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Green fuel versus black goldTsukuba, Japan (SPX) Feb 28, 2012 A life cycle assessment of growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining and using fossil fuels has revealed that substitution of gasoline by bioethanol converted from energy crops has considerable potential for rendering our society more sustainable, according to a Japanese study published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. Kiyotada Hayashi of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation in Tsukuba and colleagues explain how biomass derived from sugarcane, ... read more |
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  China risks economic crisis with no reforms: World Bank China could face an economic crisis in the next 20 years if Beijing does not quickly overhaul its development model, World Bank and Chinese government researchers warned on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Making droplets drop faster The condensation of water is crucial to the operation of most of the powerplants that provide our electricity - whether they are fueled by coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. It is also the key to pr ... more | .. |
  Mechanism Behind Capacitor's High-Speed Energy Storage Discovered Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings coul ... 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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  The wireless bicycle brake, a prototype on an exciting mission At this time, wireless networks are able to brake just one bike, but in the future, the technical elements will be further developed to regulate entire trains as they travel over the lines. In ... more | .. |
 Oil sands pollution comparable to a large power plant It takes a lot of energy to extract heavy, viscous and valuable bitumen from Canada's oil sands and refine it into crude oil. Companies mine some of the sands with multi-story excavators, separate o ... more | .. |
  Novel method to make nanomaterials discovered Researchers at the NanoScience Center of the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and at Harvard University, US, have discovered a novel way to make nanomaterials. Using computer simulations, the rese ... more | .. |
 Advanced Solar Photonics Introduces Grid-Tied Inverters to PV Equipment Line Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) and PV solar system kits for residential, commercial and utility applications has launched a series of grid-tied inverters. ASP grid-tied inverters feature indus ... 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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  Controller Announces Bill to Drive Private Sector Energy Retrofits State Controller John Chiang and Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) has unveiled legislation sponsored by the Controller to promote cost-effective retrofits of commercial buildings throughout Cal ... more | .. |
 SolarCity and Shea Homes Introduce the "No Electric Bill" Home SolarCity and Shea Homes have partnered to make a "no electric bill" home available to homebuyers in all Shea Homes Active Lifestyle and Trilogy communities in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada a ... more | .. |
 BP oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks A blockbuster trial to determine how much BP and its subcontractors owe for the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was delayed a week to allow for more settlement talks, a judge ruled Sunday. ... more | .. |
 PV America Shows to Highlight Solar Energy Growth Markets on Both Coasts in 2013 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) have announced they are bringing the highly successful PV America conference and exposition to both coa ... more |
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  Walker's World: The threat to books How much do we value books these days? It is a question that the Swiss people will answer in a referendum March 11 and the country is bedecked in posters urging people to vote. ... more | .. |
  Yorkshire officials OK Hull turbine plant A planned $333 million wind turbine factory in the British port city of Hull has taken a key step forward with a thumbs-up from Yorkshire officials. ... more | .. |
 Study: Cheaper gas lowered emissions Fewer emissions from U.S. power plants in 2009 were the result of cheaper prices of natural gas, reducing the industry's reliance on coal, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Shanghai hikes minimum pay to combat labour shortage Shanghai said Monday it will raise the minimum monthly wage by 13 percent, the latest pay hike in China as officials try to combat labour shortages and worker unrest, the official Xinhua agency said. ... more |
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Chinese researchers craft high fidelity Mars soil simulant to support future missions
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought
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 Oil prices lower in Asian trade Oil prices were lower in Asian trade Monday as traders took profits from last week's gains, while concerns over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme remain, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Nokia eyes China in smartphone comeback push Mobile phone giant Nokia on Monday looked to a launch in China and a cameraphone "revolution" to help it stage a comeback in the fiercely competitive smartphone market after a dismal 2011. ... more | .. |
 HSBC profit spikes to $17 bn on Asian gains Europe's largest bank HSBC reported soaring 2011 net profits on Monday as growth in Asia and other emerging markets offset eurozone debt losses and costs linked to its US exit. ... more | .. |
 TransCanada in new push for US pipeline TransCanada Corp announced Monday it would go ahead with construction of part of its Keystone XL oil pipeline that does not require US presidential approval, a stretch from the state of Oklahoma to the US Gulf Coast. ... more |
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  Brazil has 47.5 million active Internet users The number of active Internet users in Brazil rose two percent in January and more than 11 percent over the past 12 months to reach 47.5 million, IBOPE Nielsen Online reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 'Xena' actress arrested in New Zealand oil protest "Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless was arrested in New Zealand Monday after occupying an oil-drilling ship for three days to protest plans to search for oil off Alaska, Greenpeace said. ... more | .. |
 New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC ... more | .. |
 Metal nanoparticles shine with customizable color Engineers at Harvard have demonstrated a new kind of tunable color filter that uses optical nanoantennas to obtain precise control of color output. Whereas a conventional color filter can only produ ... more |
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China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
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  Penn Researchers Build First Physical "Metatronic" Circuit The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using increasin ... more | .. |
 "Negative refraction" opens avenue to new products and industries Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to make a low-cost material that might accomplish negative refraction of light and other radiation - a goal first theorized in 1861 by a ... more | .. |
 Light-emitting nanocrystal diodes go ultraviolet A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviolet range. The work, reported this week ... more | .. |
  Study Confirms Low Levels of Fallout from Fukushima and Enhances Knowledge Fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation in the United States in about 20 percent of 167 sites sampled in a nationwid ... more |
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 Microbes may be engineered to help trap excess CO2 underground In H.G. Wells' classic science-fiction novel, The War of the Worlds, bacteria save the Earth from destruction when the Martian invaders succumb to infections to which humans have become immune throu ... more | .. |
  Aircraft of the future could capture and re-use some of their own Tomorrow's aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity. They could use this to power their taxiing to an ... more | .. |
 Breakthrough in designing cheaper, more efficient catalysts for fuel cells University of California, Berkeley, chemists are reimagining catalysts in ways that could have a profound impact on the chemical industry as well as on the growing market for hydrogen fuel cell vehi ... more | .. |
 BP oil spill trial delayed a week The BP trial in New Orleans to determine how much the British energy giant owes for the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been delayed a week to allow for more settlement talks, a court order said Sunday. ... more |
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