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May 22, 2015

Nano-policing pollution
Onna, Japan (SPX) May 21, 2015
Pollutants emitted by factories and car exhausts affect humans who breathe in these harmful gases and also aggravate climate change up in the atmosphere. Being able to detect such emissions is a critically needed measure. New research by the Nanoparticles by Design Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), in collaboration with the Materials Center Leoben Austria and the Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis has developed an efficient wa ... read more

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Researchers discover 'swing-dancing' pairs of electrons A research team led by the University of Pittsburgh's Jeremy Levy has discovered electrons that can "swing dance." This unique electronic behavior can potentially lead to new families of quantum dev ... more		Seashell strength inspires stress tests Mollusks got it right. They have soft innards, but their complex exteriors are engineered to protect them in harsh conditions. Engineers at the Indian Institute of Science and Rice University are be ... more		Researchers build new fermion microscope Fermions are the building blocks of matter, interacting in a multitude of permutations to give rise to the elements of the periodic table. Without fermions, the physical world would not exist. ... more
				Physicists observe real-time restructuring of electron cloud in attoseconds The recombination of electron shells in molecules, taking just a few dozen attoseconds (a billionth of a billionth of a second), can now be viewed "live," thanks to a new method developed by MIPT re ... more		Nanomaterials inspired by bird feathers turn light into color Inspired by the way iridescent bird feathers play with light, scientists have created thin films of material in a wide range of pure colors - from red to green - with hues determined by physical str ... more

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San Francisco Launches HERO Clean Energy Program City officials have publicly launched the HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which enables homeowners and commercial property owners to make water- and energy-efficiency improvement ... more		CLAIRE brings electron microscopy to soft materials Soft matter encompasses a broad swath of materials, including liquids, polymers, gels, foam and - most importantly - biomolecules. At the heart of soft materials, governing their overall properties ... more		GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems		Where the rubber meets the road Friction, the force that slows down objects as they slide across a surface, can save lives when car brakes are slammed. Yet despite its obvious importance, no one knows for sure how friction works a ... more
				Few signs of life in 'China's Manhattan' As the wind whistles through half-finished skyscrapers and over empty boulevards, a development billed as China's answer to Manhattan at times bears out the "ghost town" label some have given it. ... more		Japan PM unveils $110 bn plan for Asian infrastructure Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday a $110 billion investment plan for infrastructure projects in Asia in an apparent counter to China's move to launch a new development bank. ... more

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Chinese investment not Brazil panacea: analysts Brazil may have received a $53 billion investment boost from China but the South American giant would be unwise to view investment from the Asian superpower as a panacea to its economic woes, analysts said. ... more		British North Sea workers to vote on strikes British North Sea oil and gas workers said they'll vote on a labor stoppage after talks broke down with the industry over working conditions. ... more		Exxon makes big oil find offshore Guyana Exxon Mobil said it made what it described as a significant oil discovery in the deep waters about 120 miles off the coast of Guyana in the Caribbean. ... more		Chinese data, U.S. crude stocks, lift oil prices Crude oil prices extended their rally Thursday with key indices gaining ground on reports of modest growth in Chinese manufacturing. ... more

	Gazprom Neft issues upbeat report Russian energy company Gazprom Neft said Tuesday crude oil production was up year-on-year, driven largely by arctic and Iraqi developments.. ... more		Macroeconomic concerns drag on oil Crude oil prices retreated heavily in early Tuesday trading on signs of a slowdown in the British economy and worries over the pace of global jobs growth. ... more

U.S. defense in free fall

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact

Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement

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Bruce Power and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power enter into agreement

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Support for renewables lacking, global reports find

Tech firms, activists press US on encryption

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