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  Golden CO (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Thermochromic windows capable of converting sunlight into electricity at a high efficiency have been developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Relying on such advanced materials as perovskites and single-walled carbon nanotubes, the new technology responds to heat by transforming from transparent to tinted. As the window darkens, it generates electricity. The color change is driven by molecules (methylamine) that are reversibly ab ... read more |
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Brazilian ethanol can replace 13 percent of global crude oil consumptionSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Expansion of sugarcane cultivation in Brazil for ethanol production in areas not under environmental protection or reserved for food production could potentially replace up to 13.7% of world crude o ... more  
For Gabon's sickly uranium miners, a long quest for compensationMounana, Gabon (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 "We are all sick. It's our health, and we are being conned," Moise Massala says angrily. ... more  
Statoil: Batteries can address wind power variabilityWashington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 Norwegian energy company Statoil said it was planning a battery system for a floating wind farm that will be "smart " enough to compensate for calm conditions. ... more 
Activity descriptors for electrocatalysts in energy storage applicationsBeijing, Russia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Under the environmental concerns such as pollution and greenhouse effect, environment-friendly energy storage applications such as fuel cells, ammonia production and lithium-air batteries are propos ... more |
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Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their mindsChicago IL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows how amputees can learn to control a robotic arm through electrodes implanted in the brain. The research, published in Nature C ... more  
Quantum optics allows us to abandon expensive lasers in spectroscopyMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 An international research group together with scientists from the MSU have developed a time-resolved spectroscopy method that allows studying fast processes in samples. The new method works by analy ... more  
Tuning the wavelength of fluorescent carbon tubesFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Carbon is not just the most important element for life, it also has fascinating properties of its own. Graphene - a pure carbon sheet just one atom thick - is one of the strongest materials. Roll gr ... more 
Researchers inadvertently boost surface area of nickel nanoparticles for catalysisRaleigh NC (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Air Force Research Laboratory have discovered that a technique designed to coat nickel nanoparticles with silica shells actually fragments th ... more 
New 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterpartsBoston MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3-D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bric ... more  
Quantum systems correct themselvesInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 An international team of researchers from Innsbruck, Harvard, Copenhagen and Waterloo put forward a new method to protect quantum information stored in trapped ions. In their new proposal, the ... more |
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 SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports  
In Ireland, Brexit border risk awakens ghosts of the TroublesBelfast (AFP) Nov 28, 2017 During the worst of the Troubles, this wedge of north Belfast was "Murder Mile", a neighbourhood which crystalized the Northern Ireland conflict pitting Catholic nationalists against Protestant loyalists. ... more 
Fresh US probe of Chinese aluminum imports ups ante with BeijingWashington (AFP) Nov 28, 2017 The United States on Tuesday stepped up its trade confrontation with China, ordering an investigation into imports of aluminum sheet worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. ... more  
Michigan tightens screws on pipeline company EnbridgeWashington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 Michigan has zero tolerance for errors in the network of pipelines crossing its territory, state leaders said in announcing an agreement with Enbridge. ... more 
Gas production accelerating in the BakkenWashington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 Even though more crude oil than gas comes out of the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the pace of growth for gas is far greater, a federal report found. ... more |
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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. It's crucial to correct this flaw in the new sensors so that operators of the electrical grid can correctly respond to threats to the system.
The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's magnetic permeabi ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 
A team of leading computer scientists has developed a novel computational system to aid the design and fabrication of wind-up toys, focusing on automating the intricate interior machinery responsible for the toys' wind-up motion.
The new computational system includes analytic modeling of a wide variety of elemental mechanisms found in common wide-up toys, including their geometry and kinem ... more Julich, Germany (SPX) Nov 23, 2017Renaissance of the iron-air battery Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Statoil: Batteries can address wind power variability  Sydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Musk beats deadline for building world's biggest battery |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017 
Norwegian energy company Statoil said Wednesday its Dudgeon wind farm off the British coast is now feeding the grid from its 67 wind turbines.
The Dudgeon wind farm is about 25 miles off the coast of Norfolk. Its turbines, with a combined capacity of 402 megawatts, can meet the energy demands of around 410,000 average households at its peak. The Norwegian company, one of the main energy ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2017End tax credits for wind energy, Tennessee Republican says  Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2017New York sets high bar for wind energy  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Construction to begin on $160 million Industry Leading Hybrid Renewable Energy Project |
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 Zagtouli, Burkina Faso (AFP) Nov 28, 2017 
West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy dependence on its neighbours.
The 55-hectare (135-acre) plant at Zagtouli on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou will be able to churn out 33 megawatts - enough to power tens of thousands of homes.
Pr ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Improving solar cells by watching atoms move in hybrid perovskite crystals  Golden CO (SPX) Nov 29, 2017NREL develops switchable solar window  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Artificial photosynthesis gets big boost from new catalyst |
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 Mounana, Gabon (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
"We are all sick. It's our health, and we are being conned," Moise Massala says angrily.
The 82-year-old is a retired geochemist who used to work in a uranium mine in Gabon owned by French nuclear giant Areva.
He and hundreds of other former workers say they fell ill from their work to extract the uranium - a source of nuclear power and warheads, but toxic and potentially carcinogenic. ... more Ostrovets, Belarus (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Belarus nuclear power plant stirs fears in Lithuania  Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Lightbridge and AREVA NP Sign Agreements to Immediately Advance Fuel Development  London (AFP) Nov 22, 2017UK made grave errors over Hinkley nuclear project: MPs |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 
One of the greatest threats to the environment today is wastewater left over from production activities. Agricultural practices, such as pig farming, produce a large amount of wastewater containing organic contaminants, malodorous gases, and other substances that are damaging to the water supply. Usual methods of treating and recycling such wastewater include aeration, applying it as fertilizer ... moreSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Brazilian ethanol can replace 13 percent of global crude oil consumption  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Convert methane to hydrogen without forming carbon dioxide at low-cost  St. Louis MI (SPX) Nov 22, 2017The water world of ancient photosynthetic organisms |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 
A lack of clarity over what happens next with OPEC's production agreement and a weak economic growth outlook for 2018 sent oil prices lower early Tuesday.
Angel Gurria, the secretary general for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said global growth is accelerating from 3.1 percent in terms of gross domestic product last year to 3.6 percent in 2017.
"Over t ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Half of hydraulically fractured wells within 3km of domestic groundwater systems  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Gas prices may inch lower into December Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Michigan tightens screws on pipeline company Enbridge |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 
The Canadian prime minister said a "progressive trade" relationship and climate change would be high on the agenda during a December tour of China.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced during the weekend he'd travel to China for a five-day trip starting Dec. 3. The outreach to the world's second-largest economy is the latest in a series that began with his first official vis ... more Sale, Morocco (AFP) Nov 24, 2017Moroccans pray for rain as 'mercy from God'  Madrid (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Spain, Portugal struggle with extreme drought  Washington (UPI) Nov 21, 2017Climate change encouraged 19th century migration to America |
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 Bonn (AFP) Nov 16, 2017 
A score of mostly wealthy nations banded together at UN climate talks Thursday to swear off coal-fired power, a key driver of global warming and air pollution.
To cap global warming at "well under" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) - the planet-saving target in the 196-nation Paris Agreement - coal must be phased out in developed countries by 2030, and "by no later than 2050 in ... moreBonn (AFP) Nov 16, 2017Anti-coal drive at UN climate talks stalked by pro-coal White House  Hambach Coal Mine, Near Niederzier, Germany (AFP) Nov 5, 2017Protest at open-pit coal mine near Bonn ahead of UN climate talks Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017Coal still holds a slight edge as U.S. power source |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
Airline passengers will be able to surf the internet in the air almost as fast as they do on the ground, as China Unicom, China's second-largest telecom carrier by subscribers, prepares to demonstrate its in-flight Wi-Fi service next month.
The move came shortly after local airlines were allowed to decide for themselves whether passengers could use personal electronic devices during flight ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017Indian aerospace behemoth reveals why Indo-Russia FGFA is highly feasible  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Lockheed awarded $37.7M contract for F-35 software conversions  Tokyo (AFP) Nov 24, 2017US ends search for sailors after Philippine Sea air crash |
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 Oslo (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 
Norway, a world leader of zero-emission vehicles, has abandoned plans for a proposed "Tesla tax", a controversial measure that would have cut a tax rebate granted to heavy electric cars.
Plans for the tax, which was to have entered into force in 2018, were halted after a budget compromise was reached between the right-wing government and its centre-right allies, which they presented on Wedne ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 28, 2017SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports  London (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Driverless, electric future just round the corner for urban cars  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2017Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 
TPU scientist Raul Rodrigez and his colleagues from Lithuania and Germany were the first in the world to suggest how with the help of graphene oxide, in fact ordinary graphene as in pencils, but oxidized to make the surface of any material suitable for immobilization of living cells.
Devices with such coatings will make it possible to detect and study individual living cells, including dan ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Pink diamond sells for over $32 mn in Hong Kong Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Tuning the wavelength of fluorescent carbon tubes  Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017New graphene filter turns whiskey clear |
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 Lemont, IL (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to provide system software expertise and a development ecosystem for a future high-performance computing (HPC) system based on 64-bit ARM processors.
ARM is a RISC-based processor architecture that has dominated the mobile computing space for years. That dominance is due ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Strain-free epitaxy of germanium film on mica Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Quantum systems correct themselves  Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Scientists create a prototype neural network based on memristors |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2017 
China on Thursday increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap.
The speed limit had been reduced to 300 kilometres per hour after 40 people died in a high-speed train crash near Wenzhou in July 2011.
The acceleration cuts the 1,318-kilometre (819-mile) Beijing-Shanghai ... more Ahmedabad, India (AFP) Sept 10, 2017Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train project  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2017In the face of climate change can our engineers keep the trains running on time  New York (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Hyperloop startup says superfast rail a reality |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 
The smallest microplastics in our oceans - which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful - could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.
New research, led by Gabriel Erni-Cassola and Dr. Joseph A. Christie-Oleza from Warwick's School of Life Sciences, has established a pioneering way to ... more Hanoi (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests  Tabarja, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Clean-up dives, recycling: Lebanese respond to garbage crisis  Omoa, Honduras (AFP) Nov 24, 2017'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem |
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