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October 07, 2016

Electrons in graphene behave like light, only better
New York NY (SPX) Oct 07, 2016
A team led by Cory Dean, assistant professor of physics at Columbia University, Avik Ghosh, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Virginia, and James Hone, Wang Fong-Jen Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, has directly observed--for the first time--negative refraction for electrons passing across a boundary between two regions in a conducting material. First predicted in 2007, this effect has been difficult to confirm experimentally. The res ... read more

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Your next nurse could be a robot The nursing assistant for your next trip to the hospital might be a robot. This is the implication of research recently published by Dr. Elena De Momi and colleagues in the open access journal Front ... more		More stable qubits in perfectly normal silicon The power of future quantum computers stems from the use of qubits, or quantum bits, which do not have to be either 0 or 1, but can also be 0 and 1 at the same time. It is not yet clear on which tec ... more		Efficient organic solar cells with very low driving force It was believed that efficient operation of organic solar cells requires a large driving force, which limits the efficiency of organic solar cells. Now, a large group of researchers led by Feng Gao, ... more
				Food waste could store solar and wind energy Saving up excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is down or the air is still requires a storage device. Batteries get the most attention as a promising solution although pumped hydroele ... more		Airline industry agrees to cap carbon emissions The airline industry agreed Thursday on a framework for reducing its carbon footprint at a UN meeting in Montreal, the first time a commercial sector has voluntarily tackled climate change. ... more

Fisker relaunches electric car effort Former BMW designer Henrik Fisker announced plans Tuesday to relaunch his electric vehicle efforts three years after a bankruptcy with his venture that made high-priced cars popular with celebrities. ... more		Trump factory jobs sent to China may never come back US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late - even for products that bear his family name. ... more		AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study Ethiopia's mega-dam ranks 15th globally		Scientists unveil first tetherless hopping robot A team of engineers with Disney Research have designed and built the first tetherless hopping robot, capable of bouncing on a single leg without an external power source. ... more
				Japan nuclear reactor shuttered for safety work A reactor at the centre of Japan's national debate over nuclear power was halted Thursday under stricter post-Fukushima safety standards, as Tokyo struggles to bring back atomic energy. ... more		Samsung to 'review' split plan, shares hit record high Samsung Electronics responded warily Thursday to a proposal by US hedge fund Elliott Management to split the South Korean tech giant into two companies but markets cheered the plan, sending its shares to a record high. ... more

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Mini "Pepper" robots start new jobs in Taiwan A shiny new cohort joined the workforce in Taiwan Thursday - a troop of mini robots all going by the name "Pepper", enlisted to entertain customers and give them the hard sell. ... more		Facebook's Oculus pushes virtual reality with new gear Facebook on Thursday worked to ramp up enthusiasm for its virtual reality line, unveiling new gear including a lower-end wireless headset prototype. ... more		Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures 10 Reasons Why Students Should Not Have Homework		Japan's Fujitsu eyeing PC merger with China's Lenovo Shares in Japanese IT giant Fujitsu soared Thursday on news it is considering merging its struggling personal computer division with China's Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker. ... more
Scientists build world's smallest transistor Silicon transistors have been getting smaller and smaller, packing more computing power into smaller dimensions all while using less energy. But silicon transistors can't get much smaller. ... more		Scotland greens up public transportation Scotland is getting a little greener with the planned addition of dozens of new public transportation options with lower emissions, the government said. ... more		British shale gas work gets the green light Industry appeals to local challenges to hydraulic fracturing operations were upheld and that work can now proceed, the British government said Thursday. ... more		U.S. importing more OPEC oil Even with a change in laws that allow for exports, total U.S. crude oil imports increased with net gains coming from OPEC nations, government data show. ... more

	Another day, another oil price rally Crude oil prices rallied strongly at the start of trading Thursday on the back of shifting sentiment in the wake of last week's OPEC agreement in Algeria. ... more		World Bank: Middle East oil exporters face low growth Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa are expected to show lackluster economic growth because of lower oil prices, the World Bank said. ... more

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Canada watchdog warns of faulty nuclear monitoring		Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientists who made molecular machines		GM, U.S. Army unveil Colorado ZH2 tactical hydrogen vehicle		Chinese-built railway links Ethiopia to sea		Argonne ahead of the 'curve' in magnetic study

Water vapor sets some oxides aflutter

New protein bridges chemical divide for 'seamless' bioelectronics devices

NIST-made 'sun and rain' used to study nanoparticle release from polymers

Study yields new knowledge about materials for ultrasound and other uses

Scientists closer to creating 3D computer model of a cell

DarkLight enables visible light communication in the dark

Amazon launches 'unlimited' reading for Prime members

After Paris, India gets support for solar power

Tax fossil fuels or risk kids' future: US climate scientist

Climate: Catholic groups divest from fossil fuels

IMF warns over China's 'dangerous' debt load

IMF warns of protectionist threat to global growth

Apple still a star without Steve Jobs, but doubts linger

Robots galore as Asia's biggest tech fair kicks off

Emerging markets face uneven outlook, says IMF

Google takes on rivals with Pixel phone, new hardware

New York trash man tells Americans wake up to garbage

New oscillating material may tap unused electromagnetic spectrum

Researchers discover more efficient way to split water, produce hydrogen

Yahoo denies surveillance claims amid privacy outcry

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