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Study Probes Link Between Magnetism And SuperconductivityHouston TX (SPX) Dec 15, 2010 European and U.S. physicists this week are offering up the strongest evidence yet that magnetism is the driving force behind unconventional superconductivity. The findings by researchers from Rice University, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPfS) in Dresden, Germany, and other institutions were published online in Nature Physics. The findings follow more than three decades of research by the team that discovered unconventional superconductivity in 1979. That breakthrou ... read more |
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  Portugal has no funding problems: PM Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said his country can still raise funds from the markets despite the eurozone debt crisis because investors understand the reforms the government has introduced. ... more | .. |
 China 2011 inflation to hit 4 percent: government researcher China's consumer prices are expected to rise around four percent next year, a government researcher said Tuesday, warning economic uncertainties abroad could hinder Beijing's efforts to curb inflation. ... more | .. |
  Britain offers state grants for electric cars The British government on Tuesday launched state grants aimed at encouraging motorists to buy environmentally-friendly electric cars made by leading manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota. ... more | .. |
  Abound Solar To Build Largest Thin-Film Solar Module Manufacturing Plant In USA Abound Solar has announced that it has leased a 781,750 square foot facility in Tipton, Ind., where it will be establishing a solar module manufacturing plant. Abound Solar was able to complete the ... more |
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 NRG To Acquire 290MW Agua Caliente Solar Project NRG Energy and First Solar have announced that NRG, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRG Solar, has agreed to acquire the 290-megawatt (MW) Agua Caliente solar project from First Solar. The proj ... more | .. |
 US DoD Selects Skyline Solar To Install High Gain Solar Arrays Skyline Solar has announced that the company has been awarded a project by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the deployment of HGS systems at two domestic military bases. The object of ... more | .. |
 Geological Society of America Installs Solar Array The Geological Society of America (GSA) recently unveiled a 65 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar energy system at its Boulder headquarters. The new array will provide the GSA with 88 megawatt hours per ye ... more | .. |
 SolarReserve Advances Permitting For Arizona Solar Project SolarReserve has announced it has received two Certificates of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) from the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee for its Crossroads Solar Energy P ... more |
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  Asia to lead world office building: report Asia will lead the world in developing new office space as firms shift focus away from lacklustre markets in Europe and North America, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Less Than They Are Worth Carsten Beier from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen, Germany does not believe that "anyone would burn a 50-dollar bill just to keep warm ... more | .. |
 Mentally disabled workers enslaved in China factory Authorities have shut down a factory in western China where 11 workers, most of them mentally disabled, were allegedly enslaved for years in deplorable conditions, state press said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 GE invests in Brazil's oil drilling sector General Electric has agreed to spend $1.3 billion to purchase Wellstream Holdings, a British subsea pipeline manufacturer active in Brazil. ... more |
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 Hundreds clash over Taiwan petrochemical project Hundreds of supporters and opponents of a controversial plan to build a petrochemical complex clashed in central Taiwan Tuesday as the government held a public hearing into the project. ... more | .. |
 US, China talk trade despite tensions Top US and Chinese officials opened trade talks here Tuesday amid persistent tensions between the world's two largest economies over currency issues and allegations of protectionism. ... more | .. |
  Mitsubishi to produce nuclear fuel in US with AREVA Japan's Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. said Tuesday it had established a 50-50 venture in the United States with French industrial group AREVA to produce nuclear fuel for pressurised water reactors. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough' Taiwanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled an advanced microchip technology which they claimed marks a breakthrough in piling ever more memory into ever smaller spaces. ... more |
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Areva head opposes new capital increase The head of French nuclear group Areva voiced opposition Tuesday to a fresh capital increase, insisting the company had sufficient liquidity following a 900-million-euro (1.17-billion-dollar) capital hike last week. ... more | .. |
 Earthshaking Possibilities May Limit Underground Storage Of CO2 Storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide underground in an effort to combat global warming may not be easy to do because of the potential for triggering small- to moderate-sized earthquakes, accord ... more | .. |
  Capasso Lab Demonstrates Highly Unidirectional Whispering Gallery Microlasers Utilizing a century-old phenomenon discovered in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, applied scientists at Harvard University have demonstrated, for the first time, highly collimated unidirectional microl ... more | .. |
  Who Uses The Most Electricity In Germany Since 1990, the consumption of electricity in Germany has risen by about one third. Despite more efficient household appliances - for example, refrigerators, energy-saving light bulbs and computers, ... more |
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  Rice Researchers Take Temperature Of Molecule You can touch a functioning light bulb and know right away that it's hot. Ouch! But you can't touch a single molecule and get the same feedback. Rice University researchers say they have the n ... more | .. |
 Assessing The Environmental Effects Of Tidal Turbines Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined, but countries are only now putting it into practice. A demonstration project planned for Puget Sound will be the first tidal energy projec ... more | .. |
 China looks to Argentina for oil Chinese oil giant China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, agreed to buy all of Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s assets in Argentina for $2.45 billion, the company said. ... more | .. |
 Seven-Year Moratorium On Gulf Oil Drilling An Unwise Decision The Obama administration's decision to maintain a ban on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is a mistake, according to a University of Illinois expert ... more |
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