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  Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 The terms "handmade" and "high tech" are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly produce fibers from carbon nanotubes. The method developed by the Rice lab of chemist Matteo Pasquali allows researchers to make short lengths of strong, conductive fibers from small samples of bulk nanotubes in about an hour. The work complements Pasquali's pioneering 2013 method to spin full spools of thread-like nanotube fibers for aerospace, automotive, m ... read more |
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Stingray soft robot could lead to bio-inspired roboticsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 UCLA bioengineering professor Ali Khademhosseini has led the development of a tissue-based soft robot that mimics the biomechanics of a stingray. The new technology could lead to advances in bio-ins ... more  
Russian scientists found excitons in nickel oxide for the first timeSverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 Russian scientists from Ural Federal University (UrFU) together with their colleagues from Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences studied fundamental charac ... more 
Breaking bad metals with neutronsLemont IL (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 By exploiting the properties of neutrons to probe electrons in a metal, a team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has gained new insight into the ... more  
White graphene makes ceramics multifunctionalHouston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 A little hBN in ceramics could give them outstanding properties, according to a Rice University scientist. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, su ... more |
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Top takeaways from Consumers Electronics ShowLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, which concluded Friday in Las Vegas, drew some 4,000 exhibitors from dozens of countries and more than 170,000 attendees, showcased some of the latest from the technology world. ... more  
A major step forward in organic electronicsLinkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, have developed the world's first complementary electrochemical logic circuits that can function stably for long periods in ... more 
Gadgets for kids still big at tech show despite concernsLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 The children's section at the giant Consumer Electronics Show this week touted "innovations that enable 21st century kids to learn and play smarter than ever. " ... more 
Nanostructure boosts stability of organic thin-film transistorsAtlanta GA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 A nanostructured gate dielectric may have addressed the most significant obstacle to expanding the use of organic semiconductors for thin-film transistors. The structure, composed of a fluoropolymer ... more 
Quantum leap: computational approach launches new paradigm in electronic structure theoryEast Lansing MI (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 A group of Michigan State University researchers specializing in quantum calculations has proposed a radically new computational approach to solving the complex many-particle Schrodinger equation, w ... more  
Surprising discovery could lead to better batteriesUpton NY (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 A collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries - the most common type of bat ... more  
China's US surplus jumps as trade with world picks upBeijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 China's trade surplus with the United States expanded last year, raising the possibility of fresh blowback from President Donald Trump who has often bashed Beijing over the issue and fanned fears of a trade war. ... more |
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GM seeks US approval for car with no steering wheelNew York (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 General Motors is seeking approval from US regulators for an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, the automaker announced Friday. ... more  
China may invest in Russian oil pipeline company TransneftWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 China could become one of the major shareholders in Transneft, the state-backed oil pipeline company in Russia, one of its directors said Friday. ... more 
At least four dead in Indian chopper crash: navyNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 India's navy said four bodies had been recovered on Saturday after search teams located the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing earlier in the day. ... more |
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Production for Austrian major OMV up 20 percent(UPI) Jan 12, 2018 In a trading update ahead of the company's fourth quarter report, Austrian energy company OMV said output was up nearly 20 percent from last year. ... more 
Come see how bad drilling will be for New Jersey, state tells ZinkeWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 Visit New Jersey to hear from those that will lose out if Florida is the only state pulled from offshore drilling plans, a senator told the interior secretary. ... more 
The oil trade is no longer intriguing, T. Boone Pickens saysWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 After a "roller coaster ride" that saw $100-per-barrel swings in crude oil prices, tycoon and former oil man T. Boone Pickens said he's bored with trading oil. ... more 
Oil retreats from $70 ceiling on fading geopolitical risk premiumWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018 Crude oil prices dipped into negative territory on Friday on signs Washington would indeed extend waivers that let Iranian oil flow on the global market. ... more 
Glimmers of hope in Iran economy despite TrumpTehran (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 Even with President Donald Trump continuing to waive nuclear sanctions, Iran's economy remains hobbled by US restrictions but some diplomats in Tehran remain quietly confident for the future. ... more 
Director for Cuba-focused Melbana Energy steps down(UPI) Jan 12, 2018 The new head of Australian energy company Melbana said he'd direct a drive to capitalize on New Zealand assets and bring new partners to Cuban oil. ... more 
