Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

Announcement – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

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Global

GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

Chicago — October 13, 2024 — GE HealthCare will take a leadership role in Synthia, a consortium project to evaluate synthetic data generation methods, both for the creation of synthetic datasets and for their use in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. GE Healthcare will join other healthcare industry organizations including Gates Ventures, NovoNordisk, and Pfizer and we well as academic partners including La … Continue reading GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

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Europe

EUR 72.6 million in investment aid granted to 13 clean energy projects

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Publication date 14.10.2024 – Press Release The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, EUR 28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration … Continue reading EUR 72.6 million in investment aid granted to 13 clean energy projects

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Europe

Save energy, increase power and efficiency: high-performance PPA by BASF for next-generation IGBT semi-conductors

For next-generation power electronics, BASF has developed a polyphthalamide(PPA) that is especially suited for manufacturing housings of IGBT (insulated-gatebipolar transistor) semi-conductors. Ultramid® Advanced N3U41 G6 addresses thegrowing demand for high-performance, reliable electronic components for e.g.,electric vehicles, high-speed trains, smart manufacturing and the generation ofrenewable energy. Semikron Danfoss, a global technology leader in powerelectronics, now uses the BASF PPA as housing in its Semitrans 10 IGBT … Continue reading Save energy, increase power and efficiency: high-performance PPA by BASF for next-generation IGBT semi-conductors

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Europe, Middle East

VEON Announces Plan to Move its Headquarters to Dubai International Financial Center

Dubai and Amsterdam, 14 October 2024: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Group”), today announces that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to move the VEON Group headquarters from Amsterdam to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where VEON’s expanding operational hub has been located since early 2022. With the move of its headquarters to its hub in … Continue reading VEON Announces Plan to Move its Headquarters to Dubai International Financial Center

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