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Petrol Stations Pollute Their Immediate SurroundingsBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 07, 2011 In Spain it is relatively common to come across petrol stations surrounded by houses, particularly in urban areas. Researchers from the University of Murcia (UM) have studied the effects of contamination at petrol stations that is potentially harmful to health, which can be noted in buildings less than 100 metres from the service stations. "Some airborne organic compounds - such as benzene, which increases the risk of cancer - have been recorded at petrol stations at levels above the average level ... read more |
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 New Model For How Nevada Gold Deposits Formed May Help In Gold Exploration A team of University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas researchers have devised a new model for how Nevada's gold deposits formed, which may help in exploration efforts for new gol ... more | .. |
  Current Use Of Biodiesel No More Harmful Than Regular Diesel Up to seven per cent biodiesel blended in regular diesel will presumably not cause greater health risks for the population than the use of pure fossil diesel. This is the main conclusion in a memora ... more | .. |
  Prius loses Japan top spot for first time in 20 months Toyota's popular hybrid Prius lost its title as Japan's best-selling vehicle for the first time in 20 months in January, an industry group said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Engineers Grow Nanolasers On Silicon, Pave Way For On-Chip Photonics Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface, an achievement that could lead to a new class of faster, more efficient micr ... more | .. |
 New Technique Boosts High-Power Potential For Gallium Nitride Electronics Gallium nitride (GaN) material holds promise for emerging high-power devices that are more energy efficient than existing technologies - but these GaN devices traditionally break down when exposed t ... more | .. |
 Analyzing Long-Term Impacts Of Biofuel On The Land The growing development and implementation of renewable biofuel energy has considerable advantages over using declining supplies of fossil fuels. However, meeting the demands of a fuel-driven societ ... more | .. |
 Microbiologists At TU Muenchen Aim To Optimize Bio-Ethanol Production Food versus fuel - this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische Un ... more |
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Early Earth may have had active plate tectonics far sooner than thought
Comet debris signs found in Baffin Bay sediments linked to Younger Dryas cooling
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 Iraq PM's oil deal has long-term impact: experts Nuri al-Maliki's announcement that Iraq will honour Kurdish oil deals with foreign firms will boost its coffers, but experts said Sunday the longer term impact of his remarks may well be more significant. ... more | .. |
 VW to create 40,000 jobs by 2018: report Germany's Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, plans to boost its workforce from 250,000 to 290,000 by 2018, with most of the new jobs to be created in China, the German auto weekly Woche reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
  China to explore N. Korean minerals: report North Korea will this month sign an agreement to allow Chinese companies to explore its potentially vast mineral wealth, a report said Sunday, as the poverty-stricken nation seeks to boost its economy. ... more | .. |
 Despite China, US violin-makers second fiddle to none American violin-making is enjoying a rebirth, craftsmen say, despite the rapidly improving production by fellow makers in China which artisans here see both as a threat - and a boon - to their livelihood. ... more |
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 Iraq to respect Kurd profit-sharing oil deals: PM Iraq will respect profit-sharing contracts that its Kurdistan region has signed with foreign oil firms, ending a longstanding dispute between the two sides, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
Brazil squeezed by strong real and China Brazil's buoyant economy is suffering under the double whammy of a strong real and competition from cheaper Chinese goods that are chipping away at the Latin American country's global market share. ... more | .. |
 Shell scraps Arctic drilling Shell Oil has dropped plans for exploratory drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska this year, the company announced Thursday, citing regulatory delays. ... more | .. |
 Chavez to fight on for a third term Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, beset by problems of economic slowdown for the second consecutive year, announced he would fight on and seek re-election next year for a third six-year term. ... more |
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Four astronauts home from space station after splashdown
Perseid meteor shower set to peak Aug. 12-13
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  Outside View: Another lousy jobs report Another lousy jobs report! ... more | .. |
 US judge: oil claims official not independent of BP The administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill compensation fund has been influenced by the British oil giant and must stop telling victims he is independent, a US federal judge said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Kurdistan resumes pumping oil to export line Iraqi Kurdistan has begun pumping oil to an export pipeline to test disused infrastructure, with exports due to resume soon, a source and the company operating there said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Malaysian forests destroyed for palm oil Massive draining of Malaysia's peat swamp forests for palm oil production could lead to the complete loss of forests in the state of Sarawak by the end of this decade, a study warns. ... more |
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 'Radical' clean energy shift could save 4 tn euros: WWF The environmental group WWF argued on Thursday that a radical, near total elimination of oil and shift to clean energy within 40 years would generate four trillion euros ($5.4 trillion) in savings a year. ... more | .. |
 Estonians find stolen Czech carbon credits Estonian authorities have found carbon credits stolen from the Czech Republic on an Estonian registry listed as belonging to non-Estonian nationals, an Estonian official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Undersea electricity cable envisioned Scottish authorities say they are examining the feasibility of stringing an undersea electrical power cable linking Scotland and Norway. ... more | .. |
  Neiker-Tecnalia Creates Air-Conditioned Greenhouse With Alternative Energies Neiker-Tecnalia (The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) has created an air-conditioned greenhouse using alternative energies that enable the reduction of energy costs, impro ... more |
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Trump, Putin agree to meet next week in Alaska
Iran will not allow Trump-backed corridor linking Azerbaijan to exclave; Russia cautious
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 UMD Advance Lights Possible Path To Creating Next Gen Computer Chips University of Maryland researchers have made a breakthrough in the use of visible light for making tiny integrated circuits. Though their advance is probably at least a decade from commercial use, t ... more | .. |
  A Cool Way To Make Glass Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s, has had an enormous impact in explaining how matter works. The elementary particles that make up different forms of matter - such as electrons, protons, ne ... more | .. |
Australia lets Thai oil firm stay despite spill A Thai government-owned company behind Australia's worst oil spill was on Friday given the go-ahead to continue local operations but will be subject to a rigorous government monitoring programme. ... more | .. |
 Europe launches trillion-euro energy revamp European leaders launched Friday a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, clearing the way to place nuclear power at the centre of 21st century needs. ... more |
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Global Fund steps up controls after corruption scandal The Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Friday it was reinforcing its financial safeguards after donor Germany suspended payments following allegations of corruption. ... more | .. |
Nasdaq acknowledges hit by hackers The Nasdaq stock exchange said Saturday that hackers penetrated one of its computer systems, but that there was no evidence customer information or trading was compromised. ... more | .. |
  Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine and still inflict billions of dollars of damage to crops ... more | .. |
  Man, Volcanoes And The Sun Have Influenced Europe's Climate Over Recent Centuries An International research team has discovered that seasonal temperatures in Europe, above all in winter, have been affected over the past 500 years by natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and ... more |
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