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Researchers Improve Path To Producing Uranium Compounds For Advanced Nuclear FuelsLos Alamos, NM (SPX) Apr 11, 2011 Advances made by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory could enhance the ability of scientists to develop advanced nuclear fuels in a safer, simpler manner. Uranium chemistry research relies heavily on a variety of uranium "starting materials"-solids and solutions-that are precursors to uranium compounds of oxygen, nitrogen, halogen, carbon, fluorine, and other elements, all of which are candidates for advanced nuclear fuels. Uranium also has been identified as a promising material i ... read more |
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  China factories face shortages due to Japan quake Electronics and auto makers in China are facing a severe shortage of components after Japan's twin disasters disrupted production, but the full impact will not be felt for weeks, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  Inexpensive New Instruments Test Building Sealants Under Real-World Conditions Sealants, like weather stripping, are what separates the inside from the outside of a building, byproviding a barrier that prevents water from seeping in, for example, or heat from leaking out. The ... more | .. |
  Exploring The Possibilities For Zeolites Some people collect stamps and coins, but when it comes to sheer utility, few collections rival the usefulness of Rice University researcher Michael Deem's collection of 2.6 million zeolite structur ... 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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  Technique For Letting Brain Talk To Computers Now Tunes In Speech Patients with a temporary surgical implant have used regions of the brain that control speech to "talk" to a computer for the first time, manipulating a cursor on a computer screen simply by saying ... more | .. |
 Defective Plastics Repair Themselves Indestructible things are a figment of the imagination of advertising. Even plastic components that have to stand up to major mechanical loads can break. The reason for this are microcracks that may ... more | .. |
 Can Plants Generate Magnetic Fields Searching for magnetic fields produced by plants may sound as wacky as trying to prove the existence of telekinesis or extrasensory perception, but physicists at the University of California, Berkel ... more | .. |
 Replacing Batteries May Become A Thing Of The Past, Thanks To Soft Generators Battery technology hasn't kept pace with advancements in portable electronics, but the race is on to fix this. One revolutionary concept being pursued by a team of researchers in New Zealand involve ... 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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  High Levels Of Toxic Compounds Found On Coasts Of West Africa "We were not expecting to find such high levels of PCBs, highly toxic compounds that are considered as priority compounds by European legislation, in a region such as the western coast of Africa", A ... more | .. |
  Cleaner Vehicle Standards Good For Health, Agriculture, Climate A new analysis, published this week and conducted by a team of scientists led by Drew Shindell of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, shows stricter vehicle emission ... more | .. |
 Research Into Batteries Will Give Electric Cars The Same Range As Petrol Cars Li-air batteries are a promising opportunity for electric cars. "If we succeed in developing this technology, we are facing the ultimate break-through for electric cars, because in practice, the ene ... more | .. |
 Japan's stalled chip sector 'to cost $470bn' The cost to the global economy of Japan's stalled computer chip industry remaining shuttered into May could be almost half a trillion dollars, a report said Saturday. ... more |
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 Japan nuclear watchdog tightens safety rules Japan ordered all its nuclear power operators to secure more emergency generators Saturday, after an earthquake temporarily reduced one facility to relying on just a single electricity source. ... more | .. |
German nuclear companies halt environmental payments Four energy companies that run German nuclear plants said Saturday they have stopped payments to an environment fund after the government went back on its decision to keep the plants open for longer. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela fights inflation in recovery bid Venezuela is battling inflation as it struggles to shed more than two years of recession that has blighted the oil-rich nation's economy, society and politics. ... more | .. |
Museveni tightens grip on Uganda's oil Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is reported to be tightening his grip on the East African country's emerging oil sector in a region that seems set to become the new frontier for oil and gas exploration. ... 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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U.S.-Colombia trade accord raises queries A much-delayed free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States finally got the green light but left unanswered questions about benefits to U.S. business and key security issues. ... more | .. |
Decision on South Stream route this summer Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy giant, said it would choose the route for its South Stream natural gas pipeline by the middle of 2011. ... more | .. |
Indonesia criminalizes people smuggling Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to sign into law in the next several days a bill passed by Parliament that criminalizes people smuggling. ... more | .. |
  GE to build massive solar plant GE announced it will build a $600 million thin film solar manufacturing plant, the largest in the nation. ... more |
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  Google's $700 million ITA buy cleared with conditions Google's entry into the online travel sector was cleared for takeoff Friday as the US Justice Department gave the green light to its $700 million purchase of flight data company ITA Software. ... more | .. |
Toshiba 'could decommission Japan reactors in 10 years' Reactor maker Toshiba has told the government it could decommission four stricken units at Japan's crippled nuclear plant in around 10 years, a report said. ... more | .. |
China speaks better English than India: study Emerging market giant China has pipped neighbouring rival India in English language proficiency skills, despite the South Asian nation's strong anglophone tradition, according to a new study. ... more | .. |
  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 |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 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 | .. |
 Testing Smart Energy Systems 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 ... 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
Siemens says received EUR1.62bn for Areva NP stake Siemens has received 1.62 billion euros ($2.35 billion) for the sale of its 34-percent stake in its joint venture with French group Areva, a spokesman for the German industrial giant said Sunday. ... 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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