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Radiation-Enabled Computer Chips Could Lead to Low-Cost Security Imaging SystemsTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 With homeland security on high alert, screening systems to search for concealed weapons are crucial pieces of equipment. But these systems are often prohibitively expensive, putting them out of reach for public spaces such as train and bus stations, stadiums, or malls, where they could be beneficial. Now Dr. Eran Socher of Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Engineering is reconfiguring existing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chips designed for computers and turning them into high frequency ... read more |
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  Boiling Water Without Bubbles Every cook knows that boiling water bubbles, right? New research from Northwestern University turns that notion on its head. "We manipulated what has been known for a long, long time by using the ri ... more | .. |
  Researchers develop rapid method to measure carbon footprints Researchers have developed new software that can rapidly calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously, a process that up to now has been time consuming and expensive. The ... more | .. |
  Dry-run experiments verify key aspect of Sandia nuclear fusion concept Magnetically imploded tubes called liners, intended to help produce controlled nuclear fusion at scientific "break-even" energies or better within the next few years, have functioned successfully in ... 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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  Sorghum Eyed as a Southern Bioenergy Crop Sweet sorghum is primarily grown in the United States as a source of sugar for syrup and molasses. But the sturdy grass has other attributes that could make it uniquely suited to production as a bio ... more | .. |
  The UK's first solar powered major waste treatment plant Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited and Solarcentury have completed a 5MW utility scale solar plant close to the village of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. The solar plant will provide enough 'green' e ... more | .. |
 Hanwha Solar Enters Distribution Partnership with AEE Solar Hanwha Solar has entered a distribution partnership with AEE Solar, one of the nation's largest and most well- established wholesale distributors of solar products and equipment. The partnersh ... more | .. |
 Retail Complex Goes Solar With 1,196 Solar PV Panel System from Eclipsall A retail complex in Ottawa, Canada's Capital City is going solar with a system that will provide some 75 percent of the facility's electricity needs. The retail building at 1344 Youville Drive ... more |
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UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
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 Top Solar Polysilicon Suppliers Must Cut Production to End Oversupply, Boost Pricing With pricing for photovoltaic (PV) polysilicon declining at an accelerated rate in August, there are no signs that the glut plaguing the industry has abated, behooving Tier 1 suppliers to consider r ... more | .. |
 Verengo Solar Announces 5,000th Home Installation Verengo Solar has announced it has installed its 5000th home solar system. Verengo is the first Southern California based company to reach this milestone and has accomplished this growth in just fou ... more | .. |
 Iraq oil growth slowing would be 'bad news' The International Energy Agency's top economist warned in an interview with AFP that any unexpected slowdown in the growth of Iraq's energy output would be "bad news" for the rest of the world. ... more | .. |
  Australia cuts mining forecasts on China drop Australia's resources agency slashed its mining export forecasts Tuesday as China's slowdown hits commodity prices, with earnings set to fall for the first time since the financial crisis. ... more |
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 Deals and ordeals for Chinese tech giant Huawei Chinese telecom giant Huawei is perplexed at its treatment in the West, with the United States fearful it is a Trojan horse for cyber warfare even as Europe eagerly courts its business. ... more | .. |
  Japan auto giants scale back China production Japan's big three automakers shuttered some or all of their factory operations in China on Tuesday amid escalating anti-Japan protests centred on a bitter territorial dispute between the Asian giants. ... more | .. |
  Property price rises ease in Chinese cities Rises in new home prices moderated broadly in Chinese cities last month, official data showed Tuesday, after authorities vowed to keep a tight grip over the once red-hot sector. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's LG Electronics launches new smartphone LG Electronics launched Tuesday its new flagship smartphone which will have to compete against a flurry of new products from rivals Apple and Samsung who currently dominate the global market. ... more |
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Bearings Used in Space Technologies: Engineering for the Final Frontier
Orbex advances as UK contender in ESA launcher competition
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 Japan Inc. padlocks China factories amid violence Some of Japan's biggest corporate names padlocked factories in China Tuesday as violent anti-Japan protests sparked safety fears, and threatened economic ties worth more than $300 billion a year. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Central Banks Rule We are living in a new era, the age of central banks. ... more | .. |
 EU: Gazprom must play by rules Russia and its Gazprom oil and gas monopoly need to recognize and play by the European Union's market rules, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger says. ... more | .. |
 EU confirms change in biofuel targets The European Commission rejected Monday charges that EU biofuel policy was contributing to soaring food prices but confirmed that it will trim its targets for their use. ... more |
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 Apple gets record 2 million iPhone 5 orders Apple received more than two million orders for its new iPhone 5 in just 24 hours, the company said Monday, pushing back many deliveries into October because of unprecedented demand. ... more | .. |
 Appeals court suspends suit on Google book scanning An appeals court put on hold a long-running lawsuit over Google's massive book-scanning project Monday, likely delaying a full hearing on the merits of the copyright issues in the case. ... more | .. |
 US, China trade battle heats up at WTO US-China trade tensions heated up Monday as the US lodged a complaint over Beijing's automotive subsidies with the WTO and China countered with a filing over US duties on Chinese products. ... more | .. |
 Seeking political gain, Obama fires new trade shot at China President Barack Obama fired a new trade shot at China Monday, wooing blue collar workers and outmaneuvering his Republican foe Mitt Romney as Beijing took a pounding in the White House race. ... more |
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 China pledges more financial reform by 2015 China said Monday it would move to allow its currency to float more freely and further liberalise state-set interest rates in a broad financial plan through 2015. ... more | .. |
 Shell says to delay drilling for oil in Alaska Royal Dutch Shell on Monday said it was delaying until next year exploratory drilling for oil in offshore Alaska after suffering damage to a dome used to contain any potential spills. ... more | .. |
 Obama to launch China WTO action on autos President Barack Obama will launch a new WTO enforcement action against Chinese auto subsidies Monday, countering his Republican foe Mitt Romney's accusations that he is too timid towards Beijing. ... more | .. |
 Risks ahead if Asia to drive world growth: experts Asia must fight complacency and transform its economic and social models if it is to keep driving global growth in years to come as Europe and the United States slow, experts say. ... more |
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 Iran says will hit Hormuz, US bases, Israel if attacked The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Sunday warned of retaliation against the Gulf's strategic Strait of Hormuz, US bases in the Middle East and Israel if his country was to be attacked. ... more | .. |
 Russia is facing strong competition from US shale gas expansion Russia's hegemony in the gas sector had flown under the radar until recently, as the country now enjoys the status of the world's largest exporter. The situation started to change over the last deca ... more | .. |
  Nanoengineers can print 3D microstructures in mere seconds Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel technology that can fabricate, in mere seconds, microscale three dimensional (3D) structures out of soft, biocompatibl ... more | .. |
 Memristors based on transparent electronics offer technology of the future The transparent electronics that were pioneered at Oregon State University may find one of their newest applications as a next-generation replacement for some uses of non-volatile flash memory, a mu ... more |
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