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Purdue picked for international 'EcoCAR' competitionWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 26, 2011 Purdue University has been selected as one of 16 teams to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, an international competition to develop advanced automotive technologies. The Purdue team is a multidisciplinary effort led by Vahid Motevalli, head the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. The competition was established in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Corp. to speed the development of vehicles aimed at reducing petroleum consumption and greenhouse ... read more |
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  Advancing the Debate Over Nuclear Waste Storage Locations Plans for a nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico were initially opposed in the late 1980s by a 2-1 margin but a new analysis of 35 statewide public opinion surveys taken over a decade sho ... more | .. |
  Research Contracts Awarded For Renewable Biogas Processing And Carbon Capture FuelCell Energy has announced two subcontract awards totaling $1.7 million to demonstrate advanced biogas de-sulfurization technology and a contract to evaluate the effectiveness of Direct FuelCells ... more | .. |
  Walki Biomass Cover: Improves Drying Process And Energy Content Of Energy Wood Logging residue is an inexpensive and easily accessible source of biofuel, but to improve the energy content it must first dry on the ground and after that it can be stored in piles for several mont ... 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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 Icon Parking Systems In Manhattan Continues To Roll Out EV Charging Stations Car Charging Group reports that EV Charging Services are now available at Icon 39th and Eighth Parking LLC, located at 310 West 39th Street, New York, NY. The most recent installation in an ongoing ... more | .. |
 Say hello to cheaper hydrogen fuel cells Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a way to avoid the use of expensive platinum in hydrogen fuel cells, the environmentally friendly devices that might replace current power so ... more | .. |
  Photovoltaic Systems Boost the Sales Price of California Homes New research by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds strong evidence that homes with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sell for a premium over homes withou ... more | .. |
 Solar Lighting Consortium Hopes to Develop Universal Specifications Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce its participation as a founding member to form the Consortium for Solar Lighting (CSL). The CSL's other founding members are Sharp Electronics Corporatio ... 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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 Chevron Starts Operations Of 1MW CPV Solar Field Chevron Mining has announced the start of one of the country's largest concentrating photovoltaic solar facilities. The installation, located on the tailing site of CMI's molybdenum mine in Questa, ... more | .. |
 World marks Chernobyl under shadow of Japan The world on Tuesday marks a quarter century since the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine, haunted by fears over the safety of atomic energy after the Japan earthquake. ... more | .. |
  Majority of European firms fail on carbon reporting: study Less than half of Europe's top 300 firms are publishing full and verified carbon emission data, with French and Swiss companies ranking worst at greenhouse gas reporting, a study showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  U.S. mining firm given Bolivian assurances Bolivia has assured U.S. Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. it isn't a target for nationalization while President Juan Evo Morales rules the country. ... more |
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 German nuclear exit could be costly If Germany drops nuclear power as a source of energy, it could mean a hefty bill for power consumers, experts have warned. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN calls for Thai, Cambodia talks The head of the Association of South East Asian Nations called on Thailand and Cambodia to cease fighting and negotiate a settlement to their border dispute. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant operator slashes wages The operator of Japan's stricken nuclear power plant said Monday it will halve the yearly salaries of its board members as it seeks to absorb the financial hit from the ongoing atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Iraq sets new oil and gas auction for January Iraq will auction 12 oil and gas exploration blocs to foreign firms in January 2012, the fourth opening of its energy sector since Saddam Hussein's fall, the oil minister said on Monday. ... 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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  US, China to hold economy meeting in May Top officials from the United States and China will meet in Washington early next month, the Treasury Department said Monday, as tensions between the two economic superpowers simmer. ... more | .. |
 Thousands join German anti-nuclear protests More than 100,000 demonstrators staged nationwide protests in Germany on Monday calling for an end to nuclear power as part of the traditional Easter March, organisers said. ... more | .. |
Anti-nuclear 'die in' on Franco-German border Around 700 anti-nuclear protesters staged a "die in" on a bridge on the Franco-German border Monday, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl and after Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident. ... more | .. |
 Japan auto giants see home output plunge post-quake Japan's leading automakers said Monday that domestic production plummeted in March after the massive quake and tsunami, which shut off parts supplies and led to widespread power shortages. ... more |
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 Bank of Japan to halve growth forecast: report The Bank of Japan is expected to downgrade its economic growth outlook for the year to March 2012 from 1.6 percent to around 0.8 percent in light of the deadly disasters in March, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Eight trapped in flooded China mine: state media A coal mine flooded in southwest China on Sunday evening, trapping eight workers, state media said. ... more | .. |
 Novel electrode for flexible thin-film solar cells Conventional silicon-based rigid solar cells generally found on the market are not suitable for manufacturing moldable thin-film solar cells, in which a transparent, flexible and electrically conduc ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 Laser sparks revolution in internal combustion engines For more than 150 years, spark plugs have powered internal combustion engines. Automakers are now one step closer to being able to replace this long-standing technology with laser igniters, which wi ... more | .. |
  Lightning-fast materials testing using ultrasound For years, ultrasound has proven to be a valuable tool in non-destructive materials testing. However, the demands of modern production conditions are increasing all the time. Researchers at Fraunhof ... more | .. |
 Solar power without solar cells A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. The researchers fou ... more | .. |
 A scratched coating heals itself Your 6-year-old found a nail in the garage and drew pictures across the side of your new car. Gnash your teeth now, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University, U.S., say the fix-up may be ch ... more |
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 New battery produces electricity where freshwater meets saltwater Scientists are reporting development of a new battery that extracts and stores energy produced from the difference in saltiness at the point where freshwater in rivers flows into oceans. A report on ... more | .. |
 US Coast Guard slams Transocean in oil spill investigation The US Coast Guard slammed drilling rig operator Transocean's "poor safety culture" in a report Friday on the massive explosion and fire that unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history. ... more | .. |
 Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world New technology that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale - now regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon d ... more | .. |
  LED efficiency puzzle solved Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, say they've figured out the cause of a problem that's made light-emitting diodes (LEDs) impractical for general lighting purposes. Their w ... more |
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