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Expert panel deliberates hydraulic fracturing in shale gas developmentVancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 21, 2012 The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as a panel of U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the contentious practice in a three-hour symposium hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The panel, moderated by Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, former Under Secretary for Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, addressed concerns related to the role of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas production, which has at once been heralded as a game ... read more |
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  Man-made photosynthesis to revolutionise food and energy production Improving natural photosynthesis to make new fuels and boost crop production is the focus of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded research presented at the American ... more | .. |
 Taking biofuel from forest to highway The world is moving from a hydrocarbon economy to a carbohydrate economy, according to University of British Columbia biofuel expert Jack Saddler. He is presenting his work at the 2012 Annual Meetin ... more | .. |
  A robot sketches portraits An industrial robot as artist? From March 6-10, 2012, researchers will be presenting what may at first seem to be a contradiction at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. There, interested visitors can view th ... 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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  Computer scientist developing intersections of the future with fully autonomous vehicles Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virt ... more | .. |
  Broadband internet for everyone In the developing world, 96 percent of all households have no internet access. Even in Germany, many regions are still without broadband connectivity. But in future, a revolutionary new technology f ... more | .. |
  Researchers Find Strange New Nano-region Can Form in Quasicrystals A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more compl ... more | .. |
 Nano-coating doubles rate of heat transfer By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that heat travels from a solid surface - such as a pot on ... more |
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  Virtual ghost imaging: New technique enables imaging even through highly adverse conditions Ghost imaging (GI), and its even more oddly named cousin virtual ghost imaging (VGI), seem to contradict conventional wisdom by being able to image an object by simply counting photons in a "light b ... more | .. |
 In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers at Harvard, the ingenious layering and f ... more | .. |
  'Printed' solar cells a low-cost solution? Solar cells manufactured using special ink printed onto sheets of a supporting material could lead to new low-cost solar cells, U.S. chemical engineers say. ... more | .. |
  South Korea to boost nuclear power? South Korea's plans to boost nuclear power face increasing resistance from civic and environmental groups, post Fukushima, the Japanese reactor site hit by an earthquake and tsunami last year. ... more |
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  Walker's World: Is this recovery? America is hiring again, unemployment figures are dropping and the Dow Jones industrial average flirts with pre-crisis highs. An unexpected retail boomlet heartens Britain as inflation tumbles. And against all expectation, the French economy grew in the last quarter. ... more | .. |
  Chile closes Peru border due to mine hazard Chile closed its main border crossing with Peru after torrential rains on Monday washed anti-personnel and anti-tank mines onto a key highway, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq oil exports down, income up in January Iraq's oil exports dropped slightly in January but its income from oil sales was up due to higher prices per barrel, oil ministry figures published on Monday showed. ... more |
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Chinese researchers craft high fidelity Mars soil simulant to support future missions
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  EU asks airlines emissions fee opponents for alternatives EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard on Monday called on countries fighting an airlines carbon emissions fee to propose concrete action to fight climate change. ... more | .. |
 China's leader-in-waiting wraps up Ireland trade visit China's Vice President Xi Jinping bade farewell to Ireland on Monday after a three-day visit during which Dublin sought to provide Beijing with a financial foothold in the EU. ... more | .. |
 Swiss pilot to undergo 3-day solar flight simulation Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg will undergo a three-day simulated flight for a new Solar Impulse aircraft that can travel around the world powered only by solar energy, organizers said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan shuts down nuclear reactor Japan on Monday began a process that will see another one of the country's nuclear reactors go offline, leaving just two of 54 in operation. ... more |
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 Japan says China ordered halt to marine survey Japanese coastguards were ordered by a Chinese ship to stop a marine survey in disputed waters at the weekend, officials said Monday, the latest territorial row between the regional giants. ... more | .. |
 Japan logs record trade deficit in January Japan posted a record trade deficit in January, data showed Monday, as fuel imports rose following last year's nuclear disaster while exports were hit by a strong yen and slumping demand in Europe. ... more | .. |
 Improving logistics of biofuel raw materials If the increased use of biomass to produce alternative fuels is to become a reality, more attention needs to be paid to logistics - how, for example, biomass raw materials are shipped from farm to r ... more |
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 New 'soft' motor made from artificial muscles "Perhaps the earliest public demonstration of an electric motor," writes a team of researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, "involved the automatic rotation of a turkey on a spit ... more | .. |
 'Duet of 1' possible with hand-controlled voice synthesizer New technology at the University of British Columbia makes it possible for a person to speak or sing just by using their hands to control a speech synthesizer. UBC researcher Sidney Fels says the ge ... more | .. |
 Human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug delivery chip About 15 years ago, MIT professors Robert Langer and Michael Cima had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient's b ... more | .. |
 New system allows robots to continuously map their environment Robots could one day navigate through constantly changing surroundings with virtually no input from humans, thanks to a system that allows them to build and continuously update a three-dimensional m ... more |
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 Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers hav ... more | .. |
 SciTechTalk: Internet 'give and take'? Recent actions by Google and Twitter show a willingness on their part to engage in some give-and-take as they push their efforts at Internet and social media dominance - and find some governments pushing back. ... more | .. |
Private jet market soars in India Even as Indian commercial carriers are facing a tough time sustaining operations, aircraft manufacturers feel the demand for private jets in the country is set to soar with economic growth and a ris ... more | .. |
 Fuel cells boost power-plant efficiency Adding fuel-cell technology to power plants can nearly double a plant's efficiency and cut greenhouse-gas emissions, a U.S. materials-science professor says. ... more |
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