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  Durham NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Duke University researchers have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as an energy source. Having found a catalyst that can do this important chemistry using ultraviolet light, the team now hopes to develop a version that would run on natural sunlight, a potential boon to alternative energy. Chemists have long sought an efficient, light-driven catalyst to power this reaction, which could help reduce the growing levels of carbon dio ... read more |
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Biofuel produced by microalgaeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 In the modern society, energy generation heavily relies on fossil fuels, which, however, lead to environmental pollution and depletion of non-renewable resources. Photosynthetic organisms such as pl ... more  
Exploring the mysteries of supercooled waterWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 There are few things more central to life on earth than water. It dominates the physical landscape, covering much of the planet as oceans. It's also a major component of the human body, comprising, ... more  
Donut-shaped fusion plasmas decrease adverse turbulenceWashington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Fusion research has been dominated by the search for a suitable way of ensuring confinement as part of the research into using fusion to generate energy. In a recent paper published in EPJ H, Fritz ... more 
Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteriesAustin TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has developed ... more |
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Breakthrough research for testing and arranging vertical axis wind turbinesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 The sight of propeller-like rotating blades positioned high up the pole of a tall horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) may be familiar to many. Often grouped in wind farms, HAWTs provide significant ... more  
Next generation of nuclear robots will go where none have gone beforeManchester UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 The University of Manchester is to lead a consortium to build the next generation of robots that are more durable and perceptive for use in nuclear sites. The cost of cleaning up the UK's existing n ... more  
Three layers of graphene reveals a new kind of magnetMumbai, India (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Metals have a large density of electrons and to be able to see the wave nature of electrons one has to make metallic wires that are only a few atoms wide. However, in graphene - one atom thick graph ... more  
Laser-altered molecules cast alchemy in a different lightPrinceton NJ (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Since the Middle Ages, alchemists have sought to transmute elements, the most famous example being the long quest to turn lead into gold. Transmutation has been realized in modern times, but on a mi ... more 
Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstratedVienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 How do molecules rotate in a solvent? Answering this question is a complicated task since the molecular rotation is perturbed by a very large number of surrounding atoms. For a long time, large-scal ... more  
SOVENTIX developing solar parks of up to 140 megawatts in Alberta, CanadaToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 SOVENTIX Canada Inc. has commenced the development of several solar projects with a capacity of up to 140 megawatts (MWp) in Alberta, Canada. The six projects with a potential nameplate capacity fro ... more |
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China says coal consumption falls for third yearBeijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 China's world-leading coal consumption fell for the third straight year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as the planet's biggest carbon emitter struggles to break its addiction to the heavily polluting fuel. ... more  
New offshore contract for struggling Subsea 7London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 Subsea 7, a company offering service support for oil and gas field development, said it landed a contract of at least $50 million for offshore Australia. ... more 
Gas prices steady before seasonal spikeWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 U.S. retail gasoline prices are following oil markets by staying more or less even, but that will change mid-March with a new blend of gas, analysis finds. ... more 
Conditions right for U.S. oil exportsHouston (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 A global market looking to balance OPEC output declines and an expected increase in U.S. pipeline capacity could make oil exports attractive, analysis finds. ... more |
  Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017  Even with international praise for its renewable energy strategy, New Zealand's government said there is room for improvement.
An annual review of the New Zealand energy sector from the International Energy Agency described the country as a "success story" for its ability to advance on low-carbon options like hydro-electric power and geothermal energy, all without government subsidies. ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017EU parliament backs draft carbon trading reforms  Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2017Taiwan lantern makers go green for festival of lights  Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2017Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon tax |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel. Sulfur compounds in fuels such as gasoline and diesel create air pollution when the fuel is burned.
To address that challenge, large-scale oil refinery processes remove the majority of sulfur from fuel down to a government-mandated level. The new te ... more Austin TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteries  Vernon CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Romeo Power expands EV battery pack production in Southern California  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Donut-shaped fusion plasmas decrease adverse turbulence |
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The sight of propeller-like rotating blades positioned high up the pole of a tall horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) may be familiar to many. Often grouped in wind farms, HAWTs provide significant amounts of energy for local communities. One drawback to HAWTs is the large space they take up, needing to be placed far apart from each other. If placed too close together, the turbulence and wind ve ... more Newark DE (SPX) Feb 22, 2017US grid can handle more offshore wind power  Lansing, Mich. (UPI) Feb 16, 2017Michigan meets renewable energy targets  Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Feb 9, 2017British grid drawing power from new offshore wind farm |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
SOVENTIX Canada Inc. has commenced the development of several solar projects with a capacity of up to 140 megawatts (MWp) in Alberta, Canada. The six projects with a potential nameplate capacity from 15 to 45 MWp are located near Calgary and Edmonton. Building on Soventix Canada's success in the Ontario, the current projects will further drive the expansion of SOVENTIX in the Canadian solar mark ... more Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Prime Road and First Solar complete 18MW of Thai solar farms Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Alberta puts more weight behind solar power  London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Lightsource Renewable Energy acquires residential portfolio |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 
Iran's nuclear chief said Saturday that the country had requested to buy 950 tonnes of uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan over the next three years to help develop its civil reactor programme.
