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Swept Wings: The Breakthrough To Modern AviationBonn, Germany (SPX\) Dec 16, 2009 The fact that intercontinental air travel with acceptable flight times is an everyday occurrence today is due to an apparently simple idea: the swept wing. Seventy years ago, the advantages of a swept wing in comparison to an unswept or straight one was experimentally demonstrated for the first time at the Aerodynamics Research Institute in Gottingen, the precursor of today's German Aerospace ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009China on Tuesday kicked off construction on one of the world's longest bridges linking southern Guangdong province to Hong Kong and Macau, a move seen to boost economic ties, state media reported. The Y-shaped Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which Chinese officials presented as "the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world", spans nearly 50 kilometres (30 miles), the Xinhua news agency said. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Beijing will see more than four million vehicles registered on its roads this weekend, state media said Tuesday, with around 2,000 new cars sold daily in the increasingly affluent Chinese capital. The number of cars currently in Beijing, famed for its traffic jams and high levels of pollution, hit 3.99 million as of Sunday, according to the municipal traffic management bureau, official news ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2009China's holdings of US Treasury bonds held steady in November, according to data Tuesday showing a drop in net purchases of US securities along with a net outflow of capital. China's holdings remained unchanged in November at 798.9 billion dollars. China is the largest holder of US Treasury bonds, followed by Japan, whose holdings fell to 746.5 billion dollars from, 751.5 billion a month ... more |
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Toronto (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Canadian physicists say they have discovered new behaviors of light occurring within photonic crystals. University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Professor Sajeev John and doctoral student Xun Ma said their findings could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that don't overheat. "We discovered that by sculpting a unique artificial vacuum ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Vietnam and Russia signed a major arms deal and a nuclear energy agreement on Tuesday, in a sign of reviving ties between Moscow and its former Soviet-era ally in Southeast Asia. Hanoi agreed to buy Russian-made submarines and aircraft in the arms deal, which was signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung. ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 10, 2009Panasonic Corp. announced Thursday it had secured a controlling stake in smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. in a 4.6-billion-dollar takeover that revamps Japan's troubled electronics industry. The deal gives Panasonic Sanyo's coveted environmental technologies such as rechargeable batteries -- seen as a promising sector given growing concerns about global warming. Panasonic said it would ... more |
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 New Home Green Materials Adds DECK Monitoring To Solar Line-Up   Europe piles pressure on China, US at climate summit   US House approves Iran energy sector sanctions bill |
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