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January 10, 2011
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Sulphur Proves Important In Formation Of Gold Mines
London, Canada (SPX) Jan 10, 2011
Collaborating with an international research team, an economic geologist from The University of Western Ontario has discovered how gold-rich magma is produced, unveiling an all-important step in the formation of gold mines. The findings were published in the December issue of Nature Geoscience. Robert Linnen, the Robert Hodder Chair in Economic Geology in Western's Department of Earth Sciences conducts research near Kirkland Lake, Ontario and says the results of the study could lead to a bre ... read more

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BIO FUEL

Biofuel Grasslands Better For Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Study Finds Energy Limits Global Economic Growth
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TECH SPACE

Supercomputer Unravels Structures In DVD Materials
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Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors
Diatoms shown to absorb and store uranium inside cells
Self assembled monolayer boosts performance of lead free tin perovskite solar cells
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TECH SPACE

Developing Bio-Based Polymers That Heal Cracks
Michael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies. Kessl ... more
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BIO FUEL

Pratt And Whitney Military Engines Power Biofuel Tests For USAF
A Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-220 engine recently powered its first biofuel test flight of a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This flight test, powered by alternative jet ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Medvedev ratifies nuclear energy pact with Japan
The Russian president on Saturday ratified a civil nuclear energy pact with Japan that allows the transfer of Japanese technology to Russia and the sale of more Russian uranium to energy-poor Japan. President Dmitry Medvedev ratified the pact after it was passed by the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament in December last year, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website. ... more
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CAR TECH

Beijing car plates oversubscribed by 10 times
Over 215,000 people applied for car licences in Beijing this month, but only 20,000 will be issued as the capital seeks to curb its massive traffic jams, state press said Sunday. ... more
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TRADE WARS

Chinese vice premier starts Britain visit with energy deal
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain on Sunday with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies. ... more
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CAR TECH

Ford unveils its first all-electric car
Ford unveiled its first strictly electric car on Friday, a Focus which is expected to get up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a single charge and will be available in North America late this year. ... more
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CAR TECH

Car tech dazzles at Consumer Electronics Show
Automakers are taking a drive into the future at the Consumer Electronics Show. ... more
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CAR TECH

Cars the next frontier for Pandora
Internet radio star Pandora has topped 75 million users in the United States and is expanding into cars but it will be awhile before music fans abroad can enjoy their own personal stations. ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Floods set to clip Australian growth
Massive floods sweeping through northeastern Australia will temporarily slow growth in the resources-driven economy, but will not derail the "Wonder from Down Under", analysts say. ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

Carbon Taxes Are The Answer To The Stalled Climate Negotiations
For global warming policy, the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen Summit) was a major disappointment. Designed to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Outside View: Jobs drought
Economists expect the U.S. Labor Department to report Friday that the U.S. economy added 140,000 jobs in December, barely enough to hold unemployment steady at about 9.8 percent and far less than should be expected 18 months into an economic recovery. ... more
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BIO FUEL

New Direction Of Bioenergy Research At University Of Idaho
A $25,000 donation from Texas entrepreneur Randy Hill and his company, APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP, to the University of Idaho has funded research focused on converting woody biomass to en ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

Capstone Receives Follow-on Order For 6MW
Less than a month after receiving a three megawatt order from a large independent oil and gas company, Capstone Turbine has received a follow-on order from the same company for six more C1000 Power ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

UNI-SOLAR Brand Photovoltaics Set Sail
United Solar has announced that their UNI-SOLAR(R) brand photovoltaics have been installed on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas cruise ship. Royal Caribbean International launched the Allur ... more
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TECH SPACE

Graphene Grains Make Atom-Thick Patchwork Quilts
Cornell University researchers have unveiled striking, atomic-resolution details of what graphene "quilts" look like at the boundaries between patches, and have uncovered key insights into graphene' ... more
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BIO FUEL

Household Sewage: Not Waste, But A Vast New Energy Resource
In a finding that gives new meaning to the adage, "waste not, want not," scientists are reporting that household sewage has far more potential as an alternative energy source than previously thought ... more
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ROBO SPACE
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Analyzed

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Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets

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Chennai Students Design Nano Satellite

Sony stays loyal to 3D at CES gadget fest

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

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Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed

GPSCaddy Golf App Now Offers Free Course Maps

ISRO To Implement Regional Navigation Satellite System

ROBO SPACE
China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

ROBO SPACE
Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

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A Look Into Vesta's Interior

Dawn Has A Consistent 2010

Asteroid Itokawa Sample Return

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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Political Responses To Economic Challenges In The Next Decade
The world is preparing for the worst in the next decade, and indeed the next few years promise to be rocky. The old world order has grown obsolete, and the leading countries have yet to forge a new ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Is The Hornet Our Key To Renewable Energy
As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun's energy and convert it to electrical energy. Now a Tel Aviv University team has demonstrated how a member o ... more
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TECH SPACE

Team Develops Functionally Graded Shape Memory Polymers
A team led by Patrick T. Mather, director of Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI) and Milton and Ann Stevenson professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith C ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

New Dyes Improve Solar Technologies
Chemists at the University at Buffalo have synthesized a new class of photosensitizing dyes that greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce two kinds of green energy: Solar ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Kalahari Greentech Addresses Major Office Energy Use
Kalahari Greentech has announced that the Solar Tri-Brid System is ideal for use on commercial buildings. The energy expenditures in office buildings account for 23% of energy expenditures in ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Taiwan's new nuclear plant delayed, operator says
The opening of a controversial new nuclear power plant in Taiwan that has already far exceeded its budget has been put back for months at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, its operator said Friday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Falklands may lose vital shipping link
The Falkland Islands may lose vital shipping links to South America after maritime operators came under pressure from Argentina and its Latin backers who contest British sovereignty on the territories. ... more
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TRADE WARS

US banks win approval for China joint ventures
Wall Street banking giants Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase said Friday they had won approval to set up joint ventures in mainland China. ... more
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