95 water quality improvement projects will benefit from the latest round of funding.

Collection of new products of special interest to the industrial water and wastewater markets.

The fourth discovery of an organ or tissue a Detroit wastewater treatment plant this month has been identified as deer heart, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office. 

At 1,266, the SOX has risen 32% this year, 92% in the last two years and still, say experts, has some steam left in it. Of all the 11 S&P sectors semiconductors grew most last year. Strong earnings, M&A and the memory undersupply have driven the SOX and none of these are played out yet.. …

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Apple has published an apology to customers for issuing software upgrades which throttle iPhone performance to prevent them shutting down randomly as they age. Apple can avoid this problem by replacing the battery and is offering $50 replacement batteries for $29. In the New Year, Apple will issue guidelines on how to tell if an …

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Lithium is becoming one of the most sort after minerals in the world  because of its use in batteries. Usage is expected to double by 2025. Fortunately, lithium carbonate seems to be fairly widely distributed across the world. The countries with the biggest annual output of lithium carbonate, measured in metric tons, are: Australia 76,104 …

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Softbank, Dragoneer and other investors are to pay existing Uber shareholders $10 billion for a stake of around 20% in Uber. The deal values Uber at $48 billion compared to the last valuation at which Uber raised money which was $68 billion. It is thought that Softbank will take 15% of the investment with Dragoneer …

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As the 70s progressed,  the failure of the UK to master the semiconductor industry caused increasing concern in official circles. The problem was referred to the Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development (ACARD) . In 1978, ACARD produced a report called ‘The Applications of Semi-conductor Technology’. “If we neglect or reject it as a …

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Today, Amazon WorkSpaces is making two new features available. First, you can now configure how much storage your WorkSpaces get when you launch them, and increase the storage for a running WorkSpace at any time. Second, you can now change the hardware bundle that your WorkSpace is running on with a simple reboot. All of your applications, data, and storage stay the same, but now you can move to a more powerful bundle to support resource-intensive applications, or move to a less powerful bundle to save costs. With these features, Amazon WorkSpaces now provides additional flexibility to support the diverse needs of end users, while still helping you optimize your costs.  

‘There is no interest or plan to export water to the U.S.,’ Mexican officials said.