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January 20, 2014
SOLAR DAILY
Germany eyes swift cuts in renewable energy subsidies
Berlin (AFP) Jan 19, 2014
Germany's new energy minister has outlined cuts in subsidies to producers of renewable energy as the country wrestles with soaring costs from its nuclear power exit, according to a document obtained by AFP Sunday. Opposition MPs and the solar energy sector have already criticised the reforms due to be discussed by conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's new "grand coalition" cabinet with the Social Democrats next week. Merkel took the surprise decision in 2011 to scrap nuclear power for renewabl ... read more
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BIO FUEL

UAE's Etihad demonstrates flight with biofuel mix
Etihad Airways said Sunday it has flown a Boeing 777 plane on a 45-minute demonstration flight powered in part by biofuel developed in collaboration with French firm Total. ... more
ROBO SPACE

Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots!
Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming aro ... more
NANO TECH

Molecular nano-spies to make light work of disease detection
A world of cloak-and-dagger pharmaceuticals has come a step closer with the development of stealth compounds programmed to spring into action when they receive the signal. Researchers at the U ... more
ENERGY DAILY


TECH SPACE

What makes superalloys super - hierarchical microstructure of a superalloy
Researchers have observed for the first time in detail how a hierarchical microstructure develops during heat treatment of a superalloy Materials in high-performance turbines have to withstand ... more


TIME AND SPACE

Hugging hemes help electrons hop
Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The results are key to understanding how the ... more
The Year In Space
ENERGY NEWS

Global warming's biggest offenders
When it comes to global warming, there are seven big contributors: the United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and the United Kingdom. A new study published in Environmental Research Le ... more
ENERGY NEWS

EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost
This is a key finding from an international multi-model analysis by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF28) and comes at a crucial time, as the European Commission is set to announce next week it ... more
24/7 News Coverage
NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space
Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival
China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal
TECH SPACE

CCNY Team Models Sudden Thickening of Complex Fluids
A new model by a team of researchers with The City College of New York's Benjamin Levich Institute may shed new understanding on the phenomenon known as discontinuous shear thickening (DST), in whic ... more
ROBO SPACE

From Crime Fighting to Methane Lakes: Designing Robots for Earth and Space
In a remote corner of the Cleveland Police Museum, a famous robot languished gathering dust. In its glory days, this robot was part of the fight in the 1970s against Mafia domination in Cleveland. ... more
AEROSPACE

Novel technology reveals aerodynamics of birds flying in a V-formation
Researchers using custom-built GPS and accelerometer loggers, developed with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (EPSRC), and attached to free-flying birds on migrat ... more
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ROBO SPACE

BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans
If we've learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it's that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn't interested in that development, bu ... more
ROBO SPACE

Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise for Prosthetics, Robotics
North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military or athletic applications, including new ... more
Space News from SpaceDaily.com
Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition
Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter search
Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpret
NANO TECH

Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating
Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nan ... more
INTERNET SPACE

20 million people fall victim to S. Korea data leak
The personal data of at least 20 million bank and credit card users in South Korea has been leaked, state regulators said Sunday, one of the country's biggest ever breaches. ... more
TRADE WARS

Thousands of Hong Kong domestic helpers rally for 'tortured' maid
Thousands of domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers, the second such rally in a week. ... more
TRADE WARS
EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost

Global warming's biggest offenders

EU weighs new climate goals, economic needs


TRADE WARS
Iraq threatens Turk boycott, contract cuts in Kurd row

EU, Russia to discuss concerns over South Stream pipeline

Netherlands slashes gas production after quake protests


TRADE WARS
Maine offshore wind project appears on track for federal funding

No Evidence of Residential Property Impacts Near Wind Turbines

Blown away? US suspends wind power subsidies, for now


TRADE WARS
Cobalt catalysts allow researchers to duplicate the complicated steps of photosynthesis

UNC researchers harness sun's energy during day for use at night

Germany eyes swift cuts in renewable energy subsidies

ENERGY TECH

Vietnam anti-China activists mark Paracels defeat
Activists chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Sunday at a protest in Hanoi marking the 40th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of contested islands in the South China Sea. ... more
TRADE WARS

Hyundai starts work on world's biggest container ships
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had started construction on a Chinese order for the world's largest container ships. ... more
INTERNET SPACE

Net neutrality case; win, loss or much ado about nothing?
The hot topic on the Internet last week - and no doubt this week and beyond - was a U.S. appellate court's overturning of the "net neutrality" concept under which the Internet has operated. ... more
CAR TECH

Peugeot 'approves' capital hikes by French state, Chinese partner
The board of struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has in principle approved capital boosts by the French state and its Chinese partner Dongfeng, two sources close to the matter told AFP Sunday. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc
Denmark military intel fails to identify source of drone flights
Lithuania eases rules on shooting down drones
AEROSPACE

Indonesia plane crashes after lightning strike, 4 dead

POLITICAL ECONOMY

China's 2013 growth matches slowest rate since 1999

CAR TECH

Hybrid cars fail to ease Pakistan's gas woes

WIND DAILY

Maine offshore wind project appears on track for federal funding

ENERGY TECH

Suez Canal, energy lifeline, seen vulnerable to jihadist attack

ENERGY NEWS

Soaring electricity prices zap struggling Spaniards

ENERGY TECH

EU, Russia to discuss concerns over South Stream pipeline

ENERGY TECH

Netherlands slashes gas production after quake protests

ENERGY TECH

Iraq threatens Turk boycott, contract cuts in Kurd row

ENERGY TECH

Canadian foreign minister demands Keystone decision

EU wants common rules for shale gas 'fracking'

EU weighs new climate goals, economic needs

China 2013 growth flat at 7.7%: AFP survey

Intel to cut staff in face of stagnant earnings

Peugeot board to examine Chinese capital boost plans

Target breach linked to global cybercrime: researchers

Cyberattack traced to hacked refrigerator: researchers

Yahoo honeymoon hits reality for Internet sweatheart Mayer

PS4 and Xbox One fuel US videogame industry sales

Top US court to rule on searches of mobile phones

US driver acquitted over Google Glass ticket

China's biggest mobile firm launches Apple iPhone sales

Taiwan's Acer posts third full-year net loss in a row

Jawbone earpiece makes it easier to love smartphones

Hong Kong police to interview 'tortured' maid

Google gets in game of Internet age storytelling

Apple loses bid to remove e-book monitor

Print book reading tops in US despite rise of tablets

Fear and loathing in Brazil as World Cup beckons

Cobalt catalysts allow researchers to duplicate the complicated steps of photosynthesis

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