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2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewageSan Diego CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2012 Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up the sewage at the same time. Their report here at the 243rd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, suggested that commercial versions of the two-in-one device could be a boon for the developing world and water-short parts of the U.S. ... read more |
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  Fusion presents low proliferation risk American researchers have shown that prospective magnetic fusion power systems would pose a much lower risk of being used for the production of weapon-usable materials than nuclear fission reactors ... more | .. |
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 How quantum physics could make 'The Matrix' more efficient Researchers have discovered a new way in which computers based on quantum physics could beat the performance of classical computers. The work, by researchers based in Singapore and the UK, implies t ... more | .. |
  Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity. ... more | .. |
 Physicists Explain the Collective Motion of Particles Called Fermions Some people like company. Others prefer to be alone. The same holds true for the particles that constitute the matter around us: Some, called bosons, like to act in unison with others. Others, calle ... more | .. |
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  Arizona YMCA's Go Solar State Wide Valley of the Sun YMCA, Scout Solar, LLC, Centrosolar America, and the City of Scottsdale have celebrated the deployment of 66.55 kilowatts of solar power as part of a 1.6 MW, multi-YMCA project tha ... more | .. |
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 Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
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  China's Chalco to buy stake in Mongolian firm China's biggest aluminium producer Chalco said Monday it planned to take a majority stake in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Resources, as China seeks raw materials to fuel its economy. ... more | .. |
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
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 US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Japan auto sales soar by record 78.2% in March Japanese automobile sales saw their biggest-ever monthly surge in March, data showed Monday, a year after domestic demand plummeted in the wake of the country's quake-tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Oil higher in Asia on Chinese demand hopes Oil prices were higher in Asia on Monday as dealers were boosted by figures showing a rise in manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Japan business confidence remains weak Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers remains weak despite the yen's fall from historic highs and an ongoing tentative recovery following last year's quake-tsunami, figures showed Monday. ... more |
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 ASEAN struggles with South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers wrangled Monday over a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing dangerous maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
 SciTechTalk: Internet 'tracking' debated As "do not track" has taken center stage in debates about the Internet and personal privacy, many Web users remain unaware of exactly what tracking is and what it does - or that they're even being tracked as they surf the Internet. ... more | .. |
  Iraq hopes to plug power gap in 2013: deputy PM Iraq hopes to plug its electricity shortage by the end of next year and will supply private generator operators with fuel this summer to address the shortfall, its top energy official said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Kurds halt oil exports in payment row Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds. ... more |
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 Iraq working on Strait of Hormuz tension: deputy PM Iraq is "working very hard" with Washington and Tehran to reduce tensions over Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil chokepoint, Baghdad's top energy official said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Total awaits regulator's advice on stricken North Sea rig French energy giant Total was awaiting advice from British regulators on Sunday on whether it was safe to approach a North Sea platform leaking flammable gas for a week. ... more | .. |
  Paris show bets on green, fair luxury Luxury and sustainable development may sound like polar opposites, but green pioneers gathered at a Paris show at the weekend were betting on a cleaner, fairer future for the industry. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan doubles quota for solo Chinese tourists Taiwan will double its quota of independent Chinese tourists to allow up to 1,000 visitors a day, the government announced Sunday less than a year after lifting a ban on solo travel from the mainland. ... more |
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 ASEAN buoyed by Myanmar but worried by sea disputes The aftermath of landmark by-elections in former pariah state Myanmar is set to dominate this week's summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia - unless a regional maritime row steals the show. ... more | .. |
 Cardin showcases 'Light Palace' project in China Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is in Beijing this weekend to present his 240-metre-high edifice "Light Palace" planned near Venice and which he hopes to reproduce in China. ... more | .. |
China manufacturing at year high but worries persist China's manufacturing activity rose to the highest level in a year in March, official data showed Sunday, but analysts tempered enthusiasm, saying the world's second largest economy was still slowing. ... more | .. |
  Australian WiFi inventors win US legal battle Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform worldwide. ... more |
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