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  Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017 A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant operator to pay damages, officials and news reports said. A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011. The water overwhelmed reactor cooling systems and sent three into meltdown, spewing radiation over a wide area in Japan's wors ... read more |
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Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brainsJerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017 Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry - not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them. ... more  
CO2 stable for 3rd year despite global growth: IEAParis (AFP) March 17, 2017 Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector held stable for the third straight year in 2016 despite the global economy continuing to expand, the International Energy Agency said Friday. ... more  
Fitch: Azerbaijan's energy company facing mixed pressuresWashington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017 The state energy company of Azerbaijan, a party to OPEC-led balance efforts, beat its peers in terms of revenue, but remains pressured, a ratings agency said. ... more  
North Carolina ready for offshore wind energy auctionWashington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 More than 100,000 acres off the coast of North Carolina go on the auction block Thursday for potential wind energy development, the U.S. government said. ... more |
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World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: reportWashington (AFP) March 17, 2017 World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions are indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday. ... more
World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: reportWashington (AFP) March 17, 2017 World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions is indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday. ... more 
More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarilyNew York (AFP) March 16, 2017 The White House clashed with environmentalists on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's retreat from tough future auto emission standards, with both sides predicting potentially big consequences for America's car fleet. ... more  
Merkel, Xi defend free trade ahead of G20 meetBerlin (AFP) March 16, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday stressed their commitment to free trade ahead of a G20 finance ministers' meeting set to be dominated by debate on protectionism. ... more 
G20 finance ministers to meet under America First shadowBerlin (AFP) March 15, 2017 Finance ministers from the world's top nations gather in Germany Friday as fears grow that US President Donald Trump could upend the global economic order with his America First policy. ... more  
Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonicsLawrence KS (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it must go through all the points on the path. "Imagine someone driving from Kansas City to Topeka on I-70 - it ... more |
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 New electron source for materials analysis  
Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperaturesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up to 10 gigabits per second of data at temperatures just a few degrees above absolute zero. The dev ... more  
Next-gen steel under the microscopeBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project involving a University of Queensland scientist. The work could overcome the pro ... more  
NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine PollutionHampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 percent, in a new study conclusion that bodes well for airline economics and Earth's envir ... more  
Copper-bottomed depositsGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 The world's most valuable copper deposits, known as porphyry deposits, originate from cooling magma. But how can we predict the size of these deposits? What factors govern the amount of copper prese ... more |
  Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector held stable for the third straight year in 2016 despite the global economy continuing to expand, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
By far the main culprit in global warming, carbon dioxide emissions stood at 32.1 billion tonnes last year, the IEA estimated.
This was the same level as the same as the previous two years, des ... more Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain  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 |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 15, 2017  A woman whose headphones caught fire on a plane suffered burns to her face and hands, Australian officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices in-flight.
The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed about two hours into the trip from Beijing to Melbourne on February 19 when there was a loud explosion.
"As ... moreNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Exhaust fumes as a resource  Sydney (AFP) March 12, 2017Australia PM, Musk discuss offer to fix power woes  Ames IA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Discovery in new material raises questions about theoretical models of superconductivity |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
More than 100,000 acres off the coast of North Carolina go on the auction block Thursday for potential wind energy development, the U.S. government said.
The U.S. Department of Interior pounded the gavel to open the seventh offshore wind auction, putting 122,405 acres off the North Carolina coast on the block for commercial wind energy leasing.
In August 2014, the Bureau of Ocean ... more London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Flagship English Channel wind farm nears completion Paris (UPI) Mar 06, 2017French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Wind energy gaining traction, U.S. trade group says |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 
Members of the European Union are about 3 percentage points away from meeting their 2020 objectives for renewable energy, its statistics office reported.
Members of the EU agreed to a benchmark of 20 percent for a share of renewable energy on their grids by 2020. Eurostat, the bloc's record-keeping office, said the share of renewable energy in final consumption in 2015, the last full ye ... more Barrington RI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Nuera Solar Announces Partnership with The Solar Village Project Lappeenranta, Finland (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systems  Brussels (UPI) Mar 13, 2017EU funding renewable energy efforts in Algeria |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Two leading organisations within the UK's nuclear industry, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to promote global opportunities in the nuclear industry and support UK companies to enter the sector, at a ceremony held at the Nuclear AMRC's Rotherham campus on Tue ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017Loss-hit Toshiba nosedives on fears about future  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success |
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 Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It's using natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass. One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste products. As natural resources decline in abundance, using waste for energy is becoming more ... more Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factories  University Park PA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases  Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
It's reasonable to give serious consideration to extending a production agreement led by OPEC, the head of Russian oil company Lukoil said Thursday.
Russia is contributing as a non-member state to an effort steered by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that aims to correct an oversupplied market through managed production declines. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Fitch: Azerbaijan's energy company facing mixed pressures  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017DNO turns a profit on Kurdish assets  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Oil and gas exporter Norway keeps policy rate static |
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 Nairobi (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Thirteen people, mostly women and children, have been killed in central Kenya this week in a cycle of violence between rival farming tribes hit by drought, police and the Red Cross said.
Police spokesman George Kinoti said the violence broke out on Monday when Ilchamus herdsmen, a sub-group of the Tugen people, launched an attack on members of the Pokot tribe seeking to steal their cattle. ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Cold climates and ocean carbon sequestration  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon  Washington (AFP) March 15, 2017Pentagon chief says climate change threatens security |
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 Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017  World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions is indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday.
By investing in banks and other so-called financial intermediaries, World Bank funds can increase poverty, social strife and promote projects which hasten climate change, according to a report by Inclusive Devel ... more Beijing (AFP) March 14, 201717 killed in China coal mine accident: state media Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: report  Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017China says coal consumption falls for third year |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
It sounds like a cause of heart burn. Instead, Boundary Layer Ingestion - or BLI - is a promising idea NASA researchers are studying to reduce fuel burn in jet engines, thus reducing emissions and the cost of operating the aircraft.
At its simplest: With BLI, an airplane's engines are located near the rear of the aircraft so that air flowing over the aircraft body becomes part of the mix o ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017MDH debuts multi-mission concept helicopter  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017U.S. Army looks to Air Force for future air defenses  Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Boeing to sustain South Korea's F-15 fleet |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 15, 2017 
State prosecutors in southern Germany said Wednesday they had searched offices belonging to carmaker Audi over parent company Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Investigators from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Lower Saxony states searched "sites belonging to Audi AG and seven other locations" on suspicion of "fraud and illegal advertising", Munich prosecutors said in a stateme ... more Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains  Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Renault chiefs implicated in decades-long emissions fraud: probe  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily |
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 Prague (UPI) Mar 06, 2017 
Scientists in the Czech Republic created magnetized carbon by treating graphene layers with non-metallic elements.
Their invention, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, is the first non-metal magnet to maintain its magnetic properties at room temperature. Researchers say the discovery has a wide array of potential applications in the fields of biomedicine and electronics.
... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Graphene sheets capture cells efficiently  Birmingham UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Iron dissolved by air pollution may increase ocean potential to trap carbon  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2017'Super-deep' diamonds may hold new information about Earth's interior |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have developed a "spin-resolved oscilloscope." This device is a basic measuring instrument for plasmonics and spintronics, which are key technologies for future electronics applications.
The coupling of light and electronic charges in plasmonics will pave the way for ultra-high-speed information ... more Lawrence KS (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonics  Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Ultrashort light pulses for fast 'lightwave' computers  Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Two radio signals, one chip, open a new world for wireless communication |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 12, 2017 
Electric light railway tracks soar over Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, a rare example of mass transit infrastructure on a continent ruled by ramshackle, diesel-spewing buses.
But despite government promises, the roads below are still clogged with traffic 14 months after the light rail system's opening, and for many residents the city's network of overcrowded minibus taxis remain the only op ... more Singapore (UPI) Jan 25, 2017Machine-learning to inspire Singapore metro buildout  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 |
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 Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017  US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at home and abroad, sparking an outcry Thursday among experts who say the cuts would endanger the planet.
The blueprint, which also includes sharp cuts in spending on the arts and foreign aid, has yet to undergo scrutiny in Congress and must be approved by lawmakers before it c ... more Tuzla, Bosnia And Herzegovina (AFP) March 15, 2017Polluted air causing early deaths in fossil-fuelled Balkans Paris (AFP) March 14, 2017Curbing pollution can prevent 3 mn Chinese deaths a year  Addis Ababa (AFP) March 15, 2017Ethiopia rubbish dump landslide death toll soars to 113 |
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