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China urges global energy cooperationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jan 16, 2012 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for concerted efforts among countries to secure the world's energy supply. "To reduce the problems and inequality brought by the energy and resources issues, countries in the world should take further action and exert more effort," Wen said in a keynote speech Monday at the opening of the Fifth World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Wen, in a report by China's state-run news agency Xinhua, suggested a four-point strategy to achieve his objectives, inc ... read more |
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  High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic com ... more | .. |
 Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fa ... more | .. |
  Good parents are predictable when it comes to corn In order to breed new varieties of corn with a higher yield faster than ever before, researchers at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, and other institutions are relying on a trick: ... 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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  Superconducting Current Limiter Guarantees Electricity Supply of the Boxberg Power Plant For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects t ... more | .. |
 Saudi says to make up for Iran oil shortfall Saudi Arabia is ready to make up for any shortfall in Iran's oil exports under new Western sanctions over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, the kingdom's oil minister said. ... more | .. |
  Private investments in renweables jump Renewable energy is in a "transformative" period as 2012 begins, with booming private investments but lagging public policies, a U.N. conference was told. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: A new social contract There seems to be no end to the euro's slow agony. Perhaps it would hurt less if European governments were to focus on the right targets. ... more |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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  Taiwan may open more infrastructure to China firms Taiwan may allow Chinese investment in subways and other major infrastructure projects, officials said Monday, in a plan seen as another sign of closer economic ties with the mainland. ... more | .. |
  Google, Facebook fight Indian criminal case Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content. ... more | .. |
 China's Internet population tops 500 million China now has more than 500 million people on the Internet and nearly half use weibos, microblogs similar to Twitter that can circumvent the country's powerful censors, official data showed Monday. ... more | .. |
  Spain's Gamesa wins Chinese wind turbine contract Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine groups, has won a contract to supply Chinese firm Longyuan with 50 Megawatts of power generating capacity, the company said Monday. ... more |
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 Growth of world tourist numbers slowing: UN body International tourist numbers expanded in 2011 despite the economic crisis, the Arab spring and Japanese disasters, and will hit one billion this year, a UN body said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Publishers slow library e-books U.S. libraries are struggling to get up to speed with the new way of reading books - in digital format on e-readers, librarians and others say. ... more | .. |
 China steel maker Baoshan's profits fall China's Baoshan Iron and Steel Co said its annual net profit for 2011 fell by around 43 percent, as the nation's industry is hit by a slowdown in the domestic and global economy. ... more | .. |
  Japan probes radioactive apartment block Japan's government was Monday investigating how an apartment had been built with radioactive concrete in the latest scare from the country's ongoing nuclear crisis. ... more |
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 Japan to name islands to bolster territory claim Japan said Monday it would give names to 39 uninhabited islands, including some near those at the centre of a dispute with China, in a bid to bolster its territorial claim to the region. ... more | .. |
  One-third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss No less than one third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology c ... more | .. |
  Open-source robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research la ... more | .. |
 Making Building Blocks For Chemical Industry From Wood While Boosting Production 40 Percent Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, using a catalytic fast pyrolysis process that transforms renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals, have developed a new catalyst ... more |
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 Rice's 'quantum critical' theory gets experimental boost New evidence this week supports a theory developed five years ago at Rice University to explain the electrical properties of several classes of materials - including unconventional superconductors - ... more | .. |
 Here comes the sun Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling outward. More than 600 of these mirrors ... more | .. |
 US looks ahead after ethanol subsidy expires After a series of bitter political fights, the US Congress allowed a subsidy for ethanol fuel to expire at the end of 2011, ending a program harshly criticized by environmentalists and others. ... more | .. |
 Iran warns Gulf states not to make up for oil ban Iran has warned its Gulf neighbours to not make up for any shortfall in its oil exports under new Western sanctions, its OPEC representative said in comments published on Sunday. ... more |
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Syrian troops move into Suwayda as violence continues
32 killed near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run Health Ministry says
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 Japan's growing yen for acquisitions Japan Inc is on an acquisitions march across Asia and around the world, new figures show, as firms armed with ever more valuable yen take strategic advantage of the currency's post-war highs. ... more | .. |
 Ukraine cuts Gazprom import volumes Ukraine says it will unilaterally cut the volume of gas it imports from Russia's state-owned Gazprom, escalating the long-running Kiev-Moscow gas price feud. ... more | .. |
 Japan backtracks on Iran oil embargo The Japanese government on Friday began backtracking on its pledge to join Washington's drive to strangle Iranian oil exports as top figures insisted no decision had yet been made. ... more | .. |
 Apple admits supplier abuse of workers Apple admitted Friday some of its suppliers continued to overwork and underpay employees, as it threw open its factory doors to monitors after a spate of suicides at a Chinese plant. ... more |
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 EPA Web tool shows greenhouse gas culprits The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an interactive Web site that makes public for the first time detailed information about greenhouse gas emissions. ... more | .. |
 Saudi oil output 'stretched to the limit' Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil exporter, has for decades used spare production capacity to cover shortfalls in output by other oil states and prevent prices spiraling in times of crisis. ... more | .. |
 EU faces downgrades as debt talks stall European Union economies faced sovereign credit rating downgrades as talks on resolving the Greek debt crisis appeared to collapse Friday. ... more | .. |
 Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. ... more |
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