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Turning phone into charger UM receives Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper at ‘Chip Olympics’
The University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMS-VLSI) has achieved another breakthrough. The team has designed an innovative microelectronics chip, which can turn a wireless power receiver into a wireless power transmitter without additional hardware support. The paper received the 2017 Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 65th International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), commonly known as the ‘Chip Olympics’.
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Employment survey for November 2017 – January 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (1.8%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4%) dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (October-December 2017). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.4%, up by 0.1 percentage point.
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MICE statistics for the 4th quarter of 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 378 MICE events were held in the fourth quarter of 2017, including 354 meetings & conferences, 18 exhibitions and 6 incentives. Total number of participants and attendees was 694,000.
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Government approves extension of horse race concession
The Government has approved an extension of the city’s horse racing concession for a period of 24 years and six months, said today the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac.
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Applications for the Cultural Affairs Bureau “Academic Research Grant” open in March
The applications for the “Academic Research Grant”, launched by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), will be open from 1 March to 31 May, 2018.
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