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  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Although scientists have for decades been able to synthesize nanoparticles in the lab, the process is mostly trial and error, and how the formation actually takes place is obscure. However, a study recently published in Nature Communications by chemical engineers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering explains how metal nanoparticles form. "Thermodynamic Stability of Ligand-Protected Metal Nanoclusters" (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15988) was co-authored by Giannis Mpourmpakis, ass ... read more |
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Fluorine grants white graphene new powersHouston TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 A little fluorine turns an insulating ceramic known as white graphene into a wide-bandgap semiconductor with magnetic properties. Rice University scientists said that could make the unique material ... more  
Spontaneous system follows rules of equilibriumChicago IL (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Scientists have long known the ins and outs of equilibrium thermodynamics. Systems in equilibrium - a stable state of unchanging balance - are governed by a neat set of rules, making them predictabl ... more  
Research makes robots better at following spoken instructionsProvidence RI (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 A new system based on research by Brown University computer scientists makes robots better at following spoken instructions, no matter how abstract or specific those instructions may be. The develop ... more 
New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumptionBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 In order to store information in the conventional magnetic memories of electronic devices, the materials' small magnetic domains work by pointing up or down according to the magnetic fields. To gene ... more |
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Optimizing hydrogen-powered passenger ferries focus of Sandia Labs studyLivermore CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Maritime transportation has emerged as one solution to the traffic gridlock that plagues coastal cities. But with urban passenger ferries operating in sensitive environments and tourist areas, hydro ... more  
Researchers develop dynamic templates critical to printable electronics technologyUrbana IL (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 When it comes to efficiency, sometimes it helps to look to Mother Nature for advice - even in technology as advanced as printable, flexible electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois hav ... more  
Unbalanced wind farm planning exacerbates fluctuationsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 The expansion of renewable energy has been widely criticised for increasing weather-dependent fluctuations in European electricity generation. A new study shows that this is due less to the variabil ... more 
Coupling a nano-trumpet with a quantum dot enables precise position determinationBasel, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the University of Basel have succeeded in coupling an extremely small quantum dot with 1,000 times larger trumpet-shaped nanowire. The movement of ... more 
Scientists create first laboratory generation of astrophysical shock wavesPlainsboro, NJ (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Throughout the universe, supersonic shock waves propel cosmic rays and supernova particles to velocities near the speed of light. The most high-energy of these astrophysical shocks occur too far out ... more  
More EU praise for progress on renewable energyWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 Renewable energy gives Portugal, which imports all of its oil and gas, a way to gain a degree of independence over its economy, a European energy official said. ... more |
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China says economy grew 6.9% in second quarterBeijing (AFP) July 17, 2017 China posted better-than-expected growth of 6.9 percent in the second quarter, official data showed Monday, but authorities warned of lingering risks to the economy. ... more
China cuts off Wanda funding after overseas buying spree: reportsShanghai (AFP) July 17, 2017 China plans to squeeze high-flying billionaire Wang Jianlin's conglomerate Wanda by cutting off new loans and regulatory approvals for deals, reports said Monday, punishing it for breaching Chinese restrictions on overseas investments. ... more 
China's Xi calls for more imports and more 'open economy'Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an increase in imports and fewer restrictions for foreign investors as Beijing comes under pressure from the US and Europe to provide a more level playing field for companies in the country. ... more  
Disney next in line for LNG-powered cruise shipsWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 Three new ships slated for the fleet for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will be powered by liquefied natural gas, the company's chairman said. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017 
Google parent Alphabet is spinning off a little-known unit working on geothermal power called Dandelion, which will begin offering residential energy services.
The announcement Thursday took the wraps off one of the secretive projects at the Alphabet unit X, known notably for its work on self-driving cars and internet balloons.
Dandelion chief executive Kathy Hannun said her team had bee ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio  (UPI) Jun 12, 2017Low-carbon trajectory is the only option, European leaders say Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement of the plasma required for the reactions. At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), researchers have found that coating tokamak walls with lithium-- a light ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Using the stairs just got easier with energy-recycling steps  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Giant charge reversal observed for the first time Livermore CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017Optimizing hydrogen-powered passenger ferries focus of Sandia Labs study |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
The expansion of renewable energy has been widely criticised for increasing weather-dependent fluctuations in European electricity generation. A new study shows that this is due less to the variability of weather than from a failure to consider the large-scale weather conditions across the whole continent: many European countries are unilaterally following national strategies to expand wind ener ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Algeria seen as African leader for renewable energy  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise Bristol UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Thrive Renewables delivers mezzanine funded wind farms in Scotland |
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A partnership between Beaumont Solar and Horizon Beverage is now powering its operations with clean, renewable solar power. Family-owned Horizon Beverage Company have announced their new 978kW DC solar PV system is in operation at their Norton, MA distribution facility.
Horizon Beverage selected Beaumont Solar to fully engineer, design and construct the system. Consisting of 2,990 solar pa ... more San Francisco, CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger  Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Investors Generate 174,000,000 kWh of Renewable Electricity Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017More EU praise for progress on renewable energy |
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 Brussels (AFP) July 12, 2017 
Britain cannot stay a member of the EU nuclear regulator Euratom after Brexit, whether it wants to or not, European Parliament Brexit pointman Guy Verhofstadt said Wednesday.
