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The Building as an Energy Storage DeviceBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 In 2020, if all goes according to plan, the state of California will get 33 percent of its electricity from renewable power, including solar and wind, as required by the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard. But wind doesn't blow all the time, and the sun doesn't provide as much power on cloudy days-renewable power is intermittent. This poses a problem for the electric grid's operators, who need to be able to exactly match the generation of electrical power with the demand for it at any given moment. ... read more |
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  BHP Billiton scraps mega mine expansion Mining giant BHP Billiton has put on hold its $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project in South Australia. ... more | .. |
  Calculating Properties of Materials from First Principles Once the domain of guesswork and intuition, the field of developing new materials for advanced batteries and other applications is taking a turn towards a more systematic and predictive approach. Pr ... more | .. |
 New eBike Battery Line Maximizes Drive Range AllCell Technologies has launched two new standard electric bike batteries with exceptional capacity and drive range. The 48 volt batteries come in 15 and 20 amp-hour options, providing the best dri ... 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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 3D movies in your living room - without the glasses New television screens will make it possible for viewers to enjoy three-dimensional television programming without those bothersome 3D glasses. Still, the content has been rather lacking - until now ... more | .. |
 New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here, may put more of this space-age wonder into insulated clothing, refrigerators with thinn ... more | .. |
  Imprisoned molecules 'quantum rattle' in their cages Scientists have discovered that a space inside a special type of carbon molecule can be used to imprison other smaller molecules such as hydrogen or water. The nano-metre sized cavity of the hollow ... more | .. |
 Next Generation 3-D Theater: Optical Science Makes Glasses a Thing of the Past From the early days of cinema, film producers have used various techniques to create the illusion of depth - with mixed results. But even with digital technology, the latest Hollywood blockbusters s ... more |
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Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Beyond male dominance in primates new study redefines gender power roles | .. |
 Teaching a microbe to make fuel A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha has a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT ... more | .. |
  Peru on track to build new Cusco airport Peru is going ahead with the construction of a high-volume airport at Cusco in southeastern Peru despite controversies over potential risks to the ecological treasures of Chinchero. ... more | .. |
 Nigerian oil workers in nationwide strike Nigeria's capital Abuja has been experiencing fuel scarcities since the country's petroleum workers went on strike a week ago. ... more | .. |
  Serbia institutes energy public tenders The new Serbian government said this week it hopes to stimulate the country's renewable energy sector by instituting public tenders for energy permits. ... more |
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  US seizes websites linked to pirated phone apps US authorities have seized three website domain names involved in distribution of pirated Android phone apps, in the first such action involving mobile app marketplaces. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong sets date for yuan futures trading The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange said Wednesday that it plans to offer trading in Chinese currency futures from the middle of next month. ... more | .. |
 Boat in China-Japan island dispute returns to Hong Kong A boat which carried a group of pro-China activists to disputed islands in the East China Sea last week, leading to their detention by Japan and anti-Tokyo protests, returned to Hong Kong on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hewlett-Packard books $8.9 bn loss Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a quarterly loss of $8.9 billion as the US computer giant was forced to write down the value of some assets and take hefty reorganizational charges. ... more |
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Bearings Used in Space Technologies: Engineering for the Final Frontier
China prepares for Mars sample return with HKU astrobiologist on mission team
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 China slightly increases export quota for rare earths China announced Wednesday a slight increase in its export quota for rare earth resources, amid falling demand and as the country remains at loggerheads with major trading partners over the limits. ... more | .. |
 Boon to fusion: Scientist finds new way to predict heat layer troublemaker Researchers at a recent worldwide conference on fusion power have confirmed the surprising accuracy of a new model for predicting the size of a key barrier to fusion that a top scientist at the U.S. ... more | .. |
 Scientists shed light on glowing materials Researchers at King's College London, in collaboration with European research institutes ICFO (Barcelona) and AMOLF (Amsterdam), have succeeded in mapping how light behaves in complex photonic mater ... more | .. |
  Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution Films made of semiconductor nanocrystals - tiny crystals measuring just a few billionths of a meter across - are seen as a promising new material for a wide range of applications. Nanocrystals could ... more |
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 Information overload in the era of 'big data' Botany is plagued by the same problem as the rest of science and society: our ability to generate data quickly and cheaply is surpassing our ability to access and analyze it. In this age of big data ... more | .. |
 Constructive conflict in the superconductor Whether a material conducts electricity without losses is not least a question of the right temperature. In future it may be possible to make a more reliable prediction for high-temperature supercon ... more | .. |
  A urine based 'potion' can act as a CO2 absorbent The ocean, the ground, rocks and trees act as carbon drains but are far from places where greenhouses gases are concentrated, especially CO2. A Spanish researcher has proposed human, agricultural an ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Receives Highest Assurance for Accuracy of Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Northrop Grumman has received the rating of Reasonable Assurance from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, a third-party verification body, of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for calenda ... more |
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PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
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  Maximum Protection against Dust; Minimal Effort One of the main development targets in the wind turbine sector is to keep turbines running for several decades, if possible without a single interruption for servicing. This demands a lot of those c ... more | .. |
 Common metals promise electricity bounty Less-expensive solar technology using common metals could cover America's rooftops and supply a significant part of the country's electricity, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Apple-Samsung smartphone clash heads to jury The mammoth Apple-Samsung patent trial went to the jury Tuesday, setting the stage for a verdict that could have huge implications for the hot market in smartphones and tablet computers. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM meets anti-nuclear demonstrators Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met anti-nuclear demonstrators face-to-face on Wednesday for the first time since weekly rallies outside his office began five months ago. ... more |
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 Japan trade deficit shows world economy 'serious' Sagging export markets in Europe and Asia left Japan with a much worse-than-expected trade deficit, figures showed Wednesday, ringing alarm bells over the parlous state of the global economy. ... more | .. |
Uranium from seawater said attainable goal U.S. scientists say they're making progress towards a 40-year-old dream of extracting uranium for nuclear power from seawater. ... more | .. |
  China's Geely H1 profit rises 9% as exports surge Chinese automaker Geely said Wednesday its first-half net profit rose nine percent year-on-year, as strong exports helped to offset a domestic slowdown in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
  Australia leads in rooftop solar Australia has more rooftop solar installations than any country in the world, new data indicate. ... more |
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