The request has been made to the body that oversees the nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told the ISNA news ... more Pullman WA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Researchers find new clues for nuclear waste cleanup  Manchester UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Next generation of nuclear robots will go where none have gone before  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 22, 2017German energy giant RWE posts 5.7-bln-euro loss in 2016 |
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 Durham, N.C. (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  Scientists at Duke University have developed a new method for catalyzing the conversion of carbon dioxide into methane, a component of many alternative fuels. The reaction is bolstered by the presence of rhodium nanoparticles and ultraviolet light.
Rhodium is known to accelerate, or catalyze, a variety of reactions used for industrial processes, but the energy boost offered by the rare ... more Durham NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Light-driven reaction converts carbon dioxide into fuel  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Biofuel produced by microalgae  Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Feb 10, 2017Alberta backing bioenergy programs |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from their colony to their food and back. A swarm of inexpensive, unmanned drones quickly map an offshore oil spill.
Each extremely complex task is accomplished by individuals following very simple rules. But to make the drones do it, a bit of nature's magic must be captured in a mathematical formula.
"Nature may not proactively us ... more New York (UPI) Feb 28, 2017U.S. oil stocks, fourth quarter GDP weigh on oil prices  Pullman WA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017WSU research advances energy savings for oil, gas industries  Oslo, Norway (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Rig company Seadrill teeters on the brink |
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Even Punxsutawaney Phil can't be blamed for being baffled this year and hightailing it back to his burrow. He predicted six more weeks of winter on Feb 2, but by then spring was already springing well ahead of historical norms in much of the USA.
While we've known for a over a decade now that climate change is variably advancing the onset of spring across the United States, a new set of ma ... more Mogadishu (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Somali president declares 'national disaster' over drought  Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Warming ponds could accelerate climate change  Quixeramobim, Brazil (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Brazil's poorest region suffers worst drought in a century |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017  China's world-leading coal consumption fell for the third straight year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as the planet's biggest carbon emitter struggles to break its addiction to the heavily polluting fuel.
Coal consumption fell by 4.7 percent year-on-year in 2016, and the share of coal in the country's energy mix slipped to 62.0 percent, down 2.0 percent year-on-year, the National ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2017China halts N. Korea coal imports after missile test  Brussels (AFP) Feb 9, 2017EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet climate pledge: study  Canberra, Australia (UPI) Feb 7, 2017Do more to advance CCS, BHP Billiton says |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017 
China is planning to develop the next-generation CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket and will conduct the first test flight by the end of 2018, Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Monday.
The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A) carrier rockets, the CZ-8 is expected to have two sol ... more Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles above the Antarctic continent, riding the spiraling polar vortex. On Jan. 31, 2016, scientists sent the pre-planned command to cut the balloon - and the telescope parachuted to the ground in the Queen Maud region of Antarctica.
The telescope sat on the ice for an entire year. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017Russia's future stealth bomber would replace Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 planes  London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Charles Woodburn to take over as BAE Systems CEO  Madrid (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Madrid invites Airbus CEO to debrief on military plane woes |
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 Redmond WA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Kymeta, has announced that its 20 cm mTenna satellite antenna subsystem module (ASM) for the consumer connected car industry, successfully connected to the Intelsat satellite constellation. This successful test continues Kymeta's progress toward bringing high throughput, secure mobile connectivity to the automotive industry and follows the partnership announced with Toyota Motor Corporation at t ... more San Francisco (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Tesla slips back into red but revenue grows  Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environment  Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Four-stroke engine cycle produces hydrogen from methane and captures CO2 |
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 Mumbai, India (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Metals have a large density of electrons and to be able to see the wave nature of electrons one has to make metallic wires that are only a few atoms wide. However, in graphene - one atom thick graphite - the density of electrons is much smaller and can be changed by making a transistor. As a result of the low density of electrons the wave nature of electrons, as described by quantum mechanics, i ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Graphene from soybeans  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Feb 17, 2017How to roll a nanotube: Demystifying carbon nanotubes' structure control  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Feb 10, 2017UNIST to engineer dream diodes with a graphene interlayer |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human brain. Now, researchers at Stanford University and Sandia National Laboratories have made an advance that could help computers mimic one piece of the brain's efficient design - an artificial version of the space over which neurons communicate, called a syn ... more Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Combining the ultra-fast with the ultra-small  Nashville TN (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017A new spin on electronics |
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 Singapore (UPI) Jan 25, 2017 
Researchers are trying to distill smart transit philosophy into a machine-learning algorithm. Scientists hope their smart transit model will reveal a recipe for a smarter city, organized in way that relieves the congestion common on the mass transit systems of major cities.
"Singapore needs an efficient transport system to support people's activities given the existing and planned infra ... more Budapest (AFP) Jan 19, 2017Hungary orders fraud probe into Budapest metro project  San Francisco (AFP) Jan 18, 2017'Hyperloop' rail study for Slovakia-Czech connection Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 7, 2017Cities vie to hop on super-speedy hyperloop rail |
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 Stockholm (UPI) Feb 24, 2017 
Your cat is a repository for chemicals in your home. As scientists suspected, tests show harmful chemicals can accumulate in the blood of healthy cats.
Researchers measured significantly elevated levels of brominated flame retardants, BFRs, in feline blood samples. BFRs are a class of chemical compounds used to make electronics, clothes and furniture less combustible. Studies have shown ... more Manila (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Ex-yoga missionary unleashes rage on Philippine miners  Hanoi (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Vietnam to punish officials over mass fish deaths  Geneva (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Tiny plastic particles from clothing, tyres clogging oceans: report |
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