Across the great divide
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The Alberta SuperNet is remarkable new communications network that could make long-distance learning possible in the remote Canadian outback. The SuperNet could be a great boon to Alberta's critical oil and gas industry.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
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U.S. earth-sensing satellites left out in the cold
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The decrease in National Aeronautics and Space Administration's budget for earth-sensing satellites, in view of its focus on space shuttles and the development of International Space Station, is discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2007
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Showdown on the energy frontier
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The future of the Russian government's relations with foreign investors is discussed, in the light of the recent negotiations between OAO Gazprom and Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Companies.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2006
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