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Hot springs microbe yields heat-tolerant enzymeBerkeley CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2011 Bioprospectors from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found a microbe in a Nevada hot spring that happily eats plant material - cellulose - at temperatures near the boiling point of water. In fact, the microbe's cellulose-digesting enzyme, called a cellulase, is most active at a record 109 degrees Celsius (228 degrees Fahrenheit), significantly above the 100oC (212oF) boiling point of water. This so-called hyperthermophilic microbe ... read more |
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 Microalgae could be next big cash crop for Texas energy farmers Just as corn and peanuts stunned the world decades ago with their then-newly discovered multi-beneficial uses and applications, Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Corpus Christi think microalgae ... more | .. |
  Tecta Solar Expands East Coast Presence Fueling Growth through New Hires and Service Expansions Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., has opened a new office just outside of Philadelphia, in Fort Washington, Pa. to provide its expanding team a sustainable, local office for its solar ... more | .. |
 Pyron Solar Achieves Milestone For Its Floating CPV Power Production System At Prototype Test Site The world's first full-scale installation for Pyron Solar's unique concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy system has achieved a milestone with performance results from a prototype test site th ... 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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 U of T researchers build an antenna for light University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from ... more | .. |
  NIST mechanical micro-drum cooled to quantum ground state Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a flexible, ... more | .. |
 Centrosolar America Receives Intertek Certification Of Centropack Pre-Packaged PV Kit Centrosolar reports that their CentroPack line of pre-packaged solar installation kits is now approved and listed by Intertek as a complete system. Intertek provides electrical safety testing and gl ... more | .. |
 Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year's 32% rise in green energy investments worldwide according to the latest annual report o ... more |
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  Police break up anti-China rally in Vietnam Vietnamese police forcibly dispersed an anti-China rally on Sunday and arrested at least 10 people, including journalists, after a series of protests over tensions in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
  Two rescued after week trapped in China mine Two workers were rescued Sunday after being trapped for more than a week deep underground in a southern China mine collapse in which eight people died and 12 were still missing, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  China's trade surplus widens to $22.27 billion China's politically sensitive trade surplus expanded to $22.27 billion in June, rising sharply from the previous month as the value of exports hit a record high, government data showed Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Australia sets carbon price to fight climate change Australia Sunday announced plans to tax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change, as it moves towards an emissions trading scheme similar to that of Europe. ... more |
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 Mullen flies to China as US plans naval exercise The top US military officer left for China Friday in a trip designed to bolster a fledgling security dialogue with Beijing, even as a US naval exercise in the South China Sea threatens to upstage his visit. ... more | .. |
  China inflation accelerates to 6.4% China said Saturday its politically sensitive inflation rate accelerated in June to the highest level in three years, as the government struggles to rein in soaring food costs. ... more | .. |
 'Trash gas' powers garbage trucks A growing number of trash trucks are being powered by fuel recovered from the very garbage they haul to landfills, U.S. industry experts said. ... more |
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 Question marks on Venezuela Speculation abounds in Venezuela over the health and future President Hugo Chavez and his socialist revolution. ... more | .. |
 BP wants to stop paying Gulf oil spill victims BP wants to stop paying most people affected by the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill for potential future damages because the region has recovered, a document released Friday said. ... more | .. |
Outside View: A disappointing jobs report The U.S. economy added only 18,000 jobs in June after posting a lackluster 25,000 gain in May. Jobs creation remains moribund and inadequate to appreciably dent unemployment because the economic recovery is simply not gaining steam. ... more | .. |
China, Philippines agree to calm territorial row China and the Philippines agreed Friday not to allow rising tensions over conflicting claims in the South China Seas to hamper bilateral relations, the two governments said in a joint statement. ... more |
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Manila, Beijing discuss disputed islands Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is in Beijing for talks concerning disputed islands that increasingly cause friction between the two countries. ... more | .. |
Group: EU carbon permits should be cut Plunging prices for EU carbon allowances will go still lower unless their supply is tightened, a British environmental group said this week. ... more | .. |
  Japan nuclear firm hit by email scandal The head of a Japanese utility firm apologised to the government on Friday after the company urged staff to send emails from home to a televised meeting calling for the restart of idled nuclear reactors. ... more | .. |
Japan's NTT DoCoMo plans green-energy cellphone towers Japan's largest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, plans to start powering its cellphone tower network with renewable energy such as solar, wind or biomass, the company said Friday. ... more |
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Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
Navy F-35 jet crashes in California
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Germany seals nuclear exit by 2022 The German parliament sealed plans Friday to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant. ... more | .. |
 Optics in LEDs for lighting Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been changing the way we see the world since the 1960s. Their usage in everyday life is pervasive and continues to increase thanks to the cutting-edge research bein ... more | .. |
  China's auto sales growth 'to slow sharply' in 2011 Auto sales in China, the world's largest vehicle market, are expected to hit the brakes this year despite showing a slight rebound in June, an industry group said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Laser, electric fields combined for new 'lab-on-chip' technologies Researchers are developing new technologies that combine a laser and electric fields to manipulate fluids and tiny particles such as bacteria, viruses and DNA for a range of potential applications, ... more |
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  DLR Airbus A320 ATRA taxis using fuel cell-powered nose wheel for the first time On 30 June 2011, DLR's A320 ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft) taxied around Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport propelled by an electric nose wheel. In the taxiing tests, researchers and enginee ... more | .. |
 Termites digestive system could act as biofuel refinery One of the peskiest household pests, while disastrous to homes, could prove to be a boon for cars, according to a Purdue University study. Mike Scharf, the O. Wayne Rollins/Orkin Chair in Mole ... more | .. |
 DLR examines the benefits of sectorless airspace Air traffic will continue to grow in the foreseeable future, increasing the workload of air traffic controllers. Researchers at the German Aerospace Center have been examining what would happen if a ... more | .. |
 U.K. court ruling a blow to Argentine plan A British Supreme Court ruling that rejected state immunity for Argentina in creditor claims dating to its $96 billion sovereign debt default in 2001 exposed Buenos Aires to new financial risks as the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner fought for an early re-entry into global capital markets. ... more |
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