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October 05, 2016

NIST-made 'sun and rain' used to study nanoparticle release from polymers
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2016
If the 1967 film "The Graduate" were remade today, Mr. McGuire's famous advice to young Benjamin Braddock would probably be updated to "Plastics ... with nanoparticles." These days, the mechanical, electrical and durability properties of polymers - the class of materials that includes plastics - are often enhanced by adding miniature particles (smaller than 100 nanometers or billionths of a meter) made of elements such as silicon or silver. But could those nanoparticles be released into the environment ... read more

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				Climate: Catholic groups divest from fossil fuels Seven Catholic organisations on four continents announced in a joint communique Tuesday their divestment from fossil fuel companies in order to help curb the threat of global warming. ... more		IMF warns over China's 'dangerous' debt load China's dependence on debt is growing at a "dangerous pace" and it must act to head off a brewing crisis in the world's second largest economy, the IMF warned Tuesday. ... more

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VW says to pay US suppliers $1.2 bln over Dieselgate

Renault promises total cooperation in emissions probe

US government cuts cord on internet oversight

EU 'cautiously optimistic' on global pact to curb aviation emissions

Software star Google expected to flex hardware muscle

World Bank secretly finances Asian 'coal boom,' group says

China manufacturing continues rebound in September

New York police to buy 1,000 body cameras

Deal signed for giant UK nuclear project

Stacked Solar Module achieves unprecedented efficiency at 17.8 Percent

A cost-efficient compact hybrid system for solar-diesel microgrids

Huawei Solar expands European supply center

BlackBerry lesson: adapt or die in the internet Age

Tech titans join to study artificial intelligence

Nairobi's famed National Park threatened by railway

Use of 'large open-ended pipe piles' could lead to lower-cost bridge construction

Volvo partnership pays off in SuperTruck collaborative effort

Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy Completes 200 Megawatt Tranquillity Solar Project

US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin $395M Contract for two GPS 3 satellites

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