U.K.-based Fractal Edge makes so-called fractal maps of desktop files.

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Some of the most cutting edge work in K-12 is being led by social entrepreneurs starting new private schools to eliminate the achievement gaps among underserved students, like Rocketship Education in the US, Spark Schools in South Africa and Innova Schools in Peru.

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Critically, First Solar executive vice-president T K Kallenbach insists the company will not have to share its cutting-edge PV technology with domestic competitors, as many Western renewables players seeking to enter the vast Chinese market have been forced to do .

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