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Plasma Nanoscience Needed For Green Energy RevolutionSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2011 A step change in research relating to plasma nanoscience is needed for the world to overcome the challenge of sufficient energy creation and storage, says a leading scientist from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov of the Plasma Nanoscience Centre Australia, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, has highlighted, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, the unique potential of plasma nanoscience to co ... read more |
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  Using Carbon Fiber To Reinforce Buildings And Protect From Explosions Most buildings are not constructed to withstand an unexpected explosion or impact. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri is working with the U.S. Army to test a method of retrofitting buil ... more | .. |
  Device Proves Solar Cell Potential Of High Bandgap Inorganic Nanowire Arrays A report, published in the March 14 edition of the Journal of Materials Chemistry, announced the successful fabrication and testing of a new type solar cell using an inorganic core/shell nanowire st ... more | .. |
  B3C Fuel Solutions Expands Efforts To Promote Ethanol Education B3C Fuel Solutions has announced its expanded efforts to promote ethanol education. B3C is dedicated to helping the public understand what ethanol is, the negative effects it may have on outdoor pow ... 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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 Biofuels Production In Top And Emerging Countries Will Be 150,975 Million Liters In 2016 According to the new market research report 'Top and Emerging bio-fuel markets by technology, feedstocks, regulations, pricing and commercialization trends and forecasts (2011 -2016)', published by ... more | .. |
 Biofuel From Jatropha Plant Proving Its Worth As Aviation Fuel Business Matchmaking has compiled the results of multiple airline tests of oil from the little known non-edible plant Jatropha as a potential substitute for traditional jet fuel with impressive resu ... more | .. |
 Advanced Biofuels Leader Tells Senate Committee Consistency Is Key A consistent commitment by Congress that avoids the ups and downs of public opinion will be crucial to the success of transforming America's energy policy to cleaner and renewable sources, that's wh ... more | .. |
 OnSite Energy Unveils Gen2 Biodiesel Processor In Flint With rising diesel prices smashing farmer, municipality and trucker budgets, OnSite Energy of Flint, Michigan announces its second generation series of automated 40-400 gallon biodiesel processors a ... more |
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 Congress Must Maintain Commitment To Advanced Biofuels And Renewable Fuel Standard The Renewable Fuel Standard provides the market and regulatory certainty necessary to drive private investment and maintain progress in research and development of advanced biofuels, the Biotechnolo ... more | .. |
 Brazil's Santos basin yields new oil Brazil's Santos Basin, home to some of the largest proven but unexploited oil and gas reserves in Latin America, has yielded another deposit of hydrocarbons that shows commercial potential. ... more | .. |
 Store blood cells from Fukushima workers - Lancet letter A group of Japanese doctors on Friday urged workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant to have their blood stemcells stored as a safeguard should they be exposed to life-threatening levels of radiation. ... more | .. |
  India's nuclear power plans under scrutiny Opposition to India's proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant is growing amid Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more |
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 Somali pirates zero in on oil tanker lanes Somali pirates are increasingly threatening global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf as they extend their attacks ever deeper into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, morphing from a tactical nuisance to a strategic danger. ... more | .. |
  Germany growing faster than expected: minister The German economy is on course to expand faster than expected this year, the government said on Thursday as it raised its growth forecasts for Europe's economic powerhouse. ... more | .. |
  India BPO industry suffers 55% attrition The attrition rate in India's business process outsourcing sector jumped to 55 percent from a year earlier, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the flagship industry, a study said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong developer senses 'art mall' future for China Shoppers in China are getting more sophisticated, says Adrian Cheng. They're yearning for something more than just another day of retail therapy. Could art be what they're looking for? ... more |
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 In Vienna, vow of 'prompt action' on lessons from Fukushima Japan's nuclear disaster dominated talks by members of the IAEA's nuclear safety convention, who vowed Thursday to take "prompt action" to apply lessons learned. ... more | .. |
 China Development Bank, Petrobras in loan talks China Development Bank said Thursday it was in talks with Petrobras to extend more credit to the Brazilian oil giant after the two firms signed a $10-billion loan agreement in 2009. ... more | .. |
  Sony eyes two-week summer break to save energy Sony said Thursday it was considering having all its employees in Japan take two-week summer vacations to save energy, amid power shortages in the aftermath of the March 11 disasters. ... more | .. |
 Moody's downgrades China's property sector Moody's Investors Service on Thursday downgraded China's property sector to "negative" from "stable" as it warned that rising interest rates and reduced bank lending would dampen demand. ... more |
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 BRICS urges 'early' WTO accession for Russia The leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa on Thursday threw their support behind Russia's 18-year-old bid to join the World Trade Organisation, urging an "early accession" for Moscow. ... more | .. |
 Philippines protests China's Spratly claim at UN The Philippines said Thursday it had lodged a formal protest at the United Nations over China's claims to the Spratly islands and adjacent South China Sea waters. ... more | .. |
  Ford slashes jobs in Australia, Toyota scales back Car giant Ford said Thursday it will shed 240 jobs in Australia and cut daily production by 20 percent, while Toyota scaled back work hours due to supply problems after Japan's quake-tsunami. ... more |
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 G20 to tackle crisis warning system Representatives of the world's 20 leading economies will meet in Washington this week to thrash out a system that would protect the global economy from risks born in individual countries. ... more | .. |
 US Foodservice-San Francisco Activates Largest Solar Panel System In Alameda County Reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, U.S. Foodservice-San Francisco activated a 1.18 megawatt (MW), 4,354 photovoltaic solar panel installation. The largest rooftop and carport solar power ... more | .. |
 Tioga Unveils Largest Solar Canopy In Hawaii Chevron Energy Solutions, Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Tioga Energy have unveiled an 856-kilowatt solar system at Oceanic Time Warner Cable's Mililani Tech Park. The completed project is the larges ... more | .. |
 IKEA Powers up Solar In California IKEA has officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Burbank, California. The 35,000-square-foot array consists of a 290-kW system, built with approximately 1,260 panels. ... more |
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 Clean Energy Pathways Signs Agreement To Develop Solar Power Plant Clean Energy Pathways has signed a joint venture agreement with Green Mountain Properties to develop a $28 million solar power plant in Green Mountain, NC. Under the agreement, Green Mountain will p ... more | .. |
 Algae Could Replace 17 Percent Of U.S. Oil Imports High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae - or any other biofuel sourc ... more | .. |
 Obama refuses to extend Bush-era tax cuts U.S. President Barack Obama has called for tax increases on higher-income Americans and a "fail-safe" mechanism to prompt automatic spending cuts to reduce the country's surging debt levels. ... more | .. |
 Anne Arundel Community College Installs Large Solar Carport System Standard Solar has announced construction of a 753 kW system for Maryland's Anne Arundel Community College (AACC). The entire photovoltaic (PV) system is being installed on top of a covered parking ... more |
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