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Proton beam experiments open new areas of researchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2011 By focusing proton beams using high-intensity lasers, a team of scientists have discovered a new way to heat material and create new states of matter in the laboratory. Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Hemoltz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf of Germany; Technische Universitat Darmstadt of Germany, and General Atomics of San Diego unveiled new findings about how proton beams c ... read more |
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  New '3-D' transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace silicon and have a 3-D structure instead of conventional flat computer ... more | .. |
 Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table. Scientis ... more | .. |
  Stanford scientists subject rocks to hellish conditions to combat global warming A team of Earth scientists at Stanford University is subjecting chunks of rock to hellish conditions in the laboratory - all in the name of curbing climate change. By exposing a handful of roc ... 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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  SolarStrong moves forward without government backing SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that they have agreed to terms on financing for SolarStrong, SolarCity's ambitious five-year plan to build more than $1 billion in solar pow ... more | .. |
 Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on p ... more | .. |
 Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network Scientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network. Their international network, ... more | .. |
 Canadian Solar supplies 9MW power plant in Spain Canadian Solar has announced that the company has supplied solar modules for a 9 MW solar power plant by OPDE Group in Spain. The solar system is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of ... 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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 SSRE to install solar in Massachusetts Seminole Financial Services has announced the funding of a $18 million construction loan to Southern Sky Renewable Energy, LLC (Southern Sky) to install a 5.75MW photovoltaic ground mounted solar pa ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Saving euro a tall order Now that the euro has bankrupted Greece and pushed Italy and other Mediterranean states to the brink, German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposes tough, EU-administered disciplines on national deficits. ... more | .. |
  Italy arrests 54 in Asian plastics smuggling bust Italian police said Tuesday they have arrested 54 people accused of illegally exporting waste plastic to Southeast Asia in a lucrative business of potentially environmentally harmful products. ... more | .. |
 Donors urge Vietnam to speed up economic reforms International donors on Tuesday urged Vietnam to accelerate efforts to restructure its economy and warned the communist country to improve its rights record or risk jeopardising its economic success. ... more |
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 China pledges support for EU action on debt China pledged support Tuesday for European action on the sovereign debt crisis and expressed hopes that an EU summit this week can help stabilise markets and stop it from spreading. ... more | .. |
  Oil prices rise on Iran tensions Oil prices closed higher Tuesday amid concerns about the escalating tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
 NZ sees carbon market with Australia, possibly with EU New Zealand said on Tuesday it hoped to tie its carbon market to a counterpart envisaged in Australia as a stepping stone to wider international trade in greenhouse-gas emissions. ... more | .. |
  S.Korea, US resume talks on nuclear energy South Korea is reportedly pushing for US permission to recycle spent nuclear fuel for power generation as the two countries resumed talks to revise a 1974 pact on the use of atomic energy. ... 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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 China jails Australian for 13 years for bribery A Chinese court jailed an Australian businessman for 13 years on bribery and embezzlement charges Tuesday, the foreign ministry in Canberra said, in a case that has drawn top level government interest. ... more | .. |
 Dell abandons Android tablet in US Dell said Monday it would halt sales of its Android tablet computer in the US market, as rival Amazon's new Kindle Fire has heated up in a market dominated by Apple's iPad. ... more | .. |
 Samsung to build flash memory chip line in China Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it would build a new production line in China for flash memory chips used in tablets and smartphones. ... more | .. |
 Zimbabwe mining firm in maiden diamond sales: report A diamond mining firm jointly owned by China and Zimbabwe started auctioning diamonds after a ban was lifted by the Kimberley Process, state media reported on Tuesday. ... more |
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 East Asian economies face eurozone headwinds: ADB The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday trimmed its 2012 growth forecast for emerging East Asian economies including China, as the eurozone turmoil threatens to drag the global economy back into crisis. ... more | .. |
  India to ban 'offensive' Internet material India on Tuesday vowed to ban offensive material from the Internet after Facebook, Google and other major firms told the government they were unable to screen content before it was posted. ... more | .. |
  GM China sales rise 20% to record in November US auto giant General Motors said Tuesday its sales in China surged more than 20 percent in November from a year earlier to 237,130 vehicles, a company record for the month. ... more | .. |
  ONR Helps Undersea Robots Get the Big Picture Scientists have successfully transitioned fundamental research in autonomy to undersea gliders, demonstrating in recent sea tests how the new software, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR ... 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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 Thinner thermal insulation Insulation panels that are both thin and effective are expensive. At present these high-end products are built into energy-saving refrigerators. Innovative components and production techniques are n ... more | .. |
 Pitt Researchers Invent a Switch That Could Improve Electronics Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions within a single molecule. The incorporation of such single-molecule ... more | .. |
 Study debunks 6 myths about electricity in the South Clean energy can help meet growing electricity demand and minimize pollution in the Southern United States, but progress to adopt renewable energy strategies has been hindered by a number of myths, ... more | .. |
 Could CIGS hold the key to solar manufacturers' survival? Manz believes CIGS thin-film technology is the last step toward solar power, being able to compete with other sources of solar energy without subsidies. On November 15, 2011, Manz signed a letter of ... more |
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 Oerlikon Solar Initiative Could See Lower Module Production Costs Oerlikon Solar has announced an initiative to reduce the cost of production for its Micromorph thin film silicon PV panels. Based on individual agreements between Oerlikon Solar and major glob ... more | .. |
 Australia notches 1.0% quarterly growth Australia's mining-powered economy grew 1.0 percent during the September quarter in a result hailed by the government on Wednesday as "exceptional" given the ongoing global turmoil. ... more | .. |
 Christmas cheer in short supply in China export hub At a large wholesale market in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Jin Ruihua sits surrounded by piles of unsold Santa hats and artificial Christmas wreathes as he waits for customers. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft to open "app store" in February Microsoft on Tuesday began wooing developers for a February opening of its first "app store" for computers powered by the US technology giant's Windows software. ... more |
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