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How quickly can Germany ditch nuclear?Berlin (UPI) Mar 21, 2011 Germany, which has decided to temporarily shut down its seven oldest nuclear power reactors, is debating whether it's realistic to completely phase out nuclear energy anytime soon. Greenpeace has done it again. "The lying continues," read the words shown with the image of a skull that the environmental organization projected onto the hull of eight German reactors in the early hours Monday. Greenpeace said it wanted to protest the government's decision to test all 17 reactors for their s ... read more |
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  First Iraq war begs questions for Libya 20 years on Twenty years after the First Gulf War against Iraq, the Western airstrikes on Libya have similar backing from the UN and Arab states but are raising similar questions. ... more | .. |
 EU wants neighbours to match nuclear 'stress tests' European Union states will ask neighbours such as Russia to conduct nuclear reactor "stress tests" similar to their own, re-examining safety in the light of the Japan crisis. ... more | .. |
  Contamination at Fukushima plant to last 'decades': experts Local contamination from Japan's quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant will be a problem that will last "for decades and decades," France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said on Monday. ... 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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  Zimbabwe, China sign $585 million in deals Zimbabwe and China on Monday signed a raft of agreements worth $585 million (413 million euros) aimed at reviving the southern African country's health, mining and agriculture sectors. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen shocked at rising oil prices Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao expressed shock at rising oil prices Monday and blamed loose monetary policies by "some countries" as well as political unrest in the Middle East for the spike. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN 'more cautious after Japan nuclear crisis' Japan's nuclear crisis is likely to prompt Southeast Asian states to look more carefully at their plans to tap atomic energy for power generation, the head of the regional bloc said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Buffett says Japan quake a 'buying opportunity' US billionnaire investor Warren Buffett said Monday that a massive natural disaster would not hamper the future of the Japanese economy and could prompt a new bout of stock buying. ... more |
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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 Quake-prone Turkey presses on with nuclear plant plans Amid global alarm over the nuclear crisis in Japan, Turkey - which is also quake-prone - is going ahead with plans to build its first nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
  Berkeley Lab Scientists Control Light Scattering In Graphene Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have learned to control the quantum pathways determini ... more | .. |
  NVision Scanner Helps Get Aircraft Accessories To Fit Right First Time NVision's HandHeld laser scanner is being used by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] engineers at its Missiles and Fire Control business to assure the fit of accessories to aircraft exteriors and interiors ... more | .. |
 Energy Focus Receives Order To Relight Two Additional US Navy Ships Energy Focus has announced that it recently received a $446,000 order to supply its recently qualified LED lighting fixtures to retrofit two US Navy destroyers. The products ordered include En ... more |
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  Cenergy Power Provides Solar Power To J. Marchini Farms Marchini Farms, a premium grower of over a dozen varieties fresh produce and nuts including Radicchio, figs and almonds, has announced the commissioning of its solar photovoltaic system. The s ... more | .. |
 Silverback Solar Leads Discussions On Proper Mounting Methods For Rooftop Solar At the recent International Roofing Expo, sponsored by National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), over 8,000 professionals filled the hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center to learn about new ... more | .. |
 Freya Energy's Unique Large Format Lithium Ion Cells And Batteries China Nuvo Solar Energy has provided more information on Freya Energy's ("Freya") large format lithium ion cells and batteries in response to inquiries from shareholders. Freya has developed f ... more | .. |
 Solar Tracking Systems Leader DEGERenergie Equips 3.5MW Solar Farm DEGERenergie has announced that it has received an order from Construcao e Manutencao Electromecanica (CME) to equip a 3.5 Megawatt solar farm in southern Spain with DEGERenergie's open terrain TOPt ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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 Brooklyn Bridge Park Receives Solar-Powered Charging Station To Power Electric Vehicles Brooklyn Bridge Park and Beautiful Earth Group (BE) has announced the arrival of a state-of-the-art solar-powered electric vehicle charging station to Brooklyn Bridge Park - a world-class 85-acre su ... more | .. |
  Physicists Move Closer To Efficient Single-Photon Sources A team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realizing efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical communications ... more | .. |
  CO2 Emissions From Biomass Combustion An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy proposes a new method to account for CO2 emissions from biomass combustion in bioenergy systems. CO2 emissions resulting from ... more | .. |
  Pruned' Microchips Are Faster, Smaller, More Energy-Efficient An international team of computing experts from the United States, Switzerland and Singapore has created a breakthrough technique for doubling the efficiency of computer chips simply by trimming awa ... more |
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 Researchers Develop The First Permanent Anti-Fog Coating Researchers under the supervision of Universite Laval professor Gaetan Laroche have developed the very first permanent anti-fog coating. Dr. Laroche and his colleagues present in the online edition ... more | .. |
 High-Tech Concrete Technology Has A Famous Past In the business of concrete making, what's old-even ancient-is new again. Almost 1,900 years ago, the Romans built what continues to be the world's largest unreinforced solid concrete dome in the wo ... more | .. |
 Engineers working on Japan reactor systems: agency Engineers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Monday raced to fix disabled cooling systems and restore power, as fire trucks sprayed water to help cool reactor fuel pools, the nuclear safety agency said. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1
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 Nuclear wake-up for Merkel in state vote Voters handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a wake-up call Sunday on nuclear power after the Japan crisis as the Greens more than doubled their score in the second of 2011's seven state elections. ... more | .. |
 Japan govt spokesman signals Fukushima plant to be scrapped Japan's top government spokesman on Sunday signalled that the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant at the centre of an ongoing crisis following a series of explosions would be scrapped. ... more | .. |
  Japan quake leads GM Korea to cut production The South Korean unit of General Motors said Monday it would reduce production this week by up to 10 percent because of a possible lack of parts from Japan following the devastating earthquake. ... more | .. |
 China calls for equal market access overseas China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming on Sunday urged foreign governments to improve their investment environment and provide equal access for Chinese investors, state media reported. ... more |
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 Japan crisis deepens Europe's nuclear rift Japan's atomic crisis has widened an old chasm in Europe between critics calling for a nuclear-free world and advocates who see it as a vital source of energy for decades to come. ... more | .. |
 Days before quake, plant operator admitted oversight Days before Japan plunged into an atomic crisis after a giant earthquake and tsunami knocked out power at the ageing Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator had admitted faking repair records. ... more | .. |
 Radioactive substances in seawater near Japan plant High levels of radioactive substances have been detected in seawater near a quake-crippled nuclear power plant in Japan, its operator said early Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Student Teams Working On 'Spin Your Thesis!' Four teams of university students will develop and perform experiments in hypergravity during ESA's second 'Spin Your Thesis!' campaign. The students will use the Large Diameter Centrifuge fac ... more |
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