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Boeing Dreamliner to make first commercial flightHong Kong (AFP) Oct 25, 2011 Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the chance to fly into history on what is touted as an aviation breakthrough. The first mid-sized airplane capable of flying long-range routes, many thought the Dreamliner might never get off the ground as its development ran three years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. The All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Tokyo's Narita airport to Hong Kong, where it i ... read more |
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  New method of growing high-quality graphene promising for next-gen technology Making waves as the material that will revolutionize electronics, graphene - composed of a single layer of Carbon atoms - has nonetheless been challenging to produce in a way that will be practical ... more | .. |
  ElBaradei sees growth in nuclear power Former UN nuclear monitor and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei expects growth in nuclear energy - particularly in emerging economies - despite the Fukushima disaster caused by Japan's March tsunami. ... more | .. |
  Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissions The largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from ... 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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  Plastic fantastic - the future of biodegradables Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on f ... more | .. |
  SeaRoc and CDS Wind sign joint agreement to deliver offshore renewable services Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, have signed a joint agreement with marine technology specialists CDS Wind Ltd. (CDS) of Seoul, Korea, to help further develop the ... more | .. |
 Dividing corn stover makes ethanol conversion more efficient Not all parts of a corn stalk are equal, and they shouldn't be treated that way when creating cellulosic ethanol, say Purdue University researchers. When corn stover is processed to make cellu ... more | .. |
 'Iran has problems with nuclear program' There has been a flurry of reports on Iran's contentious nuclear program that collectively suggest Tehran is having serious problems getting its hands on materials for its key uranium-enrichment centrifuges along with other issues. ... more |
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  Outside View: The fed Is out of tricks U.S. Federal Reserve officials are flailing about for new tools - for example, more quantitative easing or a better communications strategy - to jump-start the U.S. economy. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace targets Neste Oil over palm oil production Dozens of Greenpeace demonstrators chained themselves outside Neste Oil headquarters near Helsinki on Tuesday in protest at the company's palm oil production for diesel fuel. ... more | .. |
 US warns China of growth 'hangover' China's overdependence on cheap exports to fuel its break-neck economic growth has led to a boom that will "leave a financial hangover for years", a senior US government official warned Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 SeaRoc to provide two Meteorological Masts to Forewind on Round 3 Dogger Bank SeaRochas been selected to project manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind - the consortium res ... more |
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  IBM appoints first female chief executive IBM named Virginia Rometty, the head of sales, marketing and strategy, to take over as chief executive on January 1, making her the first woman to head the legendary US computer company. ... more | .. |
 EU rebukes US Congress over airline emissions rules The European Union called on the United States on Tuesday to respect EU laws after US lawmakers voted to prevent American airlines from following Europe's carbon emissions rules. ... more | .. |
 The eyes have it: Computer-inspired creativity The prototype design system is free to download from the project web site. Constraints on creativity imposed by computer-aided design (CAD) tools are being overcome, thanks to a novel system that in ... more | .. |
  Chinese firms say Saab bail-out deal still valid Two Chinese firms which pledged to bail out troubled Swedish carmaker Saab said Tuesday they remained committed to the deal, even after the Dutch owner of Saab said the pact was terminated. ... more |
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Interference to astronomy the unintended consequence of faster internet
Russian rocket puts Iran satellite into space: Iran media
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 Bulgaria signs deal for radioactive waste depot Bulgaria signed a deal Tuesday with a Spanish-German consortium for a new radioactive waste depot near its Kozloduy nuclear power plant on the Danube, the energy ministry announced. ... more | .. |
  BP says reaches turning point, 18 months after oil disaster BP surged back into profit in the first nine months of the year, it said Tuesday, declaring that it has now reached a "clear turning point" after the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in April 2010. ... more | .. |
 WTO to rule on China-US dispute on shrimps, sawblades The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that it would rule on a dispute brought by China to the United States over anti-dumping calculations imposed by Washington on Chinese diamond sawblades and shrimps. ... more | .. |
 Using new technique, scientists uncover a delicate magnetic balance for superconductivity 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 Tun ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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New MachLab rocket test site launches UK into next phase of space engineering
Ukraine's anti-graft body says new bill restores independence
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
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 |
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