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President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled "historic" efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for US cars, forging a rare moment of unity between auto firms and environmentalists on climate change. "For the first time in history, we have set in motion a national policy aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing green house gas pollution for all new trucks and cars sold in the United St ... read more
New York (AFP) May 18, 2009US government-supported auto giants General Motors and Chrysler reacted positively Monday to news President Barack Obama aims to improve vehicle fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions with dramatic new standards. "Energy security and climate change are national priorities that require federal leadership and the president's direction makes sense for the country and the industry," sai ... more
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Washington (AFP) May 19, 2009US Energy Secretary Steven Chu pledged Tuesday the administration would pursue "clean coal" technology, even as it focuses research on alternatives such as wind and solar. The US coal industry and lawmakers from coal-mining states have mounted an aggressive campaign to promote investment in cleaner coal as President Barack Obama's administration takes tougher action on the environment. ... more 
Barvikha, Russia (AFP) May 19, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg met Tuesday for talks on the Arctic, amid growing international interest in the region's vast energy resources. "Our countries are northern, Arctic. The region's development depends how we carry out a coordinated position on the development of the Arctic," Medvedev told Stoltenberg at his residence outside Moscow ... more  
Wellington (AFP) May 20, 2009Recent attacks on Chinese shopkeepers in Papua New Guinea are the latest instance of Chinese-owned businesses becoming a target amid social unrest in the Pacific Islands, analysts say. The anti-Chinese violence in PNG was sparked by a protest march last week in the capital Port Moresby, where demonstrators complained about the number of Asians, especially Chinese, moving into business. ... more 
Kinmen, Taiwan (AFP) May 19, 2009From the Taiwanese island of Kinmen, it is easy to see across the water to China's industrial and trading city of Xiamen, just a few kilometres away on the mainland. For years, the mine-strewn island was a symbol of the tense relations between China and Taiwan, which split at the end of their civil war in 1949. Chinese troops would fire shells across to the island, where Taiwanese forces ... more |
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Industrial TOPCon silicon cell sets new efficiency benchmarkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic industry, and tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures are rapidly gaining market share because they offer strong perf ... more  
Hybrid perovskite device taps power from sun and rainLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Seville, has developed a hybrid energy harvesting device that ... more 
Defect networks boost performance of next generation perovskite solar cellsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution processed lead halide perovskites continue to defy expectations as highly efficient solar cell materials, with performance now approaching ... more
 
US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma powerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depend ... more 
US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 A national strategy for research on liquid metals in fusion energy systems is taking shape in the United States following a two day meeting at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab ... more 
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Scientists using advanced computer models have solved a long-standing puzzle about how hot plasma exhaust behaves inside tokamak fusion devices, a finding that could help future reactors withstand d ... more |
Lake Skinner CA (SPX) May 20, 2009Solar-powered boats built and raced by teams of high school students from Canyon High School, Anaheim, and Savanna High School, Anaheim, have won the veteran and newcomer divisions in the seventh-annual Solar Cup competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and local water agencies. Sprint races, during which teams use solar energy stored in batteries to ... more 
Buffalo NY (SPX) May 20, 2009National Semiconductor has announced a partnership with Solmetric, an innovative developer of test and measurement tools for solar installations. Solmetric has developed a software tool to estimate the energy production of solar arrays, including installations outfitted with National's SolarMagic power optimizers. National's SolarMagic power optimizers enable solar panels to produce maximu ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 19, 2009China announced Tuesday a massive expansion of subsidies for people who buy new cars and home appliances this year, state media said, in the government's latest bid to lift the crisis-battered economy. The State Council, or cabinet, decided to increase the money available to subsidise car replacements to five billion yuan (733 million dollars) from one billion yuan when the programme was ann ... more |
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Japan to deploy counter-strike missiles closer to ChinaTokyo (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Japan will deploy a batch of long-range, counter-strike missiles in a southwest region near China by the end of March, officials said Monday. ... more 
NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspaceAnkara (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 NATO said it shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran in Turkish airspace on Monday, prompting a stern warning from Turkey to Tehran not to take 'provocative steps'. ... more 
Italy to send air-defence aid to Gulf countries; France allowing US aircraft on some Mideast basesRome (AFP) Mar 5, 2026 Italy will send air-defence assistance to Gulf countries hit by Iranian strikes launched in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday. ... more
 
Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear wasteTokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said. ... more 
US opposes UN nuclear watchdog resolution on Ukraine power grid strikesVienna (AFP) Mar 5, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body passed a resolution on Thursday - overcoming US opposition - expressing concern over 'repeated and intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure' posing a 'threat to nuclear safety', according to diplomatic sources. ... more 
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more
  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more 
Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN expertsGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more |
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