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![]() Cornell NY (SPX) Oct 25, 2011 A new imaging technology is giving scientists unprecedented views of the processes that affect the flow of electrons through materials. By modifying a familiar tool in nanoscience - the Scanning Tunneling Microscope - a team at Cornell University's Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics have been able to visualize what happens when they change the electronic structure of a "heavy fermion" compound made of uranium, ruthenium and silicon. What they learned sheds light on superconductivity - t ... read more |
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![]() Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight When engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, outfitted a six-legged robotic bug with wings in an effort to improve its mobility, they unexpectedly shed some light on the evolution of fl ... more | .. |
![]() Electromobility: New Components Going for a Test Run The future belongs to electrical cars - that's what most experts think. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of problems that have not been solved. This is the reason why researchers at 33 Fraunhofe ... more | .. |
![]() PHAT Energy's Solar Structures Now Expand Indefinitely With The 350D Stylish solar structure design company, PHAT ENERGY, based in Los Angeles, revealed the latest in its line of versatile, portable and infinitely expandable PHATport structures, the PHATport 350D. ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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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![]() Microring device could aid in future optical technologies Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light into ... more | .. |
![]() PHAT Energy Releases Sunpower Version Of The Successful PHATport At the opening of the international Solar Power 2011 conference, stylish solar design company, PHAT ENERGY, based in Los Angeles, has revealed its PHATport for high-efficiency SunPower panels. ... more | .. |
![]() SunConnect Signs Agreement with Macy's To Develop Roof-Mounted PV System SunConnect recently signed an agreement with Macy's to design and install a 1.063- megawatt solar power generation system at the retailer's Raritan, New Jersey distribution center. "Macy's is ... more | .. |
![]() GE Energy and Inovateus Solar Partner on Solar Carport Charging Stations GE Energy Industrial Solutions has announced that it has reached a partnership agreement to work with Inovateus Solar, a U.S. solar-power distribution and integration company, to build new solar car ... more |
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![]() Global Biofuels Market Value to Double by 2021 Motivated by growing concerns related to energy security, climate change, and economic stagnation, at least 38 national governments throughout the world have enacted blending mandates or targets to ... more | .. |
![]() Electrochemistry controlled with a plasma electrode Engineers at Case Western Reserve University have made an electrochemical cell that uses a plasma for an electrode, instead of solid pieces of metal. The technology may open new pathways for battery ... more | .. |
![]() US House targets EU airlines emissions rule US lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday to strike a blow at a controversial European Union plan to require non-EU airlines to buy carbon permits to fly to and out of the 27-nation bloc. ... more | .. |
![]() Japanese village reconsiders nuclear power The mayor of Tokai, Japan, is calling for the decommissioning of the village's nuclear reactors. ... more |
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![]() Saudi royals face succession uncertainties Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz is expected to be named crown prince following the death of his half-brother, Prince Sultan, 85. ... more | .. |
![]() Walker's World: Euro crisis turns surreal The euro crisis is becoming surreal in that everything that possibly could go wrong is now doing so, all at once. ... more | .. |
![]() Greece, China to sign new trade memorandum: ministry Greece and China will sign a trade memorandum on Monday during a visit by senior Chinese officials and conclude orders worth around 550 million euros ($766 million), the development ministry said. ... more | .. |
![]() Ukraine: Gas deal means Europe security Ukraine's recent progress toward a natural gas price agreement with Russia means security for European supplies, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says. ... more |
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![]() Seven dead in Papua miners' strike Three more people have been killed at the Grasberg mine - one of the world's largest - in Papua, taking the death toll during a strike to seven. ... more | .. |
![]() S. Korea to release Chinese fishermen South Korea's coastguard promised Monday to release 21 Chinese fishermen who were arrested last week for illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea. ... more | .. |
![]() China manufacturing hits five-month high: HSBC Manufacturing activity in China hit a five-month high in October, HSBC said Monday, easing fears of a hard landing in the world's second-largest economy. ... more | .. |
![]() Japan exports expand in September Japan's exports grew in September for a second straight month, reflecting the nation's gradual recovery from March's earthquake and tsunami as auto production returns to pre-disaster levels. ... more |
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![]() Nissan eyes 1.5 million electric cars by 2016 Japanese auto giant Nissan is aiming to sell 1.5 million electric vehicles around the world by 2016, the company said Monday, as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for green products. ... more | .. |
![]() China jails officials over economic data leaks China has jailed two officials from the state bank and national statistics bureau for leaking sensitive economic data to securities brokers, prosecutors said Monday ... more | .. |
![]() Saab owner breaks off Chinese funding deal: company Swedish Automobile, the Dutch owner of beleaguered Swedish carmaker Saab, said late Sunday it had broken off a deal for funding with two Chinese firms, seen as the only hope of keeping Saab out of bankruptcy. ... more | .. |
![]() West opens door, a crack, to rising Chinese art China's new clout on the global art market, and its taste for home-grown works, is driving up the price of contemporary Chinese artists - forcing the Western art world to make space at the table for the rising stars. ... more |
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![]() NIST measures key property of potential spintronic material An advanced material that could help bring about next-generation "spintronic" computers has revealed one of its fundamental secrets to a team of scientists from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and ... more | .. |
![]() Solar Revolution on Brink of Winning Long War 11 years ago I founded ABC Solar Inc and started to really study the solar market, the history and origins. In my journey as a Los Angeles based Solar grid-tie installation company, I have run the r ... more | .. |
![]() What makes tires grip the road on a rainy day? A team of scientists from Italy and Germany has recently developed a model to predict the friction occurring when a rough surface in wet conditions (such as a road on a rainy day) is in sliding cont ... more | .. |
![]() Superlattice Cameras Add More 'Color' to Night Vision Recent breakthroughs have enabled scientists from the Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices to build cameras that can see more than one optical waveband or "color" in the dark. ... more |
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![]() Standard Solar Breaks Ground on Solar Canopy Installation Standard Solar has announced the start of construction on a solar canopy electricity installation at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. The 118 kW project, which is slated to be complet ... more | .. |
![]() Solar Frontier Panels Demonstrate Durability and Safety Solar Frontier has announced that its CIS (copper, indium, selenium) thin-film solar modules have been certified for durability and safety by leading certification organizations. "Solar Fronti ... more | .. |
![]() Giant flakes make graphene oxide gel Giant flakes of graphene oxide in water aggregate like a stack of pancakes, but infinitely thinner, and in the process gain characteristics that materials scientists may find delicious. A new ... more | .. |
![]() Small fire stops Swedish nuclear reactor A small fire in a turbine hall shut down a Swedish nuclear reactor overnight but the blaze was swiftly extinguished, nuclear power plant officials said Sunday. ... more |
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