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Glitter-Sized Solar PVs Produce Competitive ResultsAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 08, 2010 Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened to flexible substrates molded around unusual shapes, such as clothing. The solar particles, fabricated of crystalline silicon ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2010The French state-controlled nuclear engineering group Areva is about to shed its 25.78-percent interest in nickel mining company Eramet to the strategic investment fund (FSI), press reports said on Thursday. Eramet, which notably has big nickel mining interests in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, would transfer its interest imminently to the FSI, an entity created by the French ... more  
Kingston, Jamaica (UPI) Jan 7, 2009 China has taken over from Saudi Arabia the lease of a giant crude oil storage facility in the Caribbean that gives Beijing unprecedented access to fuel and oil markets in the Americas, including the United States and Canada, officials said. The acquisition by PetroChina, the publicly listed arm of the China National Petroleum Corp., was the second oil-related regional Chinese deal to ... more  
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jan 08, 2010Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. Their paper was published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal. According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College o ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2010The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher standards for how much smog can be in the air, a move the US agency said would save money and protect health, especially in children. "EPA is stepping up to protect Americans from one of the most persistent and widespread pollutants we face. Smog in the air we breathe poses a very serious health threat, especially to children ... more 
New Orleans (UPI) Jan 7, 2009 A study of a warm Gulf Stream current in the Gulf of Mexico could aid oil and gas offshore drilling activities in the gulf, a U.S. government agency says. The Minerals Management Service study, conducted with the Louisiana State University's Coastal Marine Institute, will help scientists "better understand the Loop Current and improve our forecasting of its behavior in the Gulf of Mexic ... more  
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2010The halo of dark matter surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy is shaped something like a gigantic, flattened cosmic beachball, astronomers has announced. The report is being presented to the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, by Dr. David R. Law (Hubble Fellow at UCLA) and co-authors Drs. Steven Majewski (University of Virginia) and Kathryn Johnston (Columbia University). ... more |
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