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JBEI identify new advanced biofuel as an alternative to diesel fuelBerkeley CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2011 Researchers with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a potential new advanced biofuel that could replace today's standard fuel for diesel engines but would be clean, green, renewable and produced in the United States. Using the tools of synthetic biology, a JBEI research team engineered strains of two microbes, a bacteria and a yeast, to produce a precursor to bisabolane, a member of the terpene class of chemical compounds that are found in plants ... read more |
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  New nanostructure-based process will streamline production of magnetic materials Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that for the first time they have designed a much simpler method of preparing ordered magnetic materials than ever before, by coupling ma ... more | .. |
  Congestion Pricing Better at Reducing Traffic When Linked With Land-Use Planning What does it take to convince motorists to drive less - and thereby reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions? For some local, state, and federal policy makers, th ... more | .. |
  Hints of universal behavior seen in exotic 3-atom states A novel type of inter-particle binding predicted in 1970 and observed for the first time in 2006, is forming the basis for an intriguing kind of ultracold quantum chemistry. Chilled to nano-kelvin t ... 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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  Next-generation optical tweezers trap tightly without overheating Engineers at Harvard have created a device that may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such as viruses. Their plasmonic nanotweezers, revealed this month in Nature Communications, us ... more | .. |
 LSU researchers find impact of oil spill in marsh fish species A research team led by LSU Associate Professors of Biological Sciences Fernando Galvez and Andrew Whitehead has published the results of a combined field and laboratory study showing the effects of ... more | .. |
 Catalyst discovery has potential to revolutionize chemical industry University of Alberta Chemistry Professor Steve Bergens and his graduate student Jeremy Johns have discovered a catalyst that has the potential to revolutionise the chemical industry by reducing its ... more | .. |
 New core wall may speed skyscraper construction Researchers are perfecting a new technique that could speed construction of skyscrapers while also providing enough stiffness and strength to withstand earthquakes and forces from high winds. ... 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
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 Pumping in Iraq oil pipeline suspended: officials The pumping of crude oil along a pipeline connecting Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan has been suspended because of "technical problems," energy officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Russia seeks 'guarantees' on Euro shield Moscow needs "solid legal guarantees" that a European missile defense shield wouldn't alter the balance of power, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Free trade Is failing U.S. No economic policy could better serve Americans than genuine free trade but open-trade policies are failing Americans. ... more | .. |
 Turks escalate East Med gas confrontation The confrontation between the energy-poor states of Israel, Turkey and Cyprus over gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean has worsened as a Turkish research ship began exploratory drilling off war-divided Cyprus. ... more |
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 BP enters southern corridor pipeline race British oil producer BP has introduced a fourth entrant in a competing series of proposed southern corridor natural gas pipelines from Azerbaijan to Europe. ... more | .. |
India, Pakistan to double trade, open new border post Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to more than double trade within three years and open a second border trading post as they seek to buttress their peace process. ... more | .. |
Rising gold prices sink Middle East marriage hopefuls Faced with sky-high gold prices, groom-to-be Mustafa said he considered not saving for a year just to buy jewellery for his fiancee Sura, but quipped ruefully: "I don't think that is allowed in Iraq!" ... more | .. |
 Taiwan makes electricity saving with traffic lights Authorities in Taiwan said Wednesday they had changed more than 690,000 traffic lights throught the island in a project that will save enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes. ... 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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  Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner lands in Tokyo The first 787 Dreamliner to go into service landed in Japan on Wednesday, greeted by media, excited plane spotters and high hopes that Boeing's gamble on a mid-sized, lightweight aircraft will pay off. ... more | .. |
  Japan's Elpida eyes chip production base in China Japanese microchip maker Elpida Memory said it is planning to build a manufacturing base in China following a move to shift part of its production to Taiwan. ... more | .. |
 IBM looks to take pain out of parking US technology stalwart IBM and Internet startup Streetline on Wednesday will begin courting cities with a system designed to take the pain out of parking. ... more | .. |
  Concern as China firm to buy Australian coal mine Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett Wednesday raised concerns about foreign ownership in his resource-rich state after it was revealed a Chinese firm intends to buy a crucial coal mine. ... more |
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 Argonne patents technology that increases safety of Li-ion batteries Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have patented a new, extremely stable, 4-volt redox shuttle molecule that provides overcharge protection for lithium-i ... more | .. |
 Saft launches industrial production at Jacksonville lithium-ion battery plant Saft has inaugurated the world's most advanced automated lithium-ion battery factory, in Jacksonville, Florida. This high-volume, state-of-the-art production facility is dedicated to building advanc ... more | .. |
 Smart Grids Spur Massive Demand for Lithium Ion Batteries The expected proliferation of electrical smart grids during the next decade will generate nearly $6 billion worth of demand by 2020 for lithium ion batteries used mainly in energy storage systems, a ... more | .. |
  New energy in search for future wind Scientists are taking the first steps to improve estimates of long-term wind speed changes for the fast-growing wind energy sector. The research is intended to identify the risks for generators in a ... 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
SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2 | .. |
  Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. I ... more | .. |
 Cheap and efficient solar cell made possible by linked nanoparticles Researchers of the Chemical Engineering department and the Kavli institute of TU Delft have demonstrated that electrons can move freely in layers of linked semiconductor nanoparticles under the infl ... more | .. |
 Copper Film Could Lower Touch Screen, LED and Solar Cell Costs Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and the ... more | .. |
 Motor fuel from wood and water? A Georgia company says it is developing a process to turn agricultural waste into vehicle fuel and other useful chemicals - and the main ingredient is water. ... more |
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 Chile's copper market share seen at risk Chile's global leadership in copper production and export market share is being put at risk by uncertainties over the reliability of the national power grid, which collapsed last weekend in the worst outage since the February 2010 earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 China to be a leader in eco-cities? China has the potential to be a leader in eco-city development, ecological experts say. ... more | .. |
 Tokyo, Manila step up sea security ties amid China claims Japan and the Philippines on Tuesday agreed to strengthen links between their navies against a backdrop of Beijing's growing military might and increasingly assertive territorial claims in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met Philippine President Benigno Aquino in Tokyo with the pair reaffirming their "vital" interests in the disputed South China Sea. ... more | .. |
 Investment blows into India's wind sector Goldman Sachs will invest up to $200 million in India's ReNew Wind Power. ... more |
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