Ifremer, a French research institute which operates the Nautile, said it had signed a contract with the Spanish authorities to check the effectiveness of a previous operation to secure the wreck's leaking hull.

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And it recently signed a contract with China's biggest nickel producer, Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals.

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On May 25, fusion power research startup Lawrenceville Plasma Physics announced that it had signed a contract for research collaboration in nuclear fusion with the Plasma Physics Research Center of I.

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