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New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 captureHouston TX (SPX) Jun 01, 2012 A detailed analysis of more than 4 million absorbent minerals has determined that new materials could help electricity producers slash as much as 30 percent of the "parasitic energy" costs associated with removing carbon dioxide from power plant emissions. The research by scientists at Rice University, the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) was published online this week in the journal Nature Materials. ... read more |
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  Coatings with nanoparticles that interact with sunlight and eliminate contaminants are developed Researchers of the UPNA-Public University of Navarre have developed a type of coating for construction materials. It is based on nanoparticles that interact with sunlight and trigger a chemical reac ... more | .. |
  The finest gold dust in the world Most people value large chunks of gold - but scientists at the Vienna University of Technology are interested in gold at the smallest possible scale, because single gold atoms are potentially the mo ... more | .. |
 Microreactors to produce explosive materials The larger the reaction vessel, the quicker products can be made - or so you might think. Microreactors show just how wrong that assumption is: in fact, they can be used to produce explosive materia ... 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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  Oil firms shun Iraq's 4th energy auction Iraq's fourth energy auction, intended to add some 29 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 10 billion barrels of oil to its huge reserves, has flopped, denting hopes of challenging Saudi Arabia as the world's top producer. ... more | .. |
  EU, China edge closer to hi-tech trade war European and Chinese trade ministers stepped up a war of words over hi-tech subsidies Thursday in a spat that increasingly risks legal action and a potentially damaging trade war. ... more | .. |
  Louis Gallois hands EADS reins to Tom Enders French aerospace executive Louis Gallois handed Thursday the reins of European group EADS over to German Tom Enders at a meeting marked by the notable absence of shareholder Arnaud Lagardere. ... more | .. |
 Iraq plans energy auction after lacklustre sale Iraq on Thursday announced it will hold a fifth energy auction after a landmark sale of energy exploration blocks closed with just three out of a potential 12 awarded. ... more |
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Ancient zircon data reveals tectonic origin of Earth's first continental crust
Autonomous sub explores unexplored trench depths to reveal critical mineral clues
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  Japan's vehicle output soars 174% in April Japan's auto sector on Thursday reported huge increases in production for April from a year earlier, reflecting a steep recovery after last year's quake-tsunami disaster crippled output and demand. ... more | .. |
 Researchers find new properties of the carbon material graphene Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since the extremely strong and thin carbon material was discovered in 2004. Just one atom thick, the honeycomb-shaped material has several re ... more | .. |
 Wyss Institute develops nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks' Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Calle ... more | .. |
  The first chemical circuit developed The Organic Electronics research group at Linkoping University previously developed ion transistors for transport of both positive and negative ions, as well as biomolecules. Tybrandt has now succee ... more |
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 Short movies stored in an atomic vapor The storage of light-encoded messages on film and compact disks and as holograms is ubiquitous - grocery scanners, Netflix disks, credit-card images are just a few examples. And now light signals ca ... more | .. |
  Greener, More Efficient Lighting Lighting is the single largest consumer of electricity in the U.S. According to a study commissioned by the Department of Energy back in 2002, lighting consumed about 22% of the total electricity ge ... more | .. |
  Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ... more | .. |
 Copper-nickel nanowires could be perfect fit for printable electronics While the Statue of Liberty and old pennies may continue to turn green, printed electronics and media screens made of copper nanowires will always keep their original color. Duke University ch ... more |
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UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
UK invests $191 mn in European satellite firm Eutelsat
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 Iran Guards chief visits disputed Gulf islands The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Thursday made a pointed visit to three islands in the Gulf whose ownership is fiercely disputed by Tehran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ... more | .. |
 Major Investors Back IEA Call for 'Golden Rules' After outlining their own recommendations seven months ago for energy companies engaged in fracking, investors with about $1 trillion in assets under management are seeing much they can support in t ... more | .. |
 Australian PM: miners don't own minerals Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the country's top mining executives that Australian citizens deserve to share in the mining boom. ... more | .. |
  US officials, others say no to UN Internet control US officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce. ... more |
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 Final test version of Windows 8 released Microsoft on Thursday released the final test version of its next-generation Windows software crafted to power devices ranging from tablets to desktop computers. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Modest U.S. job growth Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the U.S. economy added 150,000 jobs in May - better than the 115,000 in April but well below the 229,000 monthly pace for the first quarter. Economic growth and jobs creation are slowing and that may take unemployment higher in the months ahead. ... more | .. |
 Mobile Internet to shine despite dim Facebook IPO Silicon Valley stars on Wednesday argued that the mobile-focused Internet startups will shine despite the dim stock market debut by leading social network Facebook. ... more | .. |
 Oracle aims to dethrone IBM in business hardware Oracle boss Larry Ellison said Wednesday that he is out to dethrone IBM in the realm of business network hardware, including high-end computer servers. ... more |
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France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row
Trump: U.S. to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, EU to pay bill
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 Mathematicians can conjure matter waves inside an invisible hat Invisibility, once the subject of magic or legend, is slowly becoming reality. Over the past five years mathematicians and other scientists have been working on devices that enable invisibility cloa ... more | .. |
 VTT researcher finds explanation for friction Friction is a key phenomenon in applied physics, whose origin has been studied for centuries. Until now, it has been understood that mechanical wear-resistance and fluid lubrication affect friction, ... more | .. |
 Flapping protective wings increase lift New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals the value of carrying two layers of wings around. The researchers studied dung beetles and the way their protective forewings actually function. T ... more | .. |
 LBNL and CalCEF Galvanize California's Battery Industry CalCEF, which creates institutions and investment vehicles for the clean energy economy, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have announced a partnership to launch CalCharge, a ... more |
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 U.K., Spain work on S. America investments Britain and Spain vowed to work together to protect business assets and investments under threat of nationalization and unilateral seizure by governments in Latin America. ... more | .. |
  US Antidumping Tariffs Impact Solar Module Shipments to North America U.S. government antidumping penalties on imports of photovoltaic (PV) cells from China could suspend nearly half of solar module shipments to North America this year, impacting pricing, inventories ... more | .. |
 Indonesia to tap its geothermal supply Indonesia plans to spend $367 million to finance the construction of geothermal power plants to diversify its energy sources. ... more | .. |
  Japan PM says close to reactor restart decision Japan on Wednesday inched closer to re-starting idle nuclear reactors, just weeks after the last one was switched off amid public disquiet following the disaster at Fukushima. ... more |
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