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Novel alloy could produce hydrogen fuel from sunlightLouisville KY (SPX) Aug 31, 2011 Scientists from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville have determined that an inexpensive semiconductor material can be "tweaked" to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight. The research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, was led by Professors Madhu Menon and R. Michael Sheetz at the UK Center for Computational Sciences, and Professor Mahendra Sunkara and graduate student Chandrashekhar Pendyala at the UofL Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research. Their findings ... read more |
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 Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells A team of USC scientists has developed a robust, efficient method of using hydrogen as a fuel source. Hydrogen makes a great fuel because of it can easily be converted to electricity in a fuel cell ... more | .. |
  Researchers build a tougher, lighter wind turbine blade Efforts to build larger wind turbines able to capture more energy from the air are stymied by the weight of blades. A Case Western Reserve University researcher has built a prototype blade that is s ... more | .. |
  New salts for chemical soups In order to meet future demands for new pharmaceuticals, innovative materials and agricultural pesticides, the chemical industry is dependent on the ongoing development of effective methods for the ... 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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  US PV Installations Forecast to Soar 166 Percent in 2011 U.S. photovoltaic (PV) installations in 2011 will rise a spectacular 166 percent to a total of 2.4 gigawatts (GW), with California leading the country in the amount of power derived from renewable s ... more | .. |
 Siemens Upgrades West Chicago Plant To Produce PV Inverters Siemens Industry is celebrating the production of its SINVERT solar inverters at its recently-updated manufacturing plant located in West Chicago, Ill. The company invested approximately $10 million ... more | .. |
 New DuPont Encapsulant Improves W and K Solar Modules Willard and Kelsey (W and K) Solar Group announces commercialization of their new "WK1-75" photovoltaic (PV) module using DuPont PV5400 Series encapsulant. Designed for utility-scale clean energy pr ... more | .. |
  Microscope on the go: Cheap, portable, dual-mode microscope uses holograms, not lenses To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los A ... more |
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GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience
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 SolarWindow Coatings Lead to Increased Transparency and Improved Color New Energy Technologies has announced that researchers developing its SolarWindow technology, capable of generating electricity on see-through glass, have developed a first-ever working prototype us ... more | .. |
  Japan's industrial output rises 0.6 % in July: govt Japan's industrial production rose by a lower-than-expected 0.6 percent in July from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Netherlands sells off aircraft Five F-16 fighters from the Netherlands are on their way to Chile as the government continues to cut expenditures. ... more | .. |
 South Korea touts tidal power plant South Korea has inaugurated what it says is the world's largest tidal power plant. ... more |
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  US slaps duties on 'subsidized' Chinese steel wire The United States on Tuesday hit Chinese exporters of steel wire with up to 253 percent duties for allegedly unfair subsidies they receive from the government. ... more | .. |
 Philippine leader flies to China Philippine President Benigno Aquino flew to China late Tuesday, aides said, on a mission to secure billions of dollars in business deals as the two sides look to move beyond a territorial row. ... more | .. |
  Japan to lift power-saving decree earlier than planned Restrictions on power use in and around Tokyo will be lifted two weeks earlier than scheduled thanks to an improved supply and demand balance as the peak summer heat eases, the government said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Japan's jobless rate edges up to 4.7% in July Japan's unemployment rate rose for the second straight month in July and household spending fell, illustrating challenges for new premier Yoshihiko Noda in safeguarding Japan's recovery, analysts said. ... more |
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Orbit Over Obsolescence: How Satellite Constellations Are Replacing Cell Towers One Layer at a Time
What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
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 China approves Citic Securities for HK listing Citic Securities, China's biggest broker by market value, has received government approval for a listing in Hong Kong, the company said in a statement Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China pulls 19 from flooded mine in rare rescue Rescue workers on Tuesday saved 19 miners from a flooded Chinese mine where they had been trapped for a week, state media said, in a rare good-news story for an industry in which thousands die each year. ... more | .. |
  Panda poop may be a treasure trove of microbes for making biofuels Panda poop contains bacteria with potent effects in breaking down plant material in the way needed to tap biomass as a major new source of "biofuels" produced not from corn and other food sources, b ... more | .. |
  Surprise difference in neutrino and antineutrino mass lessening with new measurements The physics community got a jolt last year when results showed for the first time that neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts, antineutrinos, might be the odd man out in the particle world and ... more |
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 Oceans of energy to power a planetary civilization University of Illinois scientists have engineered a new strain of yeast that converts seaweed into biofuel in half the time it took just months ago. That's a process that's important outside the Cor ... more | .. |
 Flexible electronics hold promise for consumer applications New research from Wake Forest University has advanced the field of plastic-based flexible electronics by developing, for the first time, an extremely large molecule that is stable, possesses excelle ... more | .. |
 Testing the water for bioenergy crops Many energy researchers and environmental advocates are excited about the prospect of gaining more efficient large-scale biofuel production by using large grasses like miscanthus or switchgrass rath ... more | .. |
  China's nuclear power risky? By settling for cheap technology, China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident, claim diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, The Guardian newspaper reports. ... more |
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U.S. defense in free fall
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact
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 CouchSurfing links travelers and like-minded locals A startup devoted to connecting travelers with like minded locals is ramping up its mission with $7.6 million from investors Benchmark Capital and Omidyar Network. ... more | .. |
 Tackling mysteries about carbon, possible oil formation and more deep inside Earth How do diamonds the size of potatoes shoot up at 40 miles per hour from their birthplace 100 miles below Earth's surface? Does a secret realm of life exist inside the Earth? Is there more oil and na ... more | .. |
Romanian official quits after carbon market suspension The head of Romania's environment protection agency quit Monday after the Balkan country was blocked from selling carbon credits over concerns about irregularities, the government said. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Lagarde takes the lead The tottering global economy was waiting for a credible plan from Jackson Hole, Wyo. And it got it but not from the voice that had been expected. ... more |
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 Bank of America to sell shares in China's CCB Troubled US financial giant Bank of America said Monday it would sell roughly half of its 10 percent stake in China Construction Bank for about $8.3 billion in cash. ... more | .. |
China expands bank reserve rules: Xinhua China has expanded the deposits that lenders must keep in reserve with the central bank as it struggles to curb inflation, the state Xinhua news agency reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 China blocks Europe moves to free money for Libya: envoys China has held up moves by Britain, France and Germany to get a UN sanctions committee to release five billion dollars of frozen Libyan assets to buy emergency aid, diplomats said Monday. ... more | .. |
Sinopec first-half net profit rises 12% Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, has reported a 12 percent gain in net profit for the first half this year, thanks to strong growth in the world's second largest economy. ... more |
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