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June 30, 2016

'Flower Power': Photovoltaic cells replicate rose petals
Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2016
With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power. Scientists of KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) reproduced the epidermal cells of rose petals that have particularly good antireflection properties and integrated the transparent replicas into an organic solar cell. This resulted in a relative efficiency gain of twelve percent. An article on this subject has been published recently in the Advanced Optical Materials journal (DOI: 10.1002/ado ... read more

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Made in China plane makes first commercial flight China's homegrown regional jet made its first commercial flight Tuesday, operator Chengdu Airlines said, after years of delays raised questions about the country's ambitious plans for domestically-produced planes. ... more		Next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting thanks to new phosphor Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Strasbourg, and CNRS have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more efficie ... more		Explosive renewables development can deliver on Paris While some criticize the Paris climate target as impracticable, a team of scholars argues that it is - on the contrary - a triumph of realism. First, and most importantly, adhering to the Paris targ ... more
				Coal to solar: Retraining the energy workforce As more coal-fired power plants are retired, industry workers are left without many options. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though. In a new study published in Energy Economics, research ... more		Energy from sunlight: Further steps towards artificial photosynthesis Chemists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich in Switzerland have come one step closer to generating energy from sunlight: for the first time, they were able to reproduce one of the crucial pha ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Record VW payout in US 'dieselgate' settlement Volkswagen has agreed to a record $15 billion US payout over its emissions-cheating diesel cars, pledging to buy back or fix vehicles that tricked pollution tests, and pay each owner up to $10,000. ... more		Mitsubishi joins EDF in bid to save reactor builder Areva France may have found a long-awaited Asian partner to help rescue its nuclear industry as its energy giant EDF signed a partnership deal with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		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
				Driverless cars: Who gets protected Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are programmed with a set of safety rules, and it is not hard to construct a scenario in which those rules come int ... more		Finessing Miniaturized Magnetics into the Microelectronics Mix A newly-announced DARPA program is betting that unprecedented on-chip integration of workhorse electronic components, such as transistors and capacitors, with less-familiar magnetic components with ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

AMA Report Affirms Human Health And Environmental Impacts From LEDS A groundbreaking report recently released by the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health affirms known and suspected impacts to human health and the environment cause ... more		Scientists engineer tunable DNA for electronics applications DNA may be the blueprint of life, but it's also a molecule made from just a few simple chemical building blocks. Among its properties is the ability to conduct an electrical charge, making one of th ... more		First Tranche 1 satellites launched for Space Development Agency network ICEYE unveils ISR Cell to deliver space intelligence at tactical scale Satlink joins Rivada to deliver secure satellite connectivity for defense and enterprise		Chip makes parallel programs run faster with less code Computer chips have stopped getting faster. For the past 10 years, chips' performance improvements have come from the addition of processing units known as cores. In theory, a program on a 64-core m ... more
Borophene: A prospective extraordinary sodium anode material for sodium-based batteries Sodium-based batteries have drawn considerable attention as a prospective alternative to lithium-based batteries due to the abundance and low price of sodium element. However, finding a suitable ano ... more		Russian physicists create a high-precision 'quantum ruler' Physicists from the Russian Quantum Center (RQC), MIPT, the Lebedev Physical Institute, and L'Institut d'Optique (Palaiseau, France) have devised a method for creating a special quantum entangled st ... more		Unveiling the distinctive features of a promising industrial microorganism Clostridium tyrobutyricum, a Gram-positive, anaerobic spore-forming bacterium, is considered a promising industrial host strain for the production of various chemicals including butyric acid which h ... more		Researchers devise new tool to measure polarization of light Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new tool for detecting and measuring the polarization of light based on a single spatial sampling of the light, rather than the mult ... more

	Ready for the car with a licence to kill The first autonomous vehicles are expected in the next few years. They should ease traffic and reduce pollution and accidents compared with today's cars. But these self-driving cars (SDC) will face ... more		Brexit heightens global uncertainty: China's Li Britain's vote to leave the European Union has added new uncertainties to the global economy at a time when downward pressures on China are mounting, Premier Li Keqiang said Monday at a World Economic Forum meeting. ... more

Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace

MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes

AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE

US, Canada and Mexico pledge to boost clean energy		VW to pay $15 bn to settle emissions scandal in US: report		Titan shines light on high-temperature superconductor pathway		New electron microscope method detects atomic-scale magnetism		Half of US households have streaming TV services: survey
Sweden's 100 percent carbon-free emissions challenge		Putin: Russia, China to Step Up Nuclear Energy Cooperation		India to send atomic experts to Namibia		Christo artwork a 'waste of public money': watchdog		More wind power added to French grid

Scientists consider building cities of the future out of bone

Tanzania debris to be checked for MH370 link

India blames China for stalled nuclear group entry

Taiwan cabin crew end strike after China Airlines concessions

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

Quantum calculations broaden the understanding of crystal catalysts

Diamond-based resonators might become highly sensitive detectors

Coexistence of superconductivity and charge density waves observed

Robotic motion planning in real-time

World's first 1,000-processor chip

Stanford researchers find new ways to make clean hydrogen and rechargable zinc batteries

Solar cells for greener and safer energies

Beamreach Solar launches with lightweight System for commercial roofs

Solar plane completes first-ever Atlantic flight

Mammals almost wiped out with the dinosaurs

US-backed Syrians bid to cut IS route

11 Kurdish rebels, 3 Guards killed in Iran

US official wants anti-IS fight to wrap up within 14 months

Iraq court deals blow to PM's cabinet reform efforts

Yemen clashes, air strikes kill 80 including 37 civilians

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