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Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th Shot on Laboratory Electromagnetic RailgunArlington, VA (SPX) Nov 02, 2011 Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Electromagnetic Railgun program when they fired a laboratory-scale system for the 1,000th time Oct. 31. "A significant amount of development has been coming out of NRL to support the program," said Roger Ellis, ONR's Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) program officer. "It's a key piece of making railgun successful." The EMRG is a long-range weapon that launches projectiles ... read more |
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  Animal Farm Powers Village by Alfagy The future of community energy is being pioneered near the small English village of Hatherop where a power station using biogas or 'digester gas' was commissioned. Powered by agricultural biomass, i ... more | .. |
  Seeking Relief From The Parking Wars For those who live or work in cities, parking is a major source of stress and frustration. Researchers estimate that for every 110 vehicles circulating on the roads looking for spaces, there are 100 ... more | .. |
  Spin lasers in the fast lane Electrical engineers in Bochum have succeeded in developing a new concept for ultrafast semiconductor lasers. The researchers make clever use of the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, called s ... 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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  A SHARP New Microscope for the Next Generation of Microchips Moore's Law, hardly a law but undeniably a persistent trend, says that every year and a half, the number of transistors that fit on a chip roughly doubles. It's why electronics - from smart phones t ... more | .. |
 Zinc oxide microwires improve the performance of light-emitting diodes Researchers have used zinc oxide microwires to significantly improve the efficiency at which gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (LED) convert electricity to ultraviolet light. The devices are bel ... more | .. |
 Lincoln Increases Trucking Fleet to Expand Regional Biofuels Service Lincoln Energy Solutions, a provider of biofuels solutions and related services, recently expanded their transportation fleet. This addition strengthens Lincoln's capability to increase customer ser ... more | .. |
 Aluminum alloy overcomes obstacles on the path to making hydrogen a practical fuel source Hydrogen offers great promise as a renewable energy source. It's staggeringly plentiful (the most abundant element in the Universe) and environmentally friendly (used in a fuel cell, it gives off on ... more |
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Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive species
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  ESA Renewables Negotiates Contracts for 80MW, Executes LOI for 20MW at Solar Power International ESA Renewables is pleased to announce its unprecedented success at the Solar Power International (SPI) 2011 trade show last week. Meetings during the show resulted in financing, EPC and O and ... more | .. |
 An important aspect of structural design of super-tall buildings and structures Across-wind loads and effects have become increasingly important factors in the structural design of super-tall buildings and structures with increasing height. Although researchers have inves ... more | .. |
 GE Unit and KGAL invest in 50MW Spanish CSP Plant GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced it and German fund KGAL are jointly investing 111.1 million euros in a 50-megawatt parabolic trough concentrated solar power plant using molten sal ... more | .. |
 SolarWorld Solar Panels Ready to Power Center Modeling World Advance in Sustainable Building High-performance solar panels from SolarWorld will provide electricity for the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden's Center for Sustainable Landscapes. The project, rising in Pittsburgh's Schen ... more |
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 ONYX Announces Revolutionary "Plug-N-Play" All-in-One Solar Panel Imagine walking into your local Home Depot store and buying a solar panel, attaching it to your roof with 4 screws and plugging your extension cord right into it for instant 24-hour power. Thi ... more | .. |
 GE Partners with REC Solar as Solar EV Convergence Gains Traction REC Solar has teamed up with GE Energy Industrial Solutions to distribute the GE WattStation electric vehicle (EV) charger. The partnership signals the movement toward the inevitable collision of tw ... more | .. |
Solar Power International Breaks New Ground In Texas Energy leaders from around the world descended upon Dallas, Texas for Solar Power International '11, October 17 - 20. For the first time in its eight year history, SPI was staged outside California ... more | .. |
 Australia posed to enter golden age of gas Australia is entering the golden age of natural gas and is set to become the world's supermarket for liquefied natural gas. ... 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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 Latin America set on solar energy growth Growth in Latin America's solar energy sector is drawing international players to the region, with more businesses setting up area offices to capture larger slices of new business worth tens of millions of dollars. ... more | .. |
  Brazil faces forecasts of slow growth Brazilian government economic planners have been served the first warning this year that the Latin American country's commodities-fueled economy may be slowing. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Solving budget woes Whether the Joint Select Committee on Budget Reduction reaches a deal to reduce the U.S. federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion or stalemates on Nov. 23, Democrats appear intent on handicapping the national economy with higher taxes and imperiling national security by cutting defense. Those are the wrong places to solve the nation's budget woes. ... more | .. |
 Chrysler gains traction as US auto sales rise Chrysler gained more ground on its rivals in October with a 27 percent rise in US auto sales, outpacing single-digit growth at Ford and General Motors, industry data showed Tuesday. ... more |
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  Key US senator to unveil Africa trade bill Worried by China's expanding economic ties to Africa, a key US senator said Tuesday he would soon unveil a bill aimed at tripling US exports to the resource-rich continent over the next decade. ... more | .. |
 17th century Chinese coin dug up in Canada's far north Archaeologists have unearthed a Chinese coin minted between 1667 and 1671 at a planned mine site in the Yukon, suggesting early trade with Canada's far north, the mining company announced. ... more | .. |
 Russia's WTO bid on track for this year Russia's 17-year quest for accession to the World Trade Organization should be successfully concluded by the end of the year, Swiss mediators say. ... 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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  Areva finds 12,300 tonnes of uranium in Jordan: report French nuclear giant Areva has discovered 12,300 tonnes of uranium in central Jordan, state-run media said on Tuesday, as the parched kingdom tries to develop nuclear energy to meet its growing needs. ... more | .. |
Japan's Hitachi half-year net profit down 67.8% Japanese high-tech firm Hitachi on Tuesday said its net profit fell 67.8 percent in the six months to September, hit by the impact of the March earthquake and a strong yen. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices tumble on Greek referendum, Chinese data Crude oil prices slumped on Tuesday after Greece called for a referendum on its EU bailout deal, raising tensions in the eurozone debt crisis which threatens to hit energy demand, traders said. ... more | .. |
 China manufacturing growth slows in October Manufacturing activity in China and other Asian economies remained weak in October, surveys showed Tuesday, as US and European economic woes hit demand for clothes, shoes and electronic gadgets. ... more |
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Chinese, Russian firms seen as most bribery-prone: watchdog Companies from Russia and China are seen as the worst offenders for paying bribes when doing business abroad, a new report said Wednesday, while Swiss and Dutch firms are the most honest. ... more | .. |
 Japan restarts first nuclear plant since disaster Japan on Wednesday restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, in a boost to its beleaguered atomic power industry faced with a deeply sceptical public. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's Kia Motors to build new plant in China South Korea's second largest automaker Kia Motors said Wednesday it would build a new plant in China to meet growing demand in the world's fastest-growing car market. ... more |
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