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Is sustainability science really a scienceLos Alamos NM (SPX) Nov 25, 2011 The idea that one can create a field of science out of thin air, just because of societal and policy need, is a bold concept. But for the emerging field of sustainability science, sorting among theoretical and applied scientific disciplines, making sense of potentially divergent theory, practice and policy, the gamble has paid off. In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe Institute, and Indiana University ... read more |
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  Europe Pushes Forward Large Astroparticle Physics Projects European funding agencies have welcomed the priorities for the future of astroparticle physics defined by the scientific community , and accepted the recommendations included in the newly published ... more | .. |
  Satellites and Sun connect isolated communities to the world A mobile phone unit connecting isolated communities to the rest of the world using satellites and solar power has caught the attention of ESA and the World Economic Forum. After developing a solar-p ... more | .. |
  Insect cyborgs may become first responders, search and monitor hazardous environs Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. Professor Khalil Najafi, the ch ... 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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 PV America 2012 West Spotlights Thriving Solar Market in Western US General Registration is now open for PV America 2012 West, a regional Solar Power International event being held Monday, March 19 through Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in San Jose, CA. Presented by Sola ... more | .. |
 Researchers draft blueprint to boost energy innovation The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more a year to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new ... more | .. |
  Carbon nanotube forest camouflages 3d objects Carbon nanotubes, tiny cylinders composed of one-atom-thick carbon lattices, have gained fame as one of the strongest materials known to science. Now a group of researchers from the University ... more | .. |
  Mite-y genomic resources for bioenergy crop protection For a pest that isn't quite the size of a comma on a keyboard, the two-spotted spider mite can do a disproportionate amount of damage. These web-spinners extract the nutrients they need from leaves ... more |
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
China starts construction of Tibet mega-dam
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  S. America, EU seek 'balanced' trade pact European and Latin American negotiators say they are edging toward accord on what they say will be a balanced free trade pact that can keep them out of political trouble and reassure EU farmers fearful of competitive South American exports. ... more | .. |
 Oil mixed as poor German bond sales, China data weigh Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Thursday as European economic giant Germany saw poor bond sales and China's manufacturing data sank to a 32-month low, analysts said. ... more | .. |
Activists gather 100,000 signatures against gold mine Campaigners on Thursday submitted a petition to Romania's parliament signed by 100,000 opponents of plans by a Canadian company to extract gold from Rosia Montana, in Transylvania. ... more | .. |
1,000 strike at Apple supplier in China: rights group About 1,000 workers at a plant in southern China that makes components for Apple and IBM went on strike this week, a rights group said, the latest in a string of labour disputes in the country. ... more |
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  Austrian top bank wary of central, eastern Europe One of central and eastern Europe's biggest banks, Austria's RBI, said Thursday it was "intensively" considering pulling out of some markets amid concerns the eurozone crisis is hitting the region. ... more | .. |
Thai floods hit migrant workers hard When floodwaters hit Bangkok, migrant worker Tha Gay was immediately fired. He lost his work permit and with it his legal status, then was arrested and deported back to Myanmar. ... more | .. |
  Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost 16.8 billion euro Shutting down Switzerland's five nuclear power stations will cost about 20.7 billion Swiss francs (16.8 billion euros, $22.5 billion) and take about 20 years, Swiss authorities said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
France to stop buying Iranian oil France will stop buying Iranian oil on a "national basis" as part of its campaign to raise pressure on Tehran over its contested nuclear programme, the foreign ministry said Thursday. ... more |
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Chevron oil spill a wake-up call for Brazil: analysts An oil spill off Brazil's coast is a wake-up call for the country's ability to deal with major oil emergencies as it prepares to tap potentially huge deep-water reserves, analysts said. ... more | .. |
EU nuclear fund plan unacceptable: Lithuania Lithuania on Thursday slammed a funding plan from Brussels to help it decommission a Soviet-era nuclear reactor whhich was shut down in 2009 under the terms of its European Union entry four years earlier. ... more | .. |
EU offers new funds to shut down Soviet-era reactors The European Commission offered on Thursday an additional 500 million euros in EU aid for Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to put Soviet-era nuclear reactors out of service for good. ... more | .. |
French nuclear train halted at German border as demos loom French authorities on Thursday ordered a trainload of reprocessed nuclear waste to be halted en route to Germany near the border for 24 hours to try to avoid more protests. ... more |
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France delays nuclear train amid German demo threats French authorities ordered a train carrying reprocessed nuclear waste to Germany to stop near the border for 24 hours on Thursday to try to avoid more mass protests. ... more | .. |
Olympus management 'ready to resign' after scandal The management team of scandal-hit Olympus is prepared to step down once the Japanese firm is on the road to recovery, company president Shuichi Takayama said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China eases lending restrictions for small banks China's central bank said Thursday it has eased lending restrictions on more than 20 small banks nationwide, as it seeks to channel more funds to cash-strapped private firms and the farming sector. ... more | .. |
Outsourcing stems Philippines labour exodus Malaysia-based computer whiz Arlene Teodoro packed his bags and flew home to the Philippines this year, going against the tide in an impoverished country that sends millions of workers abroad. ... 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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 EU takes key step in solar energy project in Arab deserts Europe's ambitious project to capture solar and wind energy across Arab deserts to power homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa inched forward Thursday despite technical and political hurdles. ... more | .. |
Rich trade between China, Latin America on solid footing Latin America's rich trade ties to China, worth a total 180 billion dollars a year, are on solid enough ground that even a mild recession in China would not seriously undercut them, analysts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 SPG Solar Activates Wastewater Facility SPG Solar has completed the construction of a 2.3 megawatt (MW) DC solar power project at the Neely Wastewater Reclamation Facility in Gilbert, Arizona. The system, owned by a unit of Integrys Energ ... more | .. |
 Marine Corps Base Powered by Solar Energy Baker Electric Solar has partnered with Blue Oak Energy to bring solar energy to the new Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQs) complex at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twent ... more |
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 Pitt discoveries in quantum physics could change face of technology Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have made advances in better understanding correlated quantum matter that could change technology as we know it, according to a study published in Nature. ... more | .. |
  Vestas receives order for Michigan wind-power project Vestas has received a 59 MW order from Exelon Wind for 33 V100-1.8 MW turbines for the Harvest II Wind Project in Huron County, Mich. The contract includes delivery and commissioning along with a 10 ... more | .. |
 Sustainability is a growing science here to stay Sustainability has not only become a science in the past 25 years, but it is one that continues to be fast-growing with widespread international collaboration, broad disciplinary composition and wid ... more | .. |
 Commercial 'Green' Solar Cells May Be Possible Developing solar energy that is low-cost, lightweight, and energy efficient has proven to be one of the greatest challenges the science world faces today. Although current plastic solar cells are lo ... more |
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