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Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear wasteEast Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 07, 2011 Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. Details of the process, which can be improved and patented, are published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The implications could eventually benefit sites forever changed by nuclear contamination, said Gemma Reguera, MSU microbiologist. "Geobacter bacteria are tiny micro-organisms that can ... read more |
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  Research gives crystal clear temperature readings from toughest environments Researchers at the University of Warwick and Oxford University have developed a form of crystal that can deliver highly accurate temperature readings, down to individual milli-kelvins, over a very b ... more | .. |
  Saint-Gobain Solar Showcases SOLGLIDE M and SOLGLIDE T Bearings SOLGLIDE T and SOLGLIDE M families of bearings, launched by Saint-Gobain Solar, reduce the costs of initial investment, operations and maintenance for solar tracking systems in solar power plants. ... more | .. |
  Activists say pipelines fuelling Myanmar abuses Huge energy projects to transport oil and gas across Myanmar to China are fuelling human rights abuses, including forced labour, violence, evictions and land confiscation, activists warned Tuesday. ... 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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 Leading PV Module Manufacturers Adopt DuPont Solamet Metallizations DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) recently added two key accounts, Sunways AG and Heckert Solar AG, to a growing list of leading photovoltaic manufacturers using DuPont Solamet PV17x photovoltaic ... more | .. |
 First Solar begins Australian project First Solar, Verve Energy and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services announced that Australia's first utility-scale solar power project is under way. Output from the 10-megawatt AC project on 80 hecta ... more | .. |
 Another US solar company claims bankruptcy Following similar announcements of closures and bankruptcies from Evergreen Solar and Solon, the US solar manufacturing sector has taken another hit with media reporting that SpectraWatt has filed f ... more | .. |
 DuPont Introduces New Protective Backsheet Technology for PV Modules DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials (DuPont) announced it has developed a new backsheet technology designed to enhance the quality and manufacturability of crystalline silicon solar modules by impro ... more |
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One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones | .. |
  Recent trends show recession effect on US advanced technology exports U.S. exports of advanced technology products (ATP) fared better than other non-advanced technology exports during the recent U.S. recession, says a new report from the National Science Foundation (N ... more | .. |
 Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material's use in computers a ... more | .. |
 Gas 'fracking' not cause of Va. earthquake There is no connection between expanded "hydraulic fracturing" gas drilling in the Mid-Atlantic States and the Aug. 23 Virginia earthquake, scientists say ... more | .. |
  US: Europe has will to face debt crisis The White House said Tuesday it was confident Europe had the ability and will to tackle its debt crisis and said there was "no question" events across the Atlantic could impact the US economy. ... more |
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 RugbyU: S.African union slams Chinese-made rugby jerseys South African labour unions Tuesday demanded that the national rugby federation apologise for importing Springbok jerseys from China in the run-up to the World Cup. ... more | .. |
 Argentina trade delegation woos China investments Argentina's foreign minister headed a large trade delegation that will travel Tuesday to China, a large and growing source of foreign investment and trade in the South America's second largest country. ... more | .. |
 China 'regrets' WTO ruling on US tyre dispute Beijing said Tuesday it regretted a World Trade Organisation (WTO) decision to reject its complaint against punitive US tariffs on Chinese tyre imports. ... more | .. |
 Chinese firms to strengthen Venezuela iron sector Venezuela on Tuesday announced agreements worth more than $500 million with three Chinese companies to boost iron production and transport in the latest strengthening of bilateral ties. ... more |
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Mars glaciers are purer and more uniform than previously thought
Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount Sharp
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  From a flat mirror, designer light Exploiting a novel technique called phase discontinuity, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have induced light rays to behave in a way that defies the centu ... more | .. |
 Scientists observe smallest atomic displacements ever An international team of scientists has developed a novel X-ray technique for imaging atomic displacements in materials with unprecedented accuracy. They have applied their technique to determine ho ... more | .. |
  Cornell physicists capture microscopic origins of thinning and thickening fluids In things thick and thin: Cornell physicists explain how fluids - such as paint or paste - behave by observing how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time. Using high-speed microscopy, t ... more | .. |
 The Geophysicist Guide to Striking It Rich Prospecting - the search for valuable reserves such as gold, diamond and natural gas - isn't just a matter of luck. It's about knowing where to look. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have mode ... more |
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 Digital quantum simulator realized Almost two years ago Rainer Blatt's and Christan Roos' research groups from the University of Innsbruck recreated the properties of a particle moving close to speed of light in a quantum system. ... more | .. |
 UCSB physicists demonstrate the quantum von Neumann architecture A new paradigm in quantum information processing has been demonstrated by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. Their results are published in this week's issue of Science Express online. UCSB physi ... more | .. |
 Hiding Objects With a Terahertz Invisibility Cloak Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can't translate into an invisibility ... more | .. |
 The quantum tunneling effect leads electron transport in porphyrins Porphyrins are organic molecules that appear in the central region of macromolecules such as chlorophyll and hemoglobin, and have a metal atom at their center that determines their specific function ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
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 Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design Ten years after 9/11, researchers at Purdue University are continuing work that could lead to safer steel structures such as buildings and bridges and also an emerging type of nuclear power plant de ... more | .. |
 WTO rules against China in dispute over tyre exports to US The World Trade Organisation on Monday rejected a Chinese complaint against punitive US tariffs on Chinese tyre imports. ... more | .. |
 Kurdistan condemns draft Iraq oil law North Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Monday condemned a draft oil and gas law that was approved by the central government and called on parliament to reject it. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices drop on weak US, China data Crude oil prices slid on Monday, hit by weak economic data in the United States and China, the world's two biggest consumers of energy, analysts said. ... more |
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 World Bank chief urges China to rebalance economy The head of the World Bank on Monday urged China to rebalance its export-driven economy and said taming rising inflation remained the most important challenge for the country in the short term. ... more | .. |
 Japan to seek IAEA advice before restarting reactors Japan plans to seek advice from the UN atomic watchdog before restarting nuclear reactors stopped as a precaution after the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster, reports said. ... more | .. |
 US oil giant halts production at China field after spill The US oil giant behind a huge spill off China said Monday it had halted production at the oilfield in line with a government order, as an influential official newspaper accused it of a cover-up. ... more | .. |
 Japan to focus on clean energy exports: minister Japan will develop and promote new clean energy technologies after the nuclear crisis, new foreign minister Koichiro Gemba said on Monday. ... more |
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