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Nature's billion-year-old battery key to storing energyMontreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2012 New research at Concordia University is bringing us one step closer to clean energy. It is possible to extend the length of time a battery-like enzyme can store energy from seconds to hours, a study published in the Journal of The American Chemical Society shows. Concordia Associate Professor Laszlo Kalman - along with his colleagues in the Department of Physics, graduate students Sasmit Deshmukh and Kai Tang - has been working with an enzyme found in bacteria that is crucial for capturing solar e ... read more |
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  Nearly 50,000 Clean Energy Jobs in 42 States Seen in Q1 2012 Projects Clean energy employers announced plans involving at least 137 projects in 42 states during the first quarter of this year, according to an analysis released by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). ... more | .. |
  Solar Manufacturers No Longer Slashing Price to Bring In Orders According to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, slowed demand on the German market, the uncertainty towards the future market in Italy, and unclear demand in other regions has resulted ... more | .. |
 Surplus Supply of Polysilicon Pressures Pricing - but not all Polysilicon Prices are Equal An ongoing surplus in the production of polysilicon-the key raw material in the photovoltaic (PV) industry-will lead to excess supply, leading to further erosion in its pricing, according to an IHS ... 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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 Sensus FlexNet Manages Chattanooga's New Smart Municipal Lighting The city council of Chattanooga, Tenn., has approved a contract proposal to replace existing municipal lights with high efficiency lighting fixtures that incorporate FlexNet wireless remote monitori ... more | .. |
 McCormick Achieves Net-Zero Energy Use with Constellation Energy McCormick and Company and Constellation Energy have announced that McCormick's 363,000-square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, Md., now generates more electricity than it uses. The center ... more | .. |
 EMCORE Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract EMCORE has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (BATC) to design, manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for a new spacecraft. The period ... more | .. |
  Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars. "The u ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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 New Program Expands Ability to Tap into City's Abundant Sunshine The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners have approved the creation of a Solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Demonstration Program for 10 megawatts (MW) of ... more | .. |
 Hanwha Solar Deepens Roots in North America Hanwha Solar has opened a state-of-the-art PV research and development (R and D) laboratory in Santa Clara, Calif. The facility will explore a variety of next-generation PV concepts for efficient, l ... more | .. |
  S. America more cautious with Asia imports Latin American importers are more cautious with goods they buy in East Asia and are hiring quality-control services to check their imports at source, new business data indicated. ... more | .. |
 Argentina faces isolation over YPF seizure Argentina faces international isolation over its seizure of Spanish-controlled national energy company YPF, a decision critics say the government will regret and pay heavily for. ... more |
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 High oil prices help Iran fight sanctions High oil prices are shielding Iran from the full weight of U.S. and EU economic sanctions aimed at choking Tehran's oil exports and forcing it to abandon its nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  Lagarde assures IMF able to boost crisis funds IMF head Christine Lagarde said Thursday that the crisis lender would get a significant boost to its intervention capacity this week as worries mounted that Spain might be the next eurozone country to seek a rescue. ... more | .. |
  Bulgaria no-confidence vote over axed nuclear deal aborts Bulgaria's government was spared a motion of no-confidence over its decision to drop a deal for a new nuclear plant on the Danube after the parliament speaker ruled Thursday the vote no longer had sufficient backing. ... more | .. |
  US judge allows tech 'poaching' suit to proceed A US judge has given a green light to a lawsuit charging Apple, Google, Pixar and other technology-driven firms with colluding to keep salaries in check by agreeing not to poach one another's software engineers. ... more |
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
Are Unlocked Phones Any Good? Unlocked vs. Locked Phone Benefits
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  Slovenian adventurer ends eco-friendly trip around the world Slovenian adventurer Matevz Lenarcic successfully concluded a 100-day eco-friendly trip around the world on Thursday in an ultra-light plane boasting super-low fuel mileage. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft beats expectations despite profit dip Microsoft on Thursday posted net income of $5.11 billion on record-high revenue in the recently ended quarter - a slight dip in profit from a year ago but still beating market expectations. ... more | .. |
 Russia blames TNK-BP for massive oil leaks Russia's environment minister on Thursday blamed Russian-British oil company TNK-BP for causing massive oil pollution in a resource-rich Siberian region and failing to invest in its infrastructure. ... more | .. |
 China to ease policy as economy slows: Xinhua China will ease monetary policy and boost liquidity in the financial system with a series of measures, state media cited a central bank official as saying, in a bid to avoid a sharp economic slowdown. ... more |
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 RWE joins rival E.ON in suing Germany over nuclear exit German power supplier RWE said Thursday it is joining its bigger rival E.ON in filing a complaint with Germany's highest court over compensation for the government's decision to abandon nuclear power. ... more | .. |
  Ford says to build new, multi-million plant in China US auto giant Ford said Thursday it would build a $760-million plant in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, as foreign companies ramp up output in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
 Armenia extends life of Soviet-era nuclear reactor Armenia on Thursday said it had decided to extend the life of its Soviet-era nuclear reactor by four years until 2020 despite concerns raised by environmentalists in the earthquake-prone country. ... more | .. |
 Sudan's Bashir vows to punish South Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday vowed to teach "a lesson by force" to the South Sudanese government over its seizure of the north's main Heglig oil field. ... more |
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Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal
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 Tourism sector eyes travellers from emerging nations The global tourism industry, hit by natural disasters and economic turmoil, is eyeing potential travellers from emerging nations in hope that their growing middle and upper classes could spur growth. ... more | .. |
 Japan posts record fiscal-year trade deficit Japan on Thursday posted a record trade deficit for the 2011 fiscal year with car and electronics exports tumbling, while energy imports soared in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 China to fuel world copper demand China will continue to lead global demand for copper while Latin America will remain the world's biggest supplier, economic analysts said this week. ... more | .. |
 House defies Obama over Keystone oil pipeline House Republicans kept a key plank of their energy policy alive Wednesday, defying a White House veto threat and passing legislation mandating the building of a controversial oil pipeline. ... more |
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 The sea as a rubbish tip Large quantities of globally produced plastics end up in the oceans where they represent a growing risk. Above all very small objects, so-called microplastic particles, are endangering the lives of ... more | .. |
 Google chief defends Android in court Google co-founder Larry Page stuck to his guns in a San Francisco court on Wednesday, testifying that the Internet giant did nothing wrong when it built the Android platform for mobile gadgets. ... more | .. |
 Bristol researchers solve 70-year-old mystery In 1942, an 'unidentifiable' aromatic compound known as stipitatic acid was first isolated from fungi. By 1945 the structure was solved but it was so unique that it caused a revolution in the unders ... more | .. |
 eBay reports hot quarter as shopping goes digital Internet auction powerhouse eBay on Wednesday reported that quarterly revenue and profit boomed due in large part to its PayPal online financial transaction service. ... more |
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