But Euratom could continue its functions with regard to Britain if London signs an association agreement with the European Union following its departure from the bloc, he added.
Membership of Euratom has become a ma ... more Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017France could close a third of nuclear reactors: minister  Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm  Cherbourg, France (AFP) July 5, 2017Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a number of profound environmental, geopolitical and societal factors.
But with current oil prices hovering around $50 dollars a barrel, it won't likely be anytime soon.
Despite several major national research initiatives, no one has been able to come up with the breakthrough renewable biofuel technology t ... more Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 14, 2017New biofuel technology significantly cuts production time  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Cutting the cost of ethanol, other biofuels and gasoline  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks |
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Three new ships slated for the fleet for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will be powered by liquefied natural gas, the company's chairman said.
"All ship names, design plans and itineraries are still in development, with each of the ships expected to have their own unique experiences," the company announced on Saturday. "The three new ships will be powered by clean-burning liquefied natur ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Iran sets goal of 10 new oil, gas deals  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017More gas found offshore, Norway's gov't says  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Damage to pipeline that spilled oil last week in Texas repaired |
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 Manila (AFP) July 14, 2017  A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday.
A continued reliance on fossil fuels will see the world's most populous region face prolonged heat waves, rising sea levels, and changing rainfall patter ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Scientists upgrade database tracking global temperatures across millennia  New York (AFP) July 12, 2017Bloomberg outlines plan to quantify US climate efforts Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017G20: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost? |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2017 
Chinese companies are planning or constructing hundreds of coal-fired power projects around the world, data show, even as Beijing talks up its commitment to fighting climate change.
The report by German environmental lobby group Urgewald comes as China seeks to fill a vacuum left by the United States following President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate agreement.
Urgewal ... more Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Rio prefers Yancoal to Glencore in Australia coal sale Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Glencore makes new bid for Rio's Australia coal assets  Sydney (AFP) June 20, 2017Rio backs Yancoal over Glencore for Australia coal minesw |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 13, 2017 
Pilotless aircraft, flying electric vehicles and bespoke air cabins are the future of flight, Airbus said Thursday.
Paul Eremenko, the European plane-maker's chief technological officer, painted a picture of skies buzzing with new flight forms at the RISE tech conference held in Hong Kong.
Airbus is already testing out what it calls a "module" cabin concept - passenger planes being ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Honeywell, Pratt and Whitney contracted by Air Force for power system support  Singapore (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Singapore developing space-based VHF communications for air traffic management  Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017France and Germany announce new joint fighter program |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 13, 2017 
German luxury automaker Daimler manipulated the engines of around one million diesel vehicles to make them appear less polluting, local media reported Thursday, raising echoes of competitor Volkswagen's 'dieselgate' scandal.
"The Stuttgart-based firm sold vehicles with higher levels of damaging emissions than allowed for almost a whole decade between 2008 and 2016, in Europe and the United S ... more Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Forget defrosting your car at a glacial pace  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 10, 2017German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees  Paris (AFP) July 6, 2017France 'to end sales of petrol, diesel vehicles by 2040' |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 
With just a bit of fluorine, white graphene becomes a wide-bandgap semiconductor with magnetic properties. The new material could be used in electronics designed to perform under extreme conditions.
White graphene is a two-dimensional atomic sheet of hexagonal boron nitride. Its hexagonal structure is similar to that of regular graphene, but the atomic layer is made up of boron nitride, ... moreHouston TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2017Fluorine grants white graphene new powers  Clemson SC (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Clemson researchers illuminate the field of microscopy with nanoparticle 'buckyswitch'  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Carbon displays quantum effects |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
When it comes to efficiency, sometimes it helps to look to Mother Nature for advice - even in technology as advanced as printable, flexible electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed bio-inspired dynamic templates used to manufacture organic semiconductor materials that produce printable electronics.
It uses a process similar to biomineralization - the way that b ... more Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Harnessing hopping hydrogens for high-efficiency OLEDs  Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017High-precision control of printed electronics  Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Molecular electronics scientists shatter 'impossible' record |
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 Bangkok (AFP) July 11, 2017 
Thailand's military government on Tuesday approved $5.2 billion to build the first stretch of a high-speed railway that will ultimately link Bangkok to southern China, a massive joint infrastructure project with Beijing that has been dogged by delays.
The project is part of China's huge regional infrastructure plan to build a high-speed rail network connecting the southern city of Kunming wi ... more San Francisco (AFP) July 12, 2017Hyperloop startup moves closer to near-supersonic rail  Bangkok (AFP) June 13, 2017Thai junta vows to force through China railway  The Hague (AFP) June 1, 2017Dutch group unveils Hyperloop test facility |
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 Paris (AFP) July 13, 2017  At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors - 40 percent from indigenous tribes - were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation Global Witness said Thursday.
The grim tally, double the number slain two years earlier, is the largest since the NGO began tracking such violence in 2002, it reported.
The real number is probably hig ... more Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Lowell MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Study finds toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic tundra  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Human activities worsen air quality in Dunhuang, a desert basin in China |
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