No survivors as Iranian tanker sinks engulfed in flamesBeijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2018 An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and sank Sunday, eight days after it caught fire following a collision with a cargo ship off China, state media said. ... more |
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Gas-powered vehicle about twice as costly to drive as an electricWashington (UPI) Jan 11, 2018 Gasoline-powered vehicles in the United States would need to get about 58 miles per gallon to match the price to drive a battery-powered vehicle, a study finds. ... more  
China orders 184 Airbus A320 planes: FranceBeijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 China has ordered 184 Airbus A320 planes to be delivered to 13 airlines, French officials said Wednesday as President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up a state visit to the country. ... more  
Building a new generation of self-healing solar cellsBellaterra, Spain (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 A team of researchers have disclosed in which location self-healing occurs for the future solar cells through the use of Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscope. The work entitles "Topological distr ... more |
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While praised by both the oil and gas trade groups and renewable advocates alike, a ruling on the U.S. grid leaves the question on reliability open.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late Monday killed off a query from President Donald Trump on whether the retirement of the nation's coal-fired power plants was a threat to grid reliability.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Ap ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2018US energy watchdog rejects plan to subsidize coal, nuclear sectors  Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018U.S. blizzard to test gas, electric markets  Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty |
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A KAIST research team has discovered a method to flip between superconducting and non-superconducting states within an iron-based superconductor using a type of electron microscopy. The team applied spin-polarized and non-polarized currents to locally change the magnetic order in the sample.
The team led by Professor Jhinhwan Lee of the Department of Physics identified a basic physical pri ... more Durham NC (SPX) Jan 11, 2018The atomic dynamics of rare everlasting electric fields Upton NY (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Surprising discovery could lead to better batteries  Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2018New, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality |
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The offshore power plant or wave farm at Mutriku is the only commercial facility (it is not a prototype) in the world that operates by regularly feeding the grid with electrical power produced by waves. It has been operating since 2011 and the study by the UPV/EHU's EOLO group analysed its behaviour during the 2014-2016 period.
"It is important to find out how the wave power farm is actual ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Turkey gets European loan for renewable energy  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energy  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Construction to start on $160 million Kennedy Energy Park in North Queensland |
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 Bellaterra, Spain (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 
A team of researchers have disclosed in which location self-healing occurs for the future solar cells through the use of Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscope. The work entitles "Topological distribution of reversible and non-reversible degradation in perovskite solar cells" published in the prestigious scientific journal Nano Energy.
In this work the sample is illuminated from the back ... more Victoria, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 2018Urban Solar installs solar LED lighting along Vancouver Island pathways  Golden CO (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Multi-model effort highlights progress, future needs in renewable energy modeling  Juelich, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Sun, wind, and power trading |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
Within the framework of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China in the company of a business delegation, Framatome's CEO Bernard Fontana signed a protocol for the development of a global strategic cooperation with CNNC's Chairman Wang Shoujun. This protocol is to set up basis for future strategy and long-term cooperation between the two companies.
Under the terms of this protocol ... more Paris (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Framatome pursues the industrial and technological adventure of the nuclear energy business  New York (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Struggling Westinghouse Electric sold to Brookfield for $4.6 bn  Moscow (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Russia to build nuclear power plant in Sudan |
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Engineers at Rice University's Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center have found a catalyst that cleans toxic nitrates from drinking water by converting them into air and water.
The research is available online in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis.
"Nitrates come mainly from agricultural runoff, which affects farming communities all over the world," sa ... more Harpenden UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Less chewing the cud, more greening the fuel  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Solid-state physics offers insights into dielectric properties of biomaterials  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 02, 2018A new strategy for efficient hydrogen production |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2018  An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and sank Sunday, eight days after it caught fire following a collision with a cargo ship off China, state media said.
Earlier, a Tehran official said there was no hope of saving some 30 missing crewmen before the ship sank, amid concern over an oil spill as Chinese officials played down fears of a major environmental disaster.
The S ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018Oil retreats from