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Duke study offers seven safeguards for hydraulic fracturingDurham NC (SPX) Nov 21, 2011 A new report by Duke University researchers offers several health and environmental measures for North Carolina lawmakers to consider as they debate legalizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The study, which has been accepted for publication in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum journal, looks at potential environmental hazards and how lawmakers in other states are factoring health and environmental risks into regulatory approaches targeting the natural gas ... read more |
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  Multidisciplinary team of researchers develop world's lightest material A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material - with a density of 0.9 mg/cc - about one hundred times ... more | .. |
  Space Florida and Lockheed Martin Collaborate for Underwater Vehicle Program Space Florida and Lockheed Martin have signed an agreement to advance the testing and production of a new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) known as Marlin in support of aerospace economic develop ... more | .. |
 Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with "giant" piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale ... 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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  ONYX Set to Receive First Prototypes of Revolutionary Solar Power System Onyx Service and Solutions reports that its development partner has shipped the first several prototypes of ONYX's revolutionary "Plug-N-Play" solar power system. The company anticipates receiving t ... more | .. |
  In an enzyme critical for life, X-ray emission cracks mystery atom Like a shadowy character just hidden from view, a mystery atom in the middle of a complex enzyme called nitrogenase had long hindered scientists' ability to study the enzyme fully. But now an ... more | .. |
 Vineland New Jersey Dedicates Solar Generation Project from Constellation Energy Constellation Energy and the city of Vineland have announced the completion of an aggregate 6.5-megawatt (AC) solar generation project that will supply affordable energy to the utility's customers. ... more | .. |
 AEG Power Solutions Receives Orders for Solar Thermal Power Plants in Southern Spain AEG Power Solutions has equipped two 49.9MW solar thermal power plants in southern Spain with UPS systems. Each plant has been equipped with AEG PS's Protect 3 and Protect 4 UPS. The client receives ... more |
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
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 Carmanah Launches New Retail-Ready SUNfilm Solar Battery Chargers Carmanah Technologies has announced the launch of SUNfilm Solar Battery Chargers - a new generation of consumer solar products for the company's propriety Go Power! brand. The new SUNfilm series fea ... more | .. |
  ADM to Build Biodiesel Plant in Canada Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that it will build a 265 million liter (70 million gallon) biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, which will increase ADM's North American bio ... more | .. |
  Britain's Prince Philip blasts 'useless' wind farms Britain's Prince Philip has launched a fierce attack on "absolutely useless" wind farms, in the latest outburst from the famously outspoken consort, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Nuclear giant Areva to slash 1,300 jobs in Germany: report France's nuclear giant Areva will cut 1,300 jobs in Germany and close down two of its sites after Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear energy, news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Sunday. ... more |
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 Oil spill in Brazil not yet over: authorities An oil spill from a leaking well off the Brazilian coast northeast of Rio de Janeiro involving US oil giant Chevron "is not over," the National Oil Agency warned Sunday. ... more | .. |
Chevron blames Brazil oil spill on miscalculation A mistake in calculating the oil pressure caused a spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Chevron said Saturday, amid uncertainties over the extent of the slick. ... more | .. |
  Four trapped miners found dead in China: Govt Tragedy struck a rescue operation in a north China colliery Sunday when rescuers found the lifeless bodies of four miners trapped after a cave-in, the government said. ... more | .. |
  Greeks acknowledge illegal homes in debt-driven amnesty For the purposes of the Greek authorities and particularly the taxman, thousands of extra rooms converted from basements and balconies, not to mention entire houses, simply don't exist. ... more |
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UCF researchers developing new methods to passively mitigate lunar dust for space exploration
NASA Research Shows Path Toward Protocells on Titan
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Asia summit in 'robust' sea row talks: US official Asia-Pacific leaders held "robust" talks on the South China Sea at a summit Saturday despite objections by Beijing, a senior US administration official said, in a major diplomatic coup. ... more | .. |
Five rescued from collapsed Chinese mine Five miners were rescued on Saturday after languishing for at least 24 hours in a collapsed mine in northern China, where seven colleagues remain trapped, state media said. ... more | .. |
Chevron under fire over size of Brazil oil spill US energy giant Chevron drew fire from Brazilian officials Friday amid conflicting accounts of the size of an oil spill at an offshore well it operated off Rio de Janeiro state. ... more | .. |
  US backs 'green prosperity' with Indonesia aid US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced $600 million in aid for Indonesia Saturday, most of it for "green prosperity" in the world's third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter. ... more |
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  Thousands strike at China factory: rights group More than 7,000 workers went on strike at a southern Chinese factory making New Balance, Adidas and Nike shoes, clashing with police in a protest over layoffs and wage cuts, a rights group said. ... more | .. |
Arabs push nuke energy despite Fukushima Most Arab states have shrugged off the political and environmental fallout from the March 11 Fukushima disaster in Japan and are pushing ahead with nuclear energy programs. ... more | .. |
 World's lightest material invented U.S. scientists say they have invented a material that is the lightest on Earth, 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. ... more | .. |
Backers: Offshore wind investments to jump Offshore wind energy projects in Europe will see a three-fold jump in investments over the next decade despite economic turmoil, backers say. ... more |
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Kremlin cautions 'lots of work' ahead before Ukraine peace deal
Eutelsat strikes global satellite internet deal with UK govt
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Japan calls on Germany to build debt 'firewall' Japan called on Germany on Friday to step up and help plug the widening hole in the eurozone's finances, saying Berlin should play a leading role in creating a debt "firewall". ... more | .. |
Thai floods ripple through global supply chain Thailand's worst floods in decades may gradually be subsiding but ripples will be felt by companies and consumers for months to come, analysts say, underlining the fragility of the global supply chain. ... more | .. |
  Wolfram Alpha shows flights overhead Wolfram Alpha, the online search service launched two years ago, now lets inquiring minds in the United States find out what flights happen to be overhead at any given moment. ... more | .. |
US, China set to clash over maritime dispute President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the East Asia Summit as the top forum for tackling the region's seething maritime row with China, setting a course for confrontation with Beijing. ... more |
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China's Wen warns over global economic turmoil Global economic turmoil could persist for "a long time to come", Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Friday, saying that recovery in some developed nations lacked momentum. ... more | .. |
Fishermen sue ConocoPhillips over China oil spill A group of Chinese fishermen is suing ConocoPhillips for damages allegedly caused by a huge oil spill at an offshore field operated by the US energy giant, their lawyer said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Toward more cost-effective production of biofuels from plant lignocellulosic biomass In 1925, Henry Ford observed that fuel is present in all vegetative matter that can be fermented and predicted that Americans would some day grow their own fuel. Last year, global biofuel production ... more | .. |
 US energy secretary grilled over failed solar firm Under fire from angry Republicans, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu denied Thursday that now bankrupt solar panel firm Solyndra leveraged political ties to President Barack Obama for a government loan. ... more |
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