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June 29, 2016

Eating air, making fuel
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Jun 28, 2016
All life on the planet relies, in one way or another, on a process called carbon fixation: the ability of plants, algae and certain bacteria to "pump" carbon dioxide (CO2) from the environment, add solar or other energy and turn it into the sugars that are the required starting point needed for life processes. At the top of the food chain are different organisms (some of which think, mistakenly, that they are "more advanced") that use the opposite means of survival: they eat sugars (made by photos ... read more

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Wood Group bags another one with Brazilian contract Scottish oilfield services company Wood Group continued racking up the contracts, saying Tuesday it landed a new deal for developments offshore Brazil. ... more		U.S. retail gas prices holding steady to lower, AAA finds Higher refinery output in the United States and troubling economic news overseas could put downward pressure on retail gas prices, market analysis finds. ... more		Oil prices turn higher after Brexit collapse A revision upward for growth in the U.S. economy was enough Tuesday to erase two straight days of heavy losses in crude oil prices sparked by the Brexit. ... more		Airbnb sues over registration of San Francisco homes Home sharing site Airbnb is suing San Francisco over a new law requiring that anyone who offers their home through the rental site first register the dwelling with the city. ... more

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India blames China for stalled nuclear group entry

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S. Korea mulls law to keep office out of the home

Quantum calculations broaden the understanding of crystal catalysts

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Coexistence of superconductivity and charge density waves observed

Robotic motion planning in real-time

World's first 1,000-processor chip

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Solar cells for greener and safer energies

Beamreach Solar launches with lightweight System for commercial roofs

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Mammals almost wiped out with the dinosaurs

Russia planes pound Aleppo as Syria army closes in

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