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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2012 The first real-world, head-to-head comparison of "improved cookstoves" (ICs) and traditional mud stoves has found that some ICs may at times emit more of the worrisome "black carbon," or soot, particles that are linked to serious health and environmental concerns than traditional mud stoves or open-cook fires. The report, which raises concerns about the leading hope as a clean cooking technology in the developing world, appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science and Technology. Abhishek K ... read more |
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![]() JILA team demonstrates a new way of lasing: A 'superradiant' laser Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser c ... more | .. |
![]() Defying conventional wisdom, water can float on oil Defying thousands of years of conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting that it is possible for water to float on oil, a discovery they say has important potential applications in cleaning up oi ... more | .. |
![]() Quantum control protocols could lead to more accurate, larger scale quantum computations A protocol for controlling quantum information pioneered by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in Delft, the Netherlands, and the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State Unive ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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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![]() Carbon nanotubes can double growth of cell cultures important in industry A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures - workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to sweeteners to dyes and perfumes - rese ... more | .. |
![]() Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules' Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downl ... more | .. |
![]() Proterro Meets Key Productivity Milestones "The cost barrier standing in the path of economical and scalable biofuels and chemicals production can be broken," Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin said here at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference. ... more | .. |
![]() DuPont Microcircuit Materials Introduces Solamet PV416 Photovoltaic Metallization DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV416 photovoltaic metallization, a new frontside silver paste material used to raise the efficiency of thin film photovoltaic cells ... more |
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![]() Titan Energy Systems and Ortiz Energia offer Power Plant Development in India India's leading and well established solar PV module manufacturer and solar power plant EPC provider, Hyderabad-based Titan Energy Systems Ltd. (TESL) partners with Ortiz Energia, a subsidiary of Gr ... more | .. |
![]() Ultra-thin solar cells developed Japanese and European researchers say they've developed solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk and flexible enough to be wrapped around a human hair. ... more | .. |
![]() China expands oldest nuclear power plant China has expanded its oldest nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
![]() New Russian Baltic oil port up and running The opening of a new Russian oil terminal on the Baltic Sea, seen as a new direct link to Europe, is having an effect on world crude markets, analysts say. ... more |
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![]() Smart grid's global reach set to top $46B Smart grid's global reach is expected to draw spending in excess of $46.4 billion by 2015, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
![]() Politics key in Greek debt problem With the Greek elections about a month away, the resolution of the country's debt crisis is proving to be "primarily a political problem," the mayor of a town in central Greece said. ... more | .. |
![]() Turkey PM oversees nuclear agreements with China Turkey's Prime Minister oversaw the signing of two nuclear agreements with China Monday on a trip to the Asian nation that also saw him make an unprecedented stop in ethnically-tense Xinjiang. ... more | .. |
![]() Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram. ... more |
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![]() New York pay phones to get touchy feely makeover A handful of grimy New York pay phones will be reincarnated as touch-screen pads with online access to neighborhood information, the mayor's office said Monday. ... more | .. |
![]() US keeps carriers near Gulf ahead of Iran talks The United States is keeping the pressure on Iran with the presence of two aircraft carriers close to the Gulf region ahead of the resumption of nuclear talks with Tehran this week. ... more | .. |
![]() AOL says to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn AOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders. ... more | .. |
![]() Chinese inflation rate rises to 3.6 pct in March China's inflation rate edged up in March, driven by rising food costs, official data showed Monday, but analysts said there was still scope for Beijing to stimulate the slowing economy. ... more |
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![]() Japan swings back to current account surplus Japan posted a current account surplus in February thanks to a stronger US economy, official data said, reversing a record deficit in January although the figure was still down 30.7 percent on-year. ... more | .. |
![]() China sets up rare earth body to boost sector China has set up a rare earth industry group, the government said Monday, in a bid to streamline the sprawling sector and fend off complaints about Beijing's seemingly monopolistic control. ... more | .. |
![]() Best marketing for renewable energies Transmission system operators must assess precisely the supply of electricity from renewable energies for the next day in order to market this electricity on the European Power Exchange (EPEX) as ef ... more | .. |
![]() Listening to the radio even with an electric drive To enable radio reception in electric vehicles, manufacturers must install filters and insulate cables, since electrical signals will otherwise interfere with music and speech transmissions. Now, us ... more |
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![]() Quantum computer built inside a diamond Diamonds are forever - or, at least, the effects of this diamond on quantum computing may be. A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kin ... more | .. |
![]() Allied Wire and Cable Releases Solar Cable Video Allied Wire and Cable premieres its Solar Cable video, which explains the two most common types of wire used in solar arrays: USE-2 wire and PV wire. It is the newest addition to Allied's educationa ... more | .. |
![]() Easy Robotic Design and Production An ambitious new project to reinvent how robots are designed and produced is being funded by a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard U ... more | .. |
![]() Maine Resort Basks in the Sun and Now Generates Solar Energy Committed to sustainability and preserving the environment, The Cliff House Resort and Spa has installed one of Maine's largest solar thermal systems. The installation uses 2,100 tubes on 70 collect ... more |
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![]() Guardian Delivering Solar Mirrors Guardian Industries has announced that the company's EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors are being installed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California's Mojave Desert. The ... more | .. |
![]() Centrosolar Canada Unveils T-Series Centrosolar Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of CENTROSOLAR Group AG, headquartered in Munich, Germany announces the release of the new T-Series photovoltaic modules, now available to Canadian solar ... more | .. |
![]() AllCell and University of Illinois Sign Agreement for Geothermal Thermal Storage Technology AllCell Technologies LLC signed a License Option Agreement with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to license technology developed by the University for thermal storage for air conditioning ... more | .. |
![]() DUNMORE Backsheets to Protect and Insulate PV Modules DUNMORE Corporation is providing solar module backsheets to Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) - one of the largest manufacturers of crystalline silicon PV modules in the U.S. with 100 megawatts (MW) of ... more |
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