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  Upton, NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Particle collisions recreating the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) that filled the early universe reveal that droplets of this primordial soup swirl far faster than any other fluid. The new analysis of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) - a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility for nuclear physics research at Brookhaven National Laboratory - shows that the "vorticity" of the QGP surpasses the whirling fluid dynamics of super-cell tornado cores and Jupiter's Great Red ... read more |
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Financial incentives could conserve tropical forest diversityColumbia, MO (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 The past few decades have seen the rise of global incentive programs offering payments to landowners to help reduce tropical deforestation. Until now, assessments of these programs have largel ... more  
Tech advances will lead to MH370 discovery - Malaysia AirlinesSydney (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 The resting place of missing flight MH370 will eventually be found but it will require advances in science and technology, including artificial intelligence, Malaysia Airlines' chief said Tuesday. ... more  
New system could remove two water pollutants from ag fieldsUrbana IL (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico use up the majority of the oxygen in the water, leading to massive "dead zones" that cannot support fish or other wildlife. The culprit? Nitrate, running off agric ... more  
Gambian environmentalists to sue 'polluting' Chinese firmBanjul, Gambia (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 Gambian conservationists are suing a Chinese firm they say polluted a lagoon by dumping waste into the sea, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday, after a government agency settled out of court with the company. ... more |
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Apple, Huawei, Amazon gain in sluggish tablet marketWashington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 Apple, Huawei and Amazon boosted tablet sales over the past quarter, despite the ongoing slump in the overall market for the devices, surveys showed Thursday. ... more  
Mishap doesn't dampen enthusiasm for security robotsWashington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 On his first day at work as a security guard, Steve was greeted warmly, drawing attention from passersby, including some taking selfies with him at the tony retail-residential complex he patrolled. Then he fell into the fountain. ... more  
Researchers set new record for tape storageWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 Researchers have set a new world record for magnetic tape storage. The team of IBM scientists achieved an areal density of 201 gigabits per square inch using a prototype sputtered magnetic tape designed and produced by Sony Storage Media Solutions. ... more  
Hong Kong lawmakers grill justice chief over China rail linkHong Kong (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators faced off against the city's justice secretary Thursday over a controversial rail link to mainland China which would see a portion of the city come under Chinese law. ... more  
Trump action on China trade likely to have broad supportWashington (AFP) Aug 4, 2017 The sanctions that President Donald Trump is poised to slap on China for stealing intellectual property from US firms should earn broad support, allowing him to rebuild a power base in Congress sapped by the recent battle over health care. ... more  
Global momentum underway for electric vehiclesWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 The drive toward electric vehicles gained international momentum with Germany and the United States making strides on the sea change in the automotive industry. ... more |
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 Hong Kong tycoon Li 'cautious' as profits rise 
China issues bike-sharing guidelines as complaints riseShanghai (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 China on Thursday issued national guidelines governing bike-sharing operations to nurture a new industry credited with spurring a transport revolution while addressing mounting complaints over an accumulation of millions of bikes on city streets. ... more 
BMW sticks to cautious forecast as profits shift upFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 German carmaker BMW reported Thursday a leap in profits in the second quarter, but stuck to its cautious forecast for the full year as it spends on new models and research and development. ... more  
Wood Group, Amec Foster Wheeler merger under scrutinyWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 Energy companies Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler said they've done enough to address competition issues after the British government expressed concern. ... more 
Several earthquakes strike shale-rich OklahomaWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 Eight earthquakes were recorded Thursday in Oklahoma, a state at the heart of the shale oil and natural gas industry, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. ... more |
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  Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study.
Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a ... more University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 
A toddler running sometimes loses footing because both feet come off the ground at the same time. Kinesin motors that move materials around in cells have the same problem, which limits how fast they can traverse a microtubule in the cell and carry cargo, according to Penn State researchers who have now seen these kinesin motors move using an unusual microscope and tagging method.
"We can n ... more Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Scientists map ways forward for lithium-ion batteries for extreme environments  Kobe, Japan (SPX) Jul 27, 2017New chromium-based superconductor has an unusual electronic state  Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017High-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017 
About half of the population in the state of Kansas could now be drawing energy from wind power as the U.S. sector gains momentum, an industry report showed.
A quarterly report from the American Wind Energy Association found the sector is gaining traction. Compared with last year, there were 40 percent more wind energy projects under construction or advancing through the development sta ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Shale-rich Oklahoma to host mega-wind farm  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 24, 2017ABB wins $30 million order to support integration of offshore wind energy in the UK  Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017GE's renewables not enough to boost overall revenue |
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 (UPI) Jul 31, 2017 
An effort in India, one of the world's strongest economies, to improve the renewable energy sector could face headwinds, Moody's Investors Service said.
India aims to triple its renewable power capacity by 2022 to 175 gigawatts by drawing on new solar and wind energy sources. The country is No. 4 in the world in terms of new solar power, No. 4 in the world based on cumulative wind power ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2017Chinese renewable energy capacity growing rapidly  Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017A new picture emerges on the origins of photosynthesis in a sun-loving bacteria  Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017World Bank tries to make Pacific solar power decisions easier |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 
Construction work on two nuclear power plants in the United States has been halted because of cost overruns, the companies behind them said.
Santee Cooper, one of those firms, said that because of construction delays the two planned reactors in South Carolina could not come on line before 2024, four years behind schedule.
This means only two nuclear plants are now in construction in the ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 02, 2017Areva signs MOX fuel fabrication contract with Japan  Paris (AFP) July 28, 2017Nuclear contaminates earnings of France's EDF  Tokyo (AFP) July 21, 2017Underwater robot probes inside Fukushima reactor |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Biochar from recycled waste may both enhance crop growth and save health costs by helping clear the air of pollutants, according to Rice University researchers.
Rice researchers in Earth science, economics and environmental engineering have determined that widespread use of biochar in agriculture could reduce health care costs, especially for those who live in urban areas close to farmland ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017New light-activated catalyst grabs CO2 to make ingredients for fuel  Pullman WA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Algae cultivation technique could advance biofuels  Amherst MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Fungi that evolved to eat wood offer new biomass conversion tool |
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Energy companies Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler said they've done enough to address competition issues after the British government expressed concern.
Wood Group announced plans in March to purchase AMEC Foster Wheeler for $2.6 billion in a move that will combine two of Britain's largest energy services companies. British regulator officials, however, said they had concerns because ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Enbridge: Michigan, North Dakota pipelines working as planned  Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Demand factors lift crude oil prices higher Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Several earthquakes strike shale-rich Oklahoma |
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 Paris (AFP) July 31, 2017 
There is a five-percent chance of limiting average global warming to under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target set in the 2015 climate-rescue Paris Agreement, researchers said on Monday.
And chances of meeting the lower, aspirational 1.5 C goal, also listed in the 196-nation pact, were a mere one percent, they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change.
A US-based ex ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 26, 2017Could spraying particles into marine clouds help cool the planet  Los Angeles (AFP) July 28, 2017Al Gore: I've given up on climate 'catastrophe' Trump  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Could a geoengineering cocktail control the climate |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
The organic matter in coal contains polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) of varying quantities in diverse soluble and insoluble forms. PACs in coal are of special interest for organic geochemical studies as they have been successfully used as biological marker compounds (biomarkers) and indicators of thermal maturity.
However, challenges exist when applying PACs in understanding the organi ... more Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2017China backs hundreds of global coal power projects  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 |
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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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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 02, 2017 
Residents along Florida's Space Coast will soon hear a familiar sound - sonic booms. But instead of announcing a spacecraft's return from space, they may herald a new era in faster air travel.
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is partnering with the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, Langley Research Center in Virginia, and Space Florida for a program called Soni ... more Paris (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Air France extends no-fly zone around North Korea  El Calafate, Argentina (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Perlan glider reaches 32,500 feet eyes world aviation record  Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017France and Germany announce new joint fighter program |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 
German carmaker BMW reported Thursday a leap in profits in the second quarter, but stuck to its cautious forecast for the full year as it spends on new models and research and development.
Net profit at the group reached 2.2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) between April and June, a 13.6-percent increase compared with the same period last year.
Operating, or underlying profit grew 7.5 percen ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 27, 2017Volkswagen to refit 1 million more diesel cars in Germany Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Global momentum underway for electric vehicles  Los Angeles (AFP) July 28, 2017Los Angeles to have fully electric bus fleet by 2030 |
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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, ... more Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Chemical route towards electronic devices in graphene  Oranjenmund, Namibie (AFP) July 26, 2017Off Namibia, an underwater diamond harvest  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Large single-crystal graphene is possible |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 
Magnetic quantum objects in superconductors, so-called "fluxons", are particularly suitable for the storage and processing of data bits. Computer circuits based on fluxons could be operated with significantly higher speed and, at the same time, produce much less heat dissipation. Physicists around Wolfgang Lang at the University of Vienna and their colleagues at the Johannes-Kepler-University Li ... more Fairport, NY (SPX) Aug 02, 2017Saelig introduces Sol Chip autonomous, solar-powered sensor station  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Ultracold molecules hold promise for quantum computing  Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Hamburg researchers develop new transistor concept |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 
The near-supersonic rail system known as hyperloop has passed another key milestone on its path to become reality, the US startup Hyperloop One said Wednesday.
Hyperloop One, which is developing a system theorized by entrepreneur Elon Musk, said that a test last week of a full hyperloop system at its private facility in the desert near Las Vegas was a success, hitting record speeds.
"Tha ... moreHong Kong (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Hong Kong lawmakers grill justice chief over China rail link Hong Kong (AFP) July 25, 2017Backlash in Hong Kong over China rail link  New York (AFP) July 21, 2017Hyperloop or hyperbole? Musk promises NY-DC run in 29 mins |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 
Scientists have discovered a new class of catalysts that break down contaminants when combined with hydrogen peroxide. The catalysts are capable of removing 99 percent of bisphenol A from water.
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a synthetic chemical commonly used in plastics manufacturing. Though many manufacturing companies have adopted BPA replacements, the chemical has contaminated waterways t ... moreGunjur, Gambia (AFP) July 30, 2017Pollution clouds Gambia's efforts to woo China Banjul, Gambia (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Gambian environmentalists to sue 'polluting' Chinese firm  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand |
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