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China to lead in new nuclear reactors?Beijing (UPI) Oct 11, 2011 While most of the world takes a step back from nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in northern Japan, China is continuing on a path of nuclear power expansion. An earthquake and tsunami last spring wrecked a nuclear power plant at Fukushima, causing an environmental problem that is far from over. That caused many countries - notably Germany - to stop nuclear power plant construction and even shut down existing facilities. However, China still aims to have 50 gigawatts of n ... read more |
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  Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic ... more | .. |
  Japan's Ongoing Nuclear Disaster: Radiation Still Leaking, Recovery Still Years Away Richard Wilcox lives in Japan and studies environmental issues, and has published articles on Fukushima in Counterpunch, Dissident Voice and Global Research. "If nuclear power is so 'safe,' why is i ... more | .. |
  Point defects in super-chilled diamonds may offer stable candidates for quantum computing bits Diamond, nature's hardest known substance, is essential for our modern mechanical world - drills, cutters, and grinding wheels exploit the durability of diamonds to power a variety of industries. Bu ... 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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 New knowledge about 'flawed' diamonds could speed the development of diamond-based quantum computers A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based system ... more | .. |
  Kicking hybrids out of carpool lanes backfires, slowing traffic for all The end of a California program granting free access to carpool lanes by solo drivers of hybrid cars has unintentionally slowed traffic in all lanes, according to transportation engineers at the Uni ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Provide New Hybrid Navigation System for Cessna Business Jets A new fiber-optic inertial navigation system/global positioning system (INS/GPS) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation's navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH, has been sele ... more | .. |
  Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel An Illinois research team has succeeded in overcoming one major obstacle to a promising technology that simultaneously reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide and produces fuel. University of Illin ... more |
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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  New form of superhard carbon observed Carbon is the fourth-most-abundant element in the universe and takes on a wide variety of forms, called allotropes, including diamond and graphite. Scientists at Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory ar ... more | .. |
 Molecular Depth Profiling Modeled Using Buckyballs and Low-Energy Argon A team of scientists led by a Penn State University chemist has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of an alternative method of molecular depth profiling - a technique used to analyze the surf ... more | .. |
 Physicists Turn Liquid into Solid Using an Electric Field Physicists have predicted that under the influence of sufficiently high electric fields, liquid droplets of certain materials will undergo solidification, forming crystallites at temperature and pre ... more | .. |
  Australian parliament approves carbon tax Australia's lower house of parliament passed a contentious new tax on carbon pollution to combat climate change on Wednesday, culminating years of heated debate. ... more |
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  Outside View: Pass the China currency bill The China Currency Bill is the most significant jobs bill the U.S. Congress could pass. It enjoys the bipartisan support of nearly 80 Republican and Democratic U.S. senators, yet U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, oppose it, illustrating both are out of touch with the problems besetting the American economy. ... more | .. |
 China, Vietnam hold 'candid' talks on disputed seas China and Vietnam on Tuesday held "candid" talks about who controls the islands in potentially oil-rich waters claimed by both nations, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... more | .. |
Oil prices slip, OPEC chief rules out new recession Oil prices fell Tuesday before a key Slovakia vote on the eurozone bailout fund, but the head of OPEC insisted the market was well supplied with crude and that the world was not set for a new recession. ... more | .. |
 Second Dutch nuclear rail shipment heads to France A train carrying nuclear waste on Tuesday left the Netherlands bound for a recycling plant in France, the second such shipment that has sparked ire and protests of anti-nuclear activists. ... 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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Philippines sees outsourcing boom The Philippines outsourcing industry will grow strongly over the next five years despite global economic concerns and threats to its call centre sector, industry officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Iran takes one gas field from China to push it on another Iran has suspended a $16 billion gas field contract with China in the Gulf to push it to meet its obligations in another nearby field that is already being tapped by Qatar, the Mehr news agency reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Oil prices rise further, OPEC chief rules out new recession Oil prices rose Tuesday before a key Slovakia vote on the eurozone bailout fund and as the head of OPEC insisted the market was well supplied with crude oil and that the world was not set for recession. ... more | .. |
Green light for nuclear expansion in Britain: minister Britain will press on with plans to expand its network of nuclear power stations, a minister said Tuesday, after a report on the Fukushima disaster found no grounds to restrict the use of reactors here. ... more |
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Russia, China nearing agreement on gas: Putin Moscow and Beijing are nearing the "final stage" of agreeing a huge gas deal delayed for years by disputes on price, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday during a visit to Beijing. ... more | .. |
  China takes oil, gas sales tax nationwide China has said it will roll out a tax on crude oil and natural gas sales nationwide from next month as Beijing looks to save energy and cut emissions, while doubling the maximum levy on rare earth metals. ... more | .. |
Green, Aboriginal groups lash BHP mega-mine Eco-activists and Aboriginal groups Tuesday condemned Australia's approval of a mammoth BHP Billiton mining pit expansion, warning of an environmental and public health disaster if it goes ahead. ... more | .. |
China, Russia ink deals worth over $7bln China said Tuesday it had signed trade and economic deals worth more than $7 billion with Russia, ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's planned visit to Beijing. ... 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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  Sundance says 'no reason' to doubt Hanlong deal Australia's Sundance Resources on Tuesday said China's Hanlong Mining had assured it there was "no reason" to doubt its Aus$1.65 billion (Aus$1.65 billion) takeover despite an insider trading probe linked to the deal. ... more | .. |
Japan August current account surplus falls 64.3% Japan's current account surplus shrank 64.3 percent year-on-year in August, the sixth straight monthly fall as higher energy import costs overshadowed a small gain in exports, data showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 School Gets World's First Solar Hot Air PPA for HVAC Sanborn Regional School District has signed the world's first power purchase agreement (PPA) for ultra-efficient solar hot air, which will reduce the fuel oil heating bills of Sanborn Regional High ... more | .. |
 SPI Joins with KDC Solar for Solar Facility in New Jersey SPI Solar has been engaged by a subsidiary of KDC Solar for a 6.8 MW ground mounted solar facility to be constructed in Middlesex County New Jersey. SPI Solar will provide construction managem ... more |
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 Renewvia Energy and PSE and G Cut Ribbon on Milestone Solar Project Renewvia Energy, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G), and two Renewvia Energy partners have cut the ribbon on a 1.26 megawatt solar system located at a state-of-the-art distribution ... more | .. |
 SOLON and PG and E 15-MW Five Points Solar PV Station Goes Live SOLON has announced the commercial operation of a 15-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) station in collaboration with California's Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E), which supplies natu ... more | .. |
 Secure updates for navigation systems At the push of a button by the driver, control units download the car manufacturer's new software - such as enhanced map material for the navigation system. To ensure that this data channel is prote ... more | .. |
 Neo Solar Power to Invest in BlueChip Energy's 120 MW Sorrento Solar Farm Project BlueChip Energy has announced it has signed a letter of intent with Neo Solar Power, a Taiwan-based solar cell manufacturer, for an equity participation in BCE's 120 MW Sorrento Solar Farm project. ... more |
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