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Scientists twist light to send dataLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 A multi-national team led by USC with researchers hailing from the U.S., China, Pakistan and Israel has developed a system of transmitting data using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds - up to 2.56 terabits per second. To put that in perspective, broadband cable (which you probably used to download this) supports up to about 30 megabits per second. The twisted-light system transmits more than 85,000 times more data per second. Their work might be used to build high-speed satellite communi ... read more |
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  BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill exacerbated existing environmental problems in Louisiana marshes The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill temporarily worsened existing manmade problems in Louisiana's salt marshes such as erosion, but there may be cause for optimism, according to a new study. A ... more | .. |
  New technique allows simulation of noncrystalline materials A multidisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and in Spain has found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an impo ... more | .. |
  Maths tells us when to be more alert on the roads Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analysed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid's M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By applying ma ... 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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  Researchers test carbon nanotube-based ultra-low voltage integrated circuits A team of researchers from Peking University in Beijing, China, and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube-based integrated circuits can work under a supply ... more | .. |
 Sea waves as renewable resource in new energy converter design Sea waves are a renewable and inexhaustible resource found in abundance across the planet. But efficiently converting sea wave motion into electrical energy has been challenging, in part due to the ... more | .. |
  Bandgap engineering for high-efficiency solar cell design ZnSnP2, an absorber material for solar cells, transitions from an ordered to a disordered structure at high temperatures. Researchers from University College London and the University of Bath have p ... more | .. |
 Mercury mineral evolution Mineral evolution posits that Earth's near-surface mineral diversity gradually increased through an array of chemical and biological processes. A dozen different species in interstellar dust particl ... more |
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Ancient zircon data reveals tectonic origin of Earth's first continental crust
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  Biological switch paves way for improved biofuel production Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a mechanism that controls the way that organisms breathe or photosynthesise, potentially paving the way for improved biofuel producti ... more | .. |
 Nano-Sandwich Technique Slims Down Solar Cells, Improves Efficiency Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way to create much slimmer thin-film solar cells without sacrificing the cells' ability to absorb solar energy. Making the cells thinner ... more | .. |
 U.S. beefs up Persian Gulf forces In the wake of Iran's refusal to rein in its contentious nuclear program at talks in Moscow, the U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf is gathering pace, with four more Navy mine countermeasures ships arriving at the weekend. ... more | .. |
  Facebook email switch prompts outcry Facebook users were venting anger Tuesday over a move changing users' default email address to the one operated by the leading social network. ... more |
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 Zynga building hub for mobile gadget game play Social games star Zynga on Tuesday celebrated its fifth birthday a week early with a peek at a platform designed to let people play with each other no matter what gadgets they use. ... more | .. |
Vietnam says China offshore oil auction 'illegal' Vietnam has denounced China's opening of offshore oil blocks to foreign companies in contested areas of the South China Sea as "illegal", as territorial tensions grow between the communist neighbours. ... more | .. |
  VP Biden says Romney good at creating jobs -- in China Vice President Joe Biden kept the pressure on Mitt Romney's White House bid Tuesday, lampooning the Republican as an expert at job creation - in rival China and growing economic power India. ... more | .. |
Experts skeptical about a China-Mercosur trade deal A proposed free trade deal between China and Mercosur would significantly boost trade with the Asian giant but regional analysts see little chance that it will emerge soon. ... 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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  Czech nuclear plant upgrade complete The Dukovany nuclear plant in the southern Czech Republic has increased its total power output to 2,000 megawatts following an extensive upgrade, a plant spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Slovakia to raise the ante on nuclear shutdown: PM Slovakia's prime minister said Tuesday he wants more than twice as much EU cash to fully decommission two Soviet-era nuclear reactors that were closed after the country joined the European Union. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: U.N. message at Rio+20 The U.N. conference on sustainable development that concluded in Rio de Janeiro last week has decisively rejected calls by green activists to shrink the world economy. This aligns with commitments made coming out of the Group of Eight summit in Maryland in May where leaders promoted food security and agriculture investment. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Renesas says major investors to offer aid The head of Japan's Renesas Electronics said Tuesday that the struggling chipmaker's biggest shareholders have agreed to its request for financial aid, but declined to say how much they would kick in. ... more |
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 Rheinmetall shelves listing of automotive division Rheinmetall, a specialist maker of automotive components and defence equipment, said on Tuesday it is shelving plans to list its car parts division due to the volatile market environment. ... more | .. |
 India readies upgrade of 'world's cheapest' tablet India is set to release an upgrade of its ultra-low-cost computer tablet, the 40-dollar "Aakash-2", after the first edition was criticised for its quality and distribution. ... more | .. |
Google to talk tablets, TV, social and more Google is expected to show off a new champion in the tablet computer wars this week as it courts developers whose fun, hip or functional programs are vital to Internet gadgets or services. ... more | .. |
 Toxic legacy in Malaysia rare-earths village Thirty years have passed since Japan's Mitsubishi Chemicals opened a rare-earths refinery in the Malaysian village of Bukit Merah, but although the plant is gone, its toxic legacy persists. ... more |
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France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row
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 Researchers tune the strain in graphene drumheads to create quantum dots Tightening or relaxing the tension on a drumhead will change the way the drum sounds. The same goes for drumheads made from graphene, only instead of changing the sound, stretching graphene has a pr ... more | .. |
 Graphene? From any lab! Considered by many as the most promising material of the future, graphene still remains an expensive and hard-to-fabricate substance. Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Poli ... more | .. |
 Taming light with graphene Spanish research groups achieve first ever visualizations of light guided with nanometric precision on graphene (a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms). This visualization proves what theoretical p ... more | .. |
 Researchers Find Gold Nanoparticles Capable of 'Unzipping' DNA New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA's double helix. This finding has ramifications for gene ... more |
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 Graphene is a tunable plasmonic medium With a beam of infrared light, scientists have sent ripples of electrons along the surface of graphene and demonstrated that they can control the length and height of these oscillations, called plas ... more | .. |
 Australia to be ranked second for LNG? Investment in Australia's liquefied natural gas sector will boost the country's gross domestic product growth by 2.2 percent by 2016, a new study indicates. ... more | .. |
 Documents shows specs of Google tablet? A 7-inch tablet by Google will run Android 4.1, cost $199 or $249 depending on the model, and go on sale in July, an Australian tech Web site is reporting. ... more | .. |
Paraguay crisis threatens fuel shortages Paraguay's political crisis threatens to exacerbate fuel shortages in the impoverished landlocked country after Venezuela cut off supplies in response to a Senate vote that removed President Fernando Lugo from office. ... more |
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