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The great gas hydrate escapeRichland, WA (SPX) Jan 20, 2012 For some time, researchers have explored flammable ice for low-carbon or alternative fuel or as a place to store carbon dioxide. Now, a computer analysis of the ice and gas compound, known as a gas hydrate, reveals key details of its structure. The results show that hydrates can hold hydrogen at an optimal capacity of 5 weight-percent, a value that meets the goal of a Department of Energy standard and makes gas hydrates practical and affordable. The analysis is the first time researchers hav ... read more |
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  GM reclaims world's biggest carmaker title as Toyota skids General Motors reclaimed its title as the world's biggest automaker Thursday, successfully emerging from its 2009 bankruptcy woes to overtake German giant Volkswagen and Japanese Toyota in the race to the top. ... more | .. |
 Iran will not close oil supply route: US analysts Iran has no desire to carry out its threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz to head off fresh Western economic sanctions because doing so would damage the regime's own interests, US-based experts say. ... more | .. |
  A Shade Greener Aim to Supply 35,000 Families with Free Solar by 2015 Free solar panel installer A Shade Greener has announced that they will install 35,000 free solar installations in the UK by 2015. This will mean lower electricity bills for 35,000 families en ... 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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 Taiwanese Clinic Realizes Savings with GlacialLights' LED and Panel Lights GlacialLight, a division of experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce that its environmentally-friendly LED lighting products are being used in many applications a ... more | .. |
  US Woody Biomass Prices Have Dropped the Past Three Years Prices for woody biomass in the US, whether sawmill byproducts, forest residues or urban wood waste, have been sliding for most of the past three years but were still higher in the 4Q/11 in most reg ... more | .. |
 Green Roofs Embrace Renewable Solar Energy Green Roof Technology has announced the "Sun-Root" solar-living roof system, the first fully integrated, non-penetrative solar and extensive green roof system in North America. The "Sun-Root" ... more | .. |
 New Solar Shingle Mount Requires No Trimming TTi has announced the next generation of its leading residential solar roof mount, the patented TTi Flat Jack Comp Shingle Mount. As the most durable and reliable mount for installing photovoltaic ( ... 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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  Obama seeks jobs boost from Chinese, Indian tourists US President Barack Obama went to Disney World on Thursday touting a new jobs-from-tourism plan, but a top Republican rival mocked his trip as new evidence he lived in a political "Fantasyland." ... more | .. |
  Photo pioneer Kodak files for bankruptcy Century-old photography pioneer Eastman Kodak, which brought photography to the masses, filed for bankruptcy early Thursday, succumbing to a 15 year digital assault by rivals. ... more | .. |
 Spanish fold-up car to be unveiled at EU A tiny revolutionary electric fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution is to be unveiled next week before hitting Europe's cities in 2013. ... more | .. |
  The faster-than-fast Fourier transform The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It's a method for representing an irregular signal - such as the voltage fluctuations in the wire that conn ... more |
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  Maryland Smart Growth Weakness Frustrates Stakeholders Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of ... more | .. |
 Apple unveils digital textbooks app for iPad Apple is taking aim at the textbook market. ... more | .. |
 US navy rescues Iranian fishermen from sinking boat The US Navy announced Wednesday it led a rescue operation to assist the crew of an Iranian fishing vessel in distress in the Gulf of Oman, the third in 10 days in an area marked by tension between Washington and Tehran. ... more | .. |
  Sweden must improve nuclear plant safety: report Sweden should take steps to increase security against attacks at its nuclear plants including introducing armed guards, a government-sponsored report published Thursday said. ... more |
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  Hollywood, Silicon Valley face off over piracy bill US congressional support for legislation targeting online piracy was eroding Wednesday as Wikipedia and Google led an online onslaught and branded the bills a danger to Internet freedom. ... more | .. |
Obama rejects high-stakes Canada pipeline US President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, saying he could not vouch for its safety by a deadline despite intense election-year pressure. ... more | .. |
  China agency warns of collapse in euro confidence Chinese ratings agency Dagong has warned that Europe's debt problems would cause a collapse of confidence in the euro, and predicted a worsening of the global financial crisis this year. ... more | .. |
Trouble spots of 2011 work to woo back tourists Tunisia, Egypt and Japan are working hard to lure back visitors who steered clear of their countries last year due to civil unrest and an earthquake, officials said at a world tourism fair. ... more |
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 2 Million Jobs On Offer If Americans Thinks Big on Energy Efficiency America is thinking too small when it comes to energy efficiency, while also making the mistake of "crowding out" economically beneficial investments in energy efficiency by focusing on riskier and ... more | .. |
 Global Smart Grid Market to Invest $2 Trillion by 2030, peaking at $155bn in 2018 A new report from Memoori Research on the global Smart Grid business, forecasts total expenditure to 2030 and highlights investment and financial activity in the market. By 2018 the world pure ... more | .. |
 New Solar-Energy System Generating Power at W and L Virginia's largest solar-energy system is now up and running at Washington and Lee University, and visitors to the University's website can watch it working in real time. "We've been generatin ... more | .. |
 Abound Solar and Solarsis Announce Commissioning of Solar Plant in India Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India Private Limited (Solarsis) has announced the commissioning of a 1MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. The commissionin ... more |
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Syrian troops move into Suwayda as violence continues
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 Solar Industry Remains In Crisis As Government Battles For Right To Appeal The solar industry remains in "total limbo" after a day of legal argument failed to determine if the Government has the right to appeal in the row over feed-in-tariff incentives. David Hunt, a ... more | .. |
 From field to biorefinery: Computer model optimizes biofuel operations Research into biofuel crops such as switchgrass and Miscanthus has focused mainly on how to grow these crops and convert them into fuels. But many steps lead from the farm to the biorefinery, and ea ... more | .. |
 Breeding better grasses for food and fuel Researchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with impro ... more | .. |
  A new Artificial Intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited Scientists at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have presented a new technique based on Artificial Intelligence that can automatically create plans, allowing problems to be solved with much gr ... more |
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 Neutron scattering provides window into surface interactions To better understand the fundamental behavior of molecules at surfaces, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining the powers of neutron scattering wi ... more | .. |
  Spooky action at distance in particle physics Physicists have developed the first conclusive test to better understand high-energy particles correlations. Researchers have devised a proposal for the first conclusive experimental test of a pheno ... more | .. |
 China's Wen calls for Gulf free trade pact Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao called for the speedy conclusion of talks on a free trade pact with Gulf states, as he paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Deal on Europe-wide patent 'in days': Barnier EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier said Wednesday he hoped that a final agreement for a single European patent would be reached within days, ending a three-decade struggle for a deal. ... more |
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