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Japan gadget charges cellphone over campfireTokyo (AFP) June 20, 2011 A Japanese company has come up with a new way to charge your mobile phone after a natural disaster or in the great outdoors - by heating a pot of water over a campfire. The Hatsuden-Nabe thermo-electric cookpot turns heat from boiling water into electricity that feeds via a USB port into digital devices such as smartphones, music players and global positioning systems. TES NewEnergy, based in the western city of Osaka, started selling the gadget in Japan this month for 24,150 yen ($299), and pl ... read more |
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  China prepares for summer power crisis China's top five power companies reported increased losses as they cope with rising coal costs and a cap on electricity prices, the China Electricity Council said, warning that the losses would make it more difficult to ensure adequate supplies of power during the summer. ... more | .. |
  Japan posts second-biggest trade deficit in May Japan in May posted its second-worst trade deficit since records began as exports tumbled on the impact of the March earthquake and tsunami, data showed Monday. ... more | .. |
  Iowa State hybrid lab combines technologies to make biorenewable fuels and products Laura Jarboe pointed to a collection of test tubes in her Iowa State University laboratory. Some of the tubes looked like they were holding very weak coffee. That meant microorganisms - in this case ... 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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  New compact microspectrometer design achieves high resolution and wide bandwidth A new microspectrometer architecture that uses compact disc-shaped resonators could address the challenges of integrated lab-on-chip sensing systems that now require a large off-chip spectrometer to ... more | .. |
 Improving LED lighting University of Miami professor at the College of Engineering, Jizhou Song, has helped design an light-emitting diode (LED) light that uses an array of LEDs 100 times smaller than conventional LEDs. ... more | .. |
 New biofuel sustainability assessment tool and GHG calculator released Various biofuels, first hailed as a way to a sustainable energy supply, have since fallen out of favor because of the overall negative impact they have on the environment, mainly due to the producti ... more | .. |
 New insights on an old material will enable design of better polymer batteries, water purification Designing new materials depends upon understanding the properties of today's materials. One such material, Nafion , is a polymer that efficiently conducts ions (a polymer electrolyte) and water thro ... more |
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  PSC Allows Installation of Largest Land-Based Wind Turbines in NY The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) has voted to approve a modification to the plans of the Marble River Wind Farm in the Towns of Clinton and Ellenburg, Clinton County. The de ... more | .. |
  Westinghouse To Deliver Nuclear Fuel To Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Energy Facility Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will begin shipping nuclear fuel to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Watts Bar site for use in the Unit 2 reactor. TVA recently receiv ... more | .. |
  HALL Wines Installs ECOtality's Blink EV Charging Station HALL Wines has announced HALL St. Helena as the first vineyard and winery to install an ECOtality electric charging vehicle station. Beginning June 16, 2011 HALL St. Helena offers visitors the oppor ... more | .. |
 China's Hu inks deals on rare Ukraine visit Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday made a rare visit to Ukraine, signing a strategic partnership declaration and $3.5 billion in deals to revive a relationship that had fallen into neglect. ... more |
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  Rare earth prices surge as China tightens grip Prices of rare earths have skyrocketed this year as China moves to consolidate the sector in order to tighten its grip over the highly coveted minerals used in high-tech products, analysts said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Population growth spurs surge to Asia's cities Somewhere in the world - Asia would be a good bet - a pregnant woman is carrying a baby destined to be the planet's seven billionth human being. ... more | .. |
 OECD chief says nuclear energy still important Nuclear power is still a viable source of global energy despite the crisis in Japan, the OECD chief said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Singapore urges China to come clean in dispute Singapore on Monday urged China to be more open about the extent of its territorial claims in the South China Sea, saying Beijing's ambiguity was causing international concern. ... more |
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Russian space chief says agreed with NASA on ISS cooperation until 2028
SpaceX Dragon delivers Crew-11 to International Space Station
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  Moody's downgrades Nippon Steel, JFE Ratings agency Moody's on Monday said it had downgraded major Japanese steel companies Nippon Steel and JFE Holdings on concerns over their profitability in the face of rising raw material prices. ... more | .. |
  Alta Devices Single Junction Solarcell Tops 28 Percent Efficiency When the scientists at Alta Devices began seeing their solar devices achieve efficiency results beyond what was previously thought possible, they realized that something scientifically important was ... more | .. |
 Most Japanese wish to scrap reactors More than four out of five Japanese want to see Tokyo abandon nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima atomic crisis, a survey said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Iran nuclear plant link-up to grid in August: report Iran's first nuclear power plant, built by Russia, is to be connected to the national grid in early August, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Reza Sajjadi, said in media reports on Sunday. ... more |
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 Hong Kong finance chief warns on property prices Hong Kong's finance chief warned Sunday that the government may take further measures to curb rising property prices if necessary, local radio said. ... more | .. |
  China claims its place at Paris airshow China aims to claim its rightful place at the Paris International Airshow this week alongside giants Airbus and Boeing, laying down a marker for its ambitions to be a major player in global aviation. ... more | .. |
 Vietnamese hold anti-China rally amid sea spat Up to 100 Vietnamese rallied outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third weekend in a row on Sunday over an escalating maritime row with Beijing. ... more | .. |
 US Solar Energy Industry Continues Record-Setting Growth in 2011 The U.S. solar energy industry continued to be one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Q1 2011 according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight(TM): Q1 2011 released by the Solar Energy Industries ... more |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
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 Sun shines on the Silicon Market The major recent development in the silicon industry is the tripling of demand for solar grade polysilicon, with the expectation that the quantity used in solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will start ... more | .. |
 Historic One Dollar-Per-Watt Solar Modules Just Months Away The photovoltaic (PV) industry appears set to achieve a major milestone with the selling prices of crystalline silicon (c-Si) modules projected to drop to $1 per watt by the first quarter of 2012, a ... more | .. |
 Venstar Thermostat Saves Energy by Automatically Controlling HVAC Systems Venstar has announced the availability of its new Slimline Platinum commercial thermostat (Model T2900) with light activation that turns the thermostat on and off based on the level of light, helpin ... more | .. |
 Researchers Break Light-Matter Coupling Strength Limit in Nanoscale Semiconductors New engineering research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that polaritons have increased coupling strength when confined to nanoscale semiconductors. This represents a promising advanc ... more |
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 Arise Solar's new solar for Tresor Family Apartments Glenn Siemens, President of Arise Solar based in Clovis, California recently announced the completion of a new solar installation for PacWest Builders and their Tresor Family Apartments in Salinas, ... more | .. |
 REC Solar Expanding Rapidly in US East Coast Markets REC Solar has announced the company's accelerated momentum as it gains traction with East Coast commercial and residential consumers in new solar hot spots. By the middle of this year, the company w ... more | .. |
 HelioSage and MTC Logistics Power Baltimore Facility With Solar MTC Logistics has "gone solar." Adding to an existing track record of environmentally sustainable operations, MTC Logistics now owns one of the largest roof mounted solar installations in the state, ... more | .. |
3,000 march against gas 'fracking' in Canada Some 3,000 people marched Saturday in Montreal to call for a end in Quebec to a technique known as "fracking" to get at natural gas reserves which faces strong opposition from environmental groups. ... more |
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