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No Left Turn: 'Superstreet' Traffic Design Improves Travel Time, SafetyWashington DC (SPX) Jan 11, 2011 The so-called "superstreet" traffic design results in significantly faster travel times, and leads to a drastic reduction in automobile collisions and injuries, according to North Carolina State University researchers who have conducted the largest-ever study of superstreets and their impacts. Superstreets are surface roads, not freeways. It is defined as a thoroughfare where the left-hand turns from side streets are re-routed, as is traffic from side streets that needs to cross the thoroughfare. ... read more |
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 Toyota unveils family of Prius hybrids Toyota unveiled new siblings for its popular Prius hybrid Monday, introducing a brand new midsized wagon, a plug-in, and a compact Prius at the Detroit auto show. ... more | .. |
 Renault spy affair latest to point finger at China Reports of a Chinese bid to obtain secrets of France's Renault follow a long history of similar allegations widely attributed to Beijing's goal of closing the technology gap with the rest of the world. ... more | .. |
  Egypt to invite tenders for wind farms Egypt aims to generate 12 percent of its electricity needs by wind power and will initiate wind-farm projects with a capacity of 2,690 megawatts over the next five years, Electricity Minister Hassan Yunes said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  How Do You Make Lithium Melt In The Cold Sophisticated tools allow scientists to subject the basic elements of matter to conditions drastic enough to modify their behavior. By doing this, they can expand our understanding of matter. ... more |
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  Wave Power Could Contain Fusion Plasma Researchers at the University of Warwick's Centre for Fusion Space and Astrophysics and the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy may have found a way to channel the flux and ... more | .. |
 Direct Observation Of Carbon Monoxide Binding To Metal-Porphyrines The mechanism for binding oxygen to metalloporphyrins is a vital process for oxygen-breathing organisms. Understanding how small gas molecules are chemically bound to the metal complex is also impor ... more | .. |
  New Research Shows How Light Can Control Electrical Properties Of Graphene New research shows how light can be used to control the electrical properties of graphene, paving the way for graphene-based optoelectronic devices and highly sensitive sensors. This year's No ... more | .. |
  Debunking Solar Energy Efficiency Measurements In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology - and promoting efficiency metrics to make the technology marketable. Now a Tel A ... more |
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  Trade deals and pandas after Britain-China talks Britain and China signed trade deals worth 2.6 billion pounds (4.0 billion dollars, 3.1 billion euros) Monday and announced Beijing will loan a pair of giant pandas to Edinburgh Zoo for 10 years. ... more | .. |
 Chinese silicon group aims to buy Norway's Elkem Norwegian conglomerate Orkla said Monday it was in talks to sell its metals company Elkem to a Chinese silicon company, reportedly for up to two billion euros ($2.6 billion), a sign of easing tensions between the two countries since the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. ... more | .. |
 China's trade surplus shrinks in December China said Monday its trade surplus shrank sharply in December, but the hefty figure is still likely to be a sticking point in trade talks when President Hu Jintao visits Washington next week. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Euro train wreck This week will be the first test of the year for the survival of the euro, as Portugal, Spain and Italy all have bond auctions. ... more |
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  Security industry priority becomes law A key energy efficiency law is back on the U.S. books after a legislative fix four years after the original bill that drew ire from the security industry professionals. ... more | .. |
 Gore: Indonesia's geothermal potential Indonesia has the potential to become the world's geothermal energy superpower, said Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. ... more | .. |
 Supercomputer Unravels Structures In DVD Materials Although the storage of films and music on a DVD is part of our digital world, the physical basis of the storage mechanism is not understood in detail. In the current issue of the leading journal Na ... more | .. |
 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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 Sulphur Proves Important In Formation Of Gold Mines 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 ... more | .. |
 Study Finds Energy Limits Global Economic Growth A study that relates global energy use to economic growth, published in the January issue of BioScience, finds strong correlations between these two measures both among countries and within countrie ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
 Biofuel Grasslands Better For Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn Developing biofuel from native perennials instead of corn in the Midwest's rolling grasslands would better protect threatened bird populations, Michigan State University research suggests. Fed ... more |
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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