|
 |
|
|
  Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses light to get two-dimensional (2-D) plastic sheets to curve into three-dimensional (3-D) structures, such as spheres, tubes or bowls. The advance builds on earlier work by the same research team, which focused on self-folding 3-D structures. The key advance here is that rather than having the plastic fold along sharp lines - into polygonal shapes such as cubes or pyramids - the plastics bend and curve. Researc ... read more |
 |
 
Organic electronics can use power from socketLinkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in a collaboration between Linkoping Unive ... more 
Molecular 'treasure maps' to help discover new materialsSouthampton, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Scientists at the University of Southampton working with colleagues at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method which has the potential to revolutionise the way we search for, design ... more 
Pulverizing electronic waste is green, clean - and coldHouston TX (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust. Specifically, they want to make the particles so small ... more  
Community in chaotic Jakarta goes green to fight evictionJakarta (AFP) March 20, 2017 Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capital Jakarta. ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | Mar 23 | Mar 22 | Mar 21 | Mar 20 | Mar 17 |
 
|
|
 
China inks $4.6 billion deal for Australia mine projectSydney (AFP) March 24, 2017 A state-owned Chinese construction giant Friday sealed a deal to build a Aus$6 billion (US$4.6 billion) mining infrastructure project to tap into resource-rich northwestern Australia. ... more  
American Airlines said to buy stakes in China airlineShanghai (AFP) March 23, 2017 American Airlines is in advanced talks to buy a $200 million stake in Asia's biggest airline China Southern, reports said Thursday, as it looks to get a shoe-in to the country's huge aviation market. ... more  
Needy expat workers get new phones as Singapore moves to scrap 2GSingapore (AFP) March 22, 2017 A Singapore migrant welfare group has started distributing 3G-enabled mobile phones to cash-strapped foreign workers days before the city-state shuts down its 2G network. ... more 
China's Li in Australia trade talks amid Trump fearsCanberra (AFP) March 23, 2017 Australia urged China Thursday to press ahead with economic reforms as Premier Li Keqiang began a trade-focused visit amid growing fears of a US slide towards protectionism. ... more 
China's Alibaba to set up logistics hub in MalaysiaKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 22, 2017 Alibaba and Malaysia announced Wednesday that they will set up a logistics and e-commerce hub in the Southeast Asian country to boost small and medium-sized companies, a first for the internet giant outside China. ... more  
Germany pushing e-mobility optionsWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 German energy company E.ON said Monday it was working within a government program to advance charging points for electric-powered mobility options. ... more |
|
 China asks WTO to weigh in on EU anti-dumping measures 
Morocco's Tangiers to host Chinese industrial cityTangiers, Morocco (AFP) March 20, 2017 Morocco and China's Haite Group signed an agreement on Monday to launch an industrial park near Tangiers for 200 Chinese companies that will create tens of thousands of jobs. ... more 
Samsung voice-assistant Bixby to debut with new phoneSan Francisco (AFP) March 20, 2017 Samsung announced Monday that a voice-powered digital assistant named "Bixby" will debut with a flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone set to be unveiled by the South Korean consumer electronics giant. ... more 
BOC Aviation orders 13 Boeing jets worth $1.4 blnSingapore (AFP) March 21, 2017 Singapore-based aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation said Tuesday it has ordered 13 new Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes worth a total of $1.4 billion at list prices. ... more  
Norway's Statoil top bidder for U.S. offshore licensesWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 As one of the companies with the largest take in a U.S. offshore auction, Norway's Statoil said it reset its Gulf of Mexico position as the market improves. ... 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 Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Emissions flat for three years in a row, IEA says  Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies  Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain |
|
 Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
It has been known in biology for a long time that the excited oxygen molecule singlet oxygen is the main cause of ageing in cells. To counter this, nature uses an enzyme called superoxide dismutase to eliminate superoxide as a free radical.
Superoxide also occurs in cell respiration for energy production and is the preliminary stage and thus source of singlet oxygen. TU Graz's Stefan Freun ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Non-toxic material that generates electricity through hot and cold  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasma |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017 
The results of an auction for the right to develop wind energy offshore North Carolina makes it a major low-carbon economic stimulus, a trade group said.
Avangrid Renewables was the winner of an auction for a lease area offshore Kitty Hawk with a $9 million bid to develop wind energy in federal waters. Nancy Sopko, director of offshore issues for the American Wind Energy Association, pr ... moreWashington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017North Carolina ready for offshore wind energy auction  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 (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
A material with the perovskite crystal structure has become very popular for solar cells. While most perovskites are inorganic compounds, this new material is a hybrid of relatively inexpensive organic and inorganic materials. In just a few short years, researchers have achieved remarkable power conversion efficiency with these perovskites, comparable with the best photovoltaic materials availab ... more Dubai (AFP) March 20, 2017Dubai harvests desert sun at vast solar plant  London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New solar energy plant to be installed on Barbuda  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Sea change needed for low-carbon economy |
|
|
 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit.
The Tokyo-listed stock dropped as much as 13.62 percent at one point, with concerns that the embattled company's shares could be delisted from the bourse.
Toshiba ended the day at 189.5 yen ($1.65), down 12.22 p ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste |
|
 Jakarta (AFP) March 20, 2017 
Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capital Jakarta.
Residents have transformed the "kampung", as traditional neighbourhoods are known in Indonesia, into a model of clean and green living in an effort to fight off the threat of eviction.
Tongkol kampung was once much ... more Upton NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plants  Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 
As one of the companies with the largest take in a U.S. offshore auction, Norway's Statoil said it reset its Gulf of Mexico position as the market improves.
Statoil was the high bidder on 13 of the tracts up for sale in the latest auction for the rights to drill in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Of the more than two dozen companies with successful bids, Statoil was near the top ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Putin insists Europe needs expanded gas pipeline  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Fretting over U.S. economic fate dings oil prices  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Husky Energy responding to minor Alberta oil spill |
|
 Baidoa, Somalia (AFP) March 20, 2017  Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia.
They loaded their combined belongings - blankets, cooking pots, sleeping mats, jerry cans, clothes - onto a hired donkey cart and walked beside it for 20 kilometres (12 miles) to Baidoa, the closest city.
"There is nobody left now," said the 28-year-old.
Sh ... more New York (AFP) March 23, 2017Tillerson alias emails from his ExxonMobil era prove elusive  New York NY (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Under the dead sea, warnings of dire drought  Geneva (AFP) March 21, 20172017 already marked by climate extremes: UN |
|
|
 Mumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017 
India's Adani Enterprises says work on a giant coal mine near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will begin in August despite mounting opposition to the long-delayed project, local media reported Sunday.
The controversial $16 billion Carmichael mine - destined to be one of the world's biggest - has encountered numerous regulatory and legal hurdles, leading to over six years of delays.
Comp ... morePrague (AFP) March 19, 2017Czech energy group bucks green trend with bet on coal Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: report  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 201717 killed in China coal mine accident: state media |
|
 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 |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017  The U.S. Air Force issued an invitation this week to industry to participate in a capability assessment of light attack aircraft.
The live-fly experiment, part a broader Air Force effort to explore cost-effective attack platform options, will be held this summer at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
The off-the-shelf aircraft from industry participants will be flown by service ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017Thales delivers flight simulator to Malaysian air force  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017U.S. Air Force orders KC-10 engine overhauls  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017U.S. Air Force delivers refurbished F-16s to Indonesia |
|
 London (AFP) March 22, 2017  Chinese carmaker Geely, owner of the London Taxi Company, opened Wednesday a 300-million pound UK factory making only electrical versions of the iconic London black cab for use worldwide.
The site in Coventry, central England, "has the capacity to build more than 20,000 vehicles per year... the best ultra-low emission commercial vehicles in the world", LTC said in a statement.
Geely bought LT ... more Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Germany pushing e-mobility options  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily |
|
|
 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
The oceans are great at absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, but when their deep waters are brought to the surface, the oceans themselves can be a source of this prevalent greenhouse gas.
Wind patterns together with the Earth's rotation drive deep ocean water - and the CO2 it sequesters - upward, replacing surface water moving offshore. A process known as upwelling, it occurs on th ... more Prague (UPI) Mar 06, 2017Czech scientists build non-metal magnet out of carbon  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 |
|
 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Solar cells and photodetectors could soon be made from new types of materials based on semiconductor quantum dots, thanks to new insights based on ultrafast measurements capturing real-time photoconversion processes.
"Our latest ultrafast electro-optical spectroscopy studies provide unprecedented insights into the photophysics of quantum dots," said lead researcher Victor Klimov, a physici ... more Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Organic electronics can use power from socket  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Bushwhacking into Unexplored Transistor Territories  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Bonding chips using inkjet printers |
|
|
 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 |
|
 Minneapolis, MN (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Mercury is very toxic and can cause long-term health damage, but removing it from water is challenging. To address this growing problem, University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Sciences (CFANS) Professor Abdennour Abbas and his lab team created a sponge that can absorb mercury from a polluted water source within seconds.
Thanks to the application of nanotechnology ... more Jakarta (AFP) March 22, 2017Indonesia increases estimate for cruise ship reef damage  Punta Gorda, United States (AFP) March 22, 2017Florida eco-friendly town opens for business Jakarta (AFP) March 17, 2017Indonesia summons UK envoy over coral reef destruction |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
