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Testing Smart Energy SystemsBonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2011 The residential housing sector needs smart energy systems. And yet the potential for developing these kinds of systems remains largely untapped. In the SmartEnergyLab - an innovative test laboratory - Fraunhofer researchers are able to analyze, assess and develop almost any energy management system for controlling power and heat. A smartphone is all it takes to turn the heating on or off at home. This might sound like science fiction to the average user, but it is not unusual for the scientists at ... read more |
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  Search For Advanced Materials Aided By Discovery Of Hidden Symmetries In Nature A new way of understanding the structure of proteins, polymers, minerals, and engineered materials will be published in the May 2011 issue of the journal Nature Materials. The discovery by two Penn ... more | .. |
 Putting Germanium Under Pressure Although its name may make many people think of flowers, the element germanium is part of a frequently studied group of elements, called IVa, which could have applications for next-generation comput ... more | .. |
 Researchers ID Microbe Responsible For Methane From Landfills Researchers have long known that landfills produce methane, but had a hard time figuring out why - since landfills do not start out as a friendly environment for the organisms that produce methane. ... 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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  The 'Molecular Octopus': A Little Brother Of 'Schroedinger's Cat' The quantum physics of tailor-made organic macro-molecules - For the first time - as presented in Nature Communications - the quantum behaviour of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms was dem ... more | .. |
 Force Of Acoustical Waves Tapped For Metamaterials A very simple bench-top technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and their myriad applications ... more | .. |
  Mekong Countries To Convene Additional Meeting On Xayaburi Project As the deadline for reaching a decision comes closer, four Lower Mekong Basin Countries have agreed to convene a special session on the prior consultation process for the proposed Xayaburi mainstrea ... more | .. |
  Control The Cursor With Power Of Thought The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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 Livermore Researchers Develop Battery-Less Chemical Detector Unlike many conventional chemical detectors that require an external power source, Lawrence Livermore researchers have developed a nanosensor that relies on semiconductor nanowires, rather than trad ... more | .. |
 House looks at deep-water oil containment New containment technology unveiled by U.S. oil industry executives has led to eight new permits to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, despite uncertainty over whether the new control systems are actually capable of cleaning up a disaster such as last year's BP oil spill. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Budget impasse tragedy If the U.S. government shuts down, Republicans will likely get the blame but the American people will be the losers. ... more | .. |
  3 Latin nations revive stock market plan Plans for a three-nation joint stock market linking Chile, Colombia and Peru received a boost after tests of an integrated trading system showed encouraging results, officials said. ... more |
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 Oil prices hold close to 2008 highs Oil prices held close to recent 2008 highs on Thursday as traders shrugged off news of another earthquake in disaster-hit Japan. ... more | .. |
  IAEA may discuss revised mandate in June The International Atomic Energy Agency could review its mandate at a June meeting to enable the UN watchdog to better enforce nuclear safety rules, if member states agree, a top official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Google, Justice Department near deal on ITA: WSJ Google and the US Justice Department are close to reaching a legal settlement over the Internet giant's acquisition of flight data company ITA Software, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China, Russia 'lost' oil race in Libya: ex-minister A former top minister in Moamer Kadhafi's regime who has fled to Europe in a fishing trawler told AFP in an interview that he believes China and Russia have "lost" the race for oil in Libya. ... 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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 Airbus expects A380 sales to rise in China Airbus expects to sell more A380 aircraft in China in the coming years, despite only one Chinese carrier ordering the superjumbo so far, the plane maker's China president said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Facebook makes data centers greener and cheaper Facebook on Thursday presented an Internet-obsessed world with a gift - greener, cheaper data centers to more efficiently power online services. ... more | .. |
 Work set to start on long-awaited China Disneyland Walt Disney Co. was expected to break ground Friday on mainland China's long-awaited first Disneyland theme park in hopes that Mickey Mouse and friends will prove a hit in the country of 1.3 billion. ... more | .. |
 History Of Nuclear Power Needs To Be Addressed The long-standing conflicts over nuclear power and the risks of radiation exposure are nothing new - in fact, the debate over the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant in Japan are similar to arguments h ... more |
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  Economics, Physics Are Roadblocks For Mass-Scale Algae Biodiesel Production Companies looking to engineer an eco-friendly diesel fuel have more red lights in their path. According to Kansas State University researchers, making petroleum diesel completely green would not onl ... more | .. |
  Emissions Trading Does Not Cause Pollution Hot Spots Programs that allow facilities to buy and sell emission allowances have been popular and effective since they were introduced in the U.S. two decades ago. But critics worry the approach can create h ... more | .. |
  BlueChip Energy Announces Development Of 40MW Solar Farm In Florida BlueChip Energy (BCE) has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Progress Energy Florida with renewable solar photovoltaic (PV) power from the Sorrento Eagle Dunes Solar Farm, a 40 meg ... more | .. |
 Nanoparticles Improve Solar Collection Efficiency Using minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency-and profitability-of solar power plan ... 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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 SolarBridge Named 2011 Edison Best New Product Awards Gold Winner SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) is being recognized for its superior microinverter design, technological innovation and business strategy by several industry organizations. Last night, the co ... more | .. |
 Industry Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop In Solar Project Costs GoSolarUSA was buoyed on Tuesday by an energy industry researcher's prediction that the cost of developing a solar power project will fall by half worldwide in the next decade. Michael Liebrei ... more | .. |
 Statoil find puts arctic back on oil map Statoil's huge oil find in the Barents Sea puts the arctic on the map in the hunt for fossil fuels. ... more | .. |
 Researchers Develop Golden Window Electrodes For Organic Solar Cells Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells. Contrary to what one might expect, these electrodes have the potent ... more |
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NATO 'careful' over air strikes, 'rebel' oil leaves Tobruk NATO, accused of mission failure by Libyan rebels, admitted Wednesday it has to be "particularly careful" with its air strikes as government troops are using civilians as human shields, but vowed to do everything to protect civilians in Misrata. ... more | .. |
 China raises petrol, diesel prices China raised wholesale petrol prices by 500 yuan ($76) per ton and diesel by 400 yuan a ton late Wednesday, the third rise since December in the world's second-largest fuel consuming nation. ... more | .. |
US defence secretary holds talks with Saudi king US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates held talks in Riyadh on Wednesday with Saudi King Abdullah, with both sides concerned by Iranian intentions in the region and spiralling unrest in Yemen. ... more | .. |
 ADB says inflation 'top priority' for Asia The Asian Development Bank said Wednesday controlling inflation was the region's "top priority" as strong growth, turmoil in the Middle East and Japan's nuclear crisis drive up food and oil prices. ... more |
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