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China completes shale biddingBeijing (UPI) Oct 30, 2012 The latest bidding round for exploration rights on 20 Chinese shale gas blocks attracted a record 83 companies, the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources said. The blocks total 7,723 square miles spread over eight Chinese provincial regions, Xinhua news agency reports. The auction is the second since June 2011, when six companies bid on four shale natural gas blocks. China has 25.08 trillion cubic meters of exploitable onshore shale-gas reserves, the ministry has said. As part of its cu ... read more |
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  Hurricane forces three US reactors shut Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems. ... more | .. |
  New enzyme 'produces more fuel from less corn,' Danish company says Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday launched an enzyme that it said produces more ethanol from corn, addressing concern that growth in biofuels has come at the expense of food production. ... more | .. |
  Air China reports 16% drop in 3Q profit Flag carrier Air China said late Tuesday that its net profit fell 16 percent in the third quarter compared to a year ago, hit by foreign exchange losses. ... 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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 Chile thinking again of nuclear power use Chile is thinking again of meeting its future energy needs with nuclear power, after more than a year of hesitation and delays caused by the March 2011 Fukushima atomic reactor disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
  "Stunning" start for Windows 8: Microsoft chief Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Tuesday said the Windows 8 operating system was off to a "stunning" start with four million upgrades downloaded since its release on October 26. ... more | .. |
 China's Guangdong mulls investing in Romanian nuclear plant China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has shown interest in building two new reactors at Romania's sole nuclear power plant, deputy economy minister Rodin Traicu said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Japan's Komatsu logs profit drop on weak China demand Japan's top construction machinery maker Komatsu said Tuesday its net profit dropped 30.2 percent in the first six months to September, citing weak demand in China and the yen's strength against the euro. ... more |
  
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 'Self-healing' concrete in real-world test A "self-healing" concrete that can patch up cracks by itself is ready for outdoor testing, researchers at Delft Technical University in the Netherlands say. ... more | .. |
  Nissan chief wary of China amid island row: report Nissan would think twice before making new investments in China, the firm's chief told the Financial Times, as Japan-brand auto sales dive amid a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Hitachi to buy British nuclear firm Horizon Japan's Hitachi said Tuesday it would buy British atomic power venture Horizon to expand its nuclear business overseas, as Japanese remain wary about atomic power after the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
  US telecom networks take hit from Sandy US telecom networks took a hit from superstorm Sandy, which knocked out some emergency call centers in the northeast, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Slovenian nuclear plant resumes output after preventive shut down Slovenia's only nuclear power plant resumed energy production on Tuesday after a preventive shut down as the Sava river - which is used to cool down the plant - was clogged up by leaves and rubbish. ... more | .. |
 Alert as Sandy drenches US nuclear plant A nuclear power plant in New Jersey declared an alert Monday from mega-storm Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported, the US nuclear regulator said. ... more | .. |
 Japan factory output tumbles ahead of BoJ meeting Japan's factory output fell 4.1 percent last month, official data showed on Tuesday ahead of a central bank meeting expected to usher in more easing measures to stimulate the lumbering economy. ... more | .. |
 Head of iPhone software out in Apple shakeup Apple on Monday announced that the executive in charge of Maps, Siri and other software in its culture-changing iPhones is leaving as part of a shakeup in the upper ranks of the company. ... more |
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  US shale gas drives up coal exports US CO2 emissions from domestic energy have declined by 8.6% since a peak in 2005, the equivalent of 1.4% per year. However, the researchers warn that more than half of the recent emissions reduction ... more | .. |
 Russian chemists land on the island of stability Russian scientists from the Dubna research hub and their American counterparts have added two more names to the periodic table. The first experiments with superheavy elements began in the 1960s to p ... more | .. |
  Near-atomically flat silicon could help pave the way to new chemical sensors Silicon is the workhorse of the electronics industry, serving as the base material for the tiny transistors that make it possible for digital clocks to tick and computers to calculate. Now scientist ... more | .. |
  Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency Much more must be done to develop energy efficient cars, buildings and domestic appliances to address climate change - according to new research from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research a ... more |
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 Cost-effective titanium forming Titanium is a material that offers excellent properties, however, it is costly and time-consuming to form. Fraunhofer researchers are now giving this multi-purpose metal another chance. They are pre ... more | .. |
 Glass: characterizing with precision and efficiency Glass can possess a quite diverse array of characteristics, depending on what ingredients one uses to modify it. A new process now makes the analysis of glass characteristics easier: Up to five-time ... more | .. |
 Boeing Projects $820 Billion Market for 7,290 New Airplanes in North America Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of 7,290 new airplanes over the next 20 years at a market value of $820 billion. Taking retirements of airplanes into account, ... more | .. |
  Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll Out the Welcome Mat? Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the new technology? A study by the Georgia In ... more |
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 Safety glass - cut to any shape Shock-resistance is the great benefit of safety glass. However, the cut of the glass pane can make this difficult: With conventional processes, only straight cuts are possible. Yet a newly-developed ... more | .. |
 Now the mobile phone goes emotional Mobile devices include an increasing number of input and output techniques that are currently not used for communication. Recent research results by Dr Eve Hoggan from HIIT / University of Helsinki, ... more | .. |
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 Wireless system charges electric vehicles Canadian researchers say they've developed a safe, efficient technology to wirelessly charge electric vehicles using "remote magnetic gears." ... more |
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 Oil prices drop as hurricane blasts US East Coast Oil prices dropped on Monday as refineries and oil terminals on the US East Coast shut down due to Hurricane Sandy, which bore down on the heavily industrial New Jersey coastline. ... more | .. |
 Hurricane Sandy grounds 12,000 US flights More than 12,000 flights have been grounded as Hurricane Sandy thwarted travel up and down the US East Coast Monday with powerful winds and blinding rain that could linger for days. ... more | .. |
 Windows 8 phones out to stand apart from rivals Microsoft on Monday set out to win over iPhone and Android gadget devotees with Windows 8 smartphones, new devices that emphasize individualism and unify digital lives in the Internet cloud. ... more | .. |
 Japan eyes Mozambique for cheaper coal, gas Japan signed a memorandum of understanding with resource-rich Mozambique on Monday as it ramps up its hunt for new sources of energy after it shuttered all but two of its nuclear reactors. ... more |
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