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China warns US to stay out of maritime spatBeijing (AFP) June 22, 2011 China on Wednesday warned the United States to stay out of the deepening territorial spat in the South China Sea and accused other countries in the region of provocation, a report said. Vice foreign minister Cui Tiankai said neighbouring countries, including Vietnam, were responsible for recent incidents in the disputed waters and dismissed calls for Washington to play a greater role in resolving tensions . "I believe some countries now are playing with fire. And I hope the US won't be burned by ... read more |
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  Fed slashes US economic outlook The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it saw slower growth in the US economy than previously expected this year, highlighting a rise in unemployment and increasing inflation. ... more | .. |
  KLM to run planes on cooking oil Dutch airline KLM announced Wednesday that it will use a biofuel generated from used cooking oil to power more than 200 commercial flights between Paris and Amsterdam starting in September. ... more | .. |
 Poland gets 1st horizontal shale gas well The prospects for shale natural gas production in Poland took a positive step this week when a British firm said it completed the country's first horizontal gas well. ... 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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  Putting a new spin on computing In a recent publication in Physical Review Letters, physicists at the University of Arizona propose a way to translate the elusive magnetic spin of electrons into easily measurable electric signals. ... more | .. |
 Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as ... more | .. |
  For Solar-Grade Silicon - How Many "Ns" Are Enough? Recognizing that the solar energy industry has been too dependent on the expensive but standard Siemens methodology for refining silicon, RSI Silicon Products decided to reinvent the way solar-grade ... more | .. |
 High Permit Fees Hinder Residential and Commercial Solar Power The Sierra Club (Los Angeles and Loma Prieta Chapters) are following up on a campaign to encourage municipalities in Los Angeles County to support the installation of residential and commercial roof ... more |
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  Carnegie Mellon methods keep bugs out of software for self-driving cars Driver assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, promise to someday ease traffic on crowded routes and prevent accidents. Proving that these automated systems w ... more | .. |
 Renusol America Releases A Mounting System For Pitched Roofs After opening their doors in January 2011, Renusol America launches their first new product in the US market. To meet the continuing demands for simpler, faster mounting systems, Renusol is introduc ... more | .. |
 UC San Diego Researchers Create Tool to Put the Lid on Solar Power Fluctuations How does the power output from solar panels fluctuate when the clouds roll in? And can researchers predict these fluctuations? UC San Diego Professor Jan Kleissl and Matthew Lave, a Ph.D. student in ... more | .. |
 Why Fluorescent Lighting Isn't Dead The future of energy-efficient lighting, many experts will tell you, is the solid-state LED (light-emitting diode). You have already begun to see these tiny, bead-like lights in special applications ... more |
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 New study reduces threat level for caribou in Alberta's oilsands country A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceiv ... more | .. |
 Siemens And The North Carolina Solar Center Announce Solar Exchange East More than 130 solar industry representatives recently gathered for Solar Exchange West, hosted by Siemens, University of California, Los Angeles, Clean Tech LA and the LA Business Council. The ... more | .. |
 Camera lets people shoot first focus later Startup Lytro is promising to deliver by year's end a camera that lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them. ... more | .. |
  ADB urges Asia to pursue green energy Asian nations must take "radical steps" to invest in renewable energy and increase energy efficiency amid a looming crisis, an Asian Development Bank official said. ... more |
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends without mapping moon
Intuitive Machines wins funding to advance orbital logistics vehicle
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  Technical problem shuts French nuclear reactor for hours A technical problem forced the closure of a reactor at the Gravelines nuclear plant in northern France for several hours, a spokesman for the French energy group EDF said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Embraer wins more orders for regional jet Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has won more orders for its E-190 regional jet and hopes to secure the U.S. Delta Air Lines as a long-term customer in a major advance toward the company's goal of competing in the international market. ... more | .. |
  Tokyo, the megacity that works On a satellite image of the Earth at night, there is no brighter spot. Greater Tokyo, home to an astonishing 35 million people, is by far the biggest urban area on the planet. ... more | .. |
Prada shares may sag after disappointing IPO Italy's Prada hits the Hong Kong bourse on Friday, but the latest luxury brand to target Asia's booming capital markets may see its share price sag thanks to choppy global conditions. ... more |
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  Graphene may gain an 'on-off switch,' adding semiconductor to long list of achievements A team of researchers has proposed a way to turn the material graphene into a semiconductor, enabling it to control the flow of electrons with a laser "on-off switch". Graphene is thinnest and ... more | .. |
 Solar Dawn will be Largest Plant of its Kind in the World The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP consortium's "Solar Dawn" as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government ... more | .. |
 Standard Solar Brings Solar Energy to Northern New Mexico Standard Solar has announced it is developing a 1.5 MW solar electric system in northern Taos County, New Mexico in cooperation with Taos-based Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative (KCEC). The proj ... more | .. |
 Benton County Fairgrounds Promotes Solar Energy with SunWize Systems Installation SunWize Systems has announced it has completed the installation of a roof-mounted solar project at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the second largest solar installati ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
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 Etrion Contracts Phoenix Solar to Build Solar Power Plant Etrion and Phoenix Solar have announced a new agreement to build a 2.6 MW solar power plant near Nettuno in the Lazio region of Italy. Etrion will own the power plant, and Phoenix Solar will design, ... more | .. |
 Langan Energy Solutions Completes Rooftop Solar Project for Parsippany Office Building Langan Energy Solutions (LES), based in Elmwood Park, N.J., recently completed a 50-kilowatt rooftop solar system for an office building owned by Entin Road Realty Associates in Parsippany, N.J. ... more | .. |
 AstraZeneca Installs 7,300-Panel Solar Energy System on Wilmington Campus AstraZeneca has announced the installation of a 7,300-panel solar energy project that produces energy equivalent to about 10 percent of the campus' office building electricity use. The 1.7 meg ... more | .. |
 Encana rejects shale gas deal with PetroChina Canadian energy giant Encana said Tuesday it has ended talks with China's state-owned PetroChina on a joint venture to develop a major shale gas project. ... more |
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Italian police crack down on China money transfers Italian police on Tuesday seized 70 Chinese-owned businesses in the textile sector in and around Florence and assets worth 25 million euros in an anti-fraud crackdown. ... more | .. |
 Boeing 747-8 Freighter Arrives at Paris After Historic Biofuel Flight The Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport at 5:35 p.m. local time after completing the first transatlantic flight of a large commercial airplane powered on all engines by a susta ... more | .. |
 Toyota, rivals to hire thousands in post-quake push Toyota and other Japanese automakers on Tuesday said they planned to hire thousands of contract workers in Japan as they look to make up for lost production due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Estonia, Lithuania vow energy security Regional cooperation between the Baltic states on energy security and other issues is deepening, the presidents of Lithuania and Estonia say. ... more |
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