Top Stories Of The Week: March 15-19
A roundup of this week's top stories
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Skybrators: bladeless turbines hope to reinvent wind energy
Spanish tech startup Vortex Bladeless has developed a way for wind turbines to generate energy without the need for blades and without the often harmful impacts of large wind farms...
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More countries opt to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine despite WHO protests
Germany, France and Italy announced on Monday they would be suspending the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after being linked with one death and dozens of reported blood clots as possible side-effects coming in from multiple countries...
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Bosch eyes June opening for new semiconductor plant in Dresden
German engineering and technology company Bosch has said that everything is on track to open its new semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany, in June. The facility will allow Bosch to target the rapidly growing demand from Europe's automotive...
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Cyprus, Greece, Israel ink deal for world's longest subsea interconnector
A project to construct the world's longest and deepest underwater power interconnector has been given the green light as the governments of Greece, Cyprus and Israel ink a deal to link their electrical grids and allow for greater energy...
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Danone drops Faber as chairman following shareholder shakeup
French foods group Danone has announced it has removed CEO Emmanuel Faber from both his role as company chairman and CEO following a shareholder shakeup...
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UK exports to EU drop as Brexit disrupts trade
The UK's trade with the EU hit an all-time low in January as exports into the EU fell by 40% while imports saw a tumble, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)...
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Open Call: Digital twins for Europe's manufacturing SMEs
DIGITbrain Project, which is funded by the EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020, aims to enable small and medium-sized European manufacturing companies (SMEs) to benefit from AI-based Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS)...