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UK proposes energy market overhaul to boost nuclearLondon (AFP) May 22, 2012 Britain unveiled a draft energy law on Tuesday aiming to plug a looming energy gap with 110 billion pounds ($174 billion, 136 billion euros) of investment in nuclear and renewable energy over a decade. Britain is due to lose about a fifth of its energy capacity over the next 10 years while demand will double by 2050, ministers said, admitting some of the cost of new capacity would come from increases in household bills. "What we want is a market structure that makes sure we keep the lights on," energy ... read more |
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  From Lemons to Lemonade: Reaction Uses CO2 to Make Carbon-Based Semiconductor A materials scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it also creates something useful. And, by the w ... more | .. |
  ABC Solar Targets Japan Expansion Through Okinawa ABC Solar Japan celebrates ground-breaking at its new headquarters for solar market development located in Okinawa, Japan. This beautiful and strategic island was chosen because ABC Solar Japan sees ... more | .. |
 In chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions-such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis-in which hydrogen is one o ... 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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  China must act to prevent hard landing: World Bank China's economic growth will ease further this year, presenting policy makers in Beijing with the challenge of preventing an excessively abrupt slowdown, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Philippines says China sending more ships to shoal China has deployed more government ships and fishing boats to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea amid a tense stand-off with Manila, the Philippine foreign department said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Stanford bioengineers create rewritable digital data storage in DNA Sometimes, remembering and forgetting are hard to do. "It took us three years and 750 tries to make it work, but we finally did it," said Jerome Bonnet, PhD, of his latest research, a method for rep ... more | .. |
 Taiwan probes wire purchases for nuclear plant Taiwanese investigators acting on tip-offs have launched an anti-graft probe into engineering and procurement staff with an under-construction power plant for green-lighting the purchase of wires an ... more |
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ICEYE satellite data accelerates flood relief in southern Brazil
Massive Boulders Ejected During DART Mission Complicate Future Asteroid Deflection Efforts
Peatland restoration shows measurable climate benefits in under a decade | .. |
 Improved lubrication without oil Running nicely - this applies even more to aqueous biopolymer solutions than to oil. These solutions are used as a cooling lubricant for machining hard metals and for tool-making machinery on which ... more | .. |
 India not to compromise on safety of nuclear power plants: PM Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated the need for nuclear power but said the country will not compromise on the safety of atomic plants. "It would be harmful for the co ... more | .. |
 Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector It may not be intuitive, but a coating of reflective metal can actually make something less visible, engineers at Stanford and UPenn have shown. They have created an invisible, light-detecting devic ... more | .. |
 Japan's April trade deficit up on surging energy bills Japan on Wednesday posted a bigger-than-expected trade deficit in April, as surging energy costs pushed up imports while shipments to China - its biggest market - fell from a year ago. ... more |
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 Using Graphene, Scientists Develop a Less Toxic Way to Rust-Proof Steel University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavale ... more | .. |
 Production of chemicals without petroleum In our everyday life, we use gasoline, diesel, plastics, rubbers, and numerous chemicals that are derived from fossil oil through petrochemical refinery processes. However, this is not sustainable d ... more | .. |
 Reversible doping: Hydrogen flips switch on vanadium oxide If you are not a condensed matter physicist, vanadium oxide (VO2) may be the coolest material you've never heard of. It's a metal. It's an insulator. It's a window coating and an optical switch. And ... more | .. |
  Australia scraps coal port expansion Australia has scrapped the planned $8.8 billion expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal in Queensland. ... more |
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Space Forge and Intuitive Machines team up to boost US orbital chip production
New Martian rock reveals clues about volcanic history on the Red Planet
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 Asia's largest gaming expo opens in Macau Casino industry leaders met in the world's richest gambling hub of Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day feast of gambling innovations, at the glitzy Venetian Macau hotel. ... more | .. |
  Tesla to launch electric sedan in US on June 22 Tesla Motors said Tuesday it would begin deliveries of "the world's first premium electric sedan" on June 22, slightly ahead of schedule. ... more | .. |
Calif. passes 'self-driving' cars bill California's Senate passed a bill to create guidelines for autonomous vehicles' - self-driving cars - to be tested and operated in the state, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Sudan war planes bomb South Sudan: South minister South Sudan said Tuesday Sudanese war planes have launched air strikes against its territory, the latest in a series of attacks that threaten to scupper international efforts to restart peace talks. ... more |
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 Paraguay renews efforts to find oil Land-locked Paraguay is hoping the latest investor seeking oil in its promising western region will have better results than previous prospectors. ... more | .. |
 Google completes Motorola Mobility takeover Google closed Tuesday its $12.5 billion deal for Motorola Mobility, a key manufacturer of smartphones and other devices that puts the Internet giant in head-to-head competition with Apple. ... more | .. |
Apple still top global brand as value jumps: survey Apple has extended its lead as the world's most valuable corporate name with a strong 19 percent increase in its so-called brand value, a survey showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Germany's SAP grabs US cloud firm for $4.3 bn German business software giant SAP said Tuesday it was acquiring US cloud-based e-commerce firm Ariba for $4.3 billion in a move boosting its arsenal against arch-rival Oracle. ... more |
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Airbus to develop advanced PAZ-2 radar satellites for Spanish defence and civil operations
Rocket Lab partners with Bollinger Shipyards to transform Neutron sea recovery platform
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  Website address 'revolution' back in motion The Internet domain name "revolution" was back in action on Tuesday with the agency in charge of website addresses once again taking applications for online neighborhoods breaking the ".com" mold. ... more | .. |
 Iraq seeks drones to protect oil facilities Iraq is seeking to acquire surveillance drones to help protect its oil pipelines and platforms, which are key to the country's economy, Iraqi and US officials said. ... more | .. |
Toyota overtakes GM, regains number one spot Japan's Toyota Motor regained its position as the world's number one automaker in the first quarter of 2012, stealing back the lead from US giant General Motors, according to manufacturers' figures. ... more | .. |
 Fitch cuts Japan's credit rating, cites huge debt Fitch cut Japan's credit rating by two notches on Tuesday, citing its "leisurely" efforts at shrinking a massive public debt, as Tokyo struggles to kick-start the world's third-largest economy. ... more |
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 Full control of plastic transistors In an article in the highly ranked interdisciplinary journal PNAS, Loig Kergoat, a researcher at Linkoping University, describes how transistors made of plastic can be controlled with great precisio ... more | .. |
  Graphite enters different states of matter in ultrafast experiment For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second). Using the L ... more | .. |
  Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own - for the first time in nearly 15 years - by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The tri ... more | .. |
 At seventh birthday, YouTube marks new milestones YouTube celebrated its seventh birthday by saying it has hit fresh milestones in terms of its offerings and the amount of time spent on the video-sharing website. ... more |
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