelation of co-CEO Mark Liu that it is starting volume production on 10nm this year, and volume production on 7nm in 2018
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The Airbus Factory of the Future
See how National Instruments is improving airplane production efficiency.
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Corrupt Public Officials Are What Yanks Fear Most
You’d have thought that what most Americans are most dreading is their choice of President next month but, according to CB Insights, this is what the Americans are most afraid of: The top ten fears are: Corrupt government officials 60.6 Terrorist Attack/Manmade Disasters 41 Not having enough money for the future. 39.9 Terrorism/Crime 38.5 Government …
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Royal Academy of Engineering brexit report
I sometimes despair that our government has to make decisions based on facts. Because so few politicians or MPs appear to have any real grasp of statistics or numbers. That said, there are a few people who can understand numbers near the government, and there are some very good Lords* – Gus O’Donnell, for example, knows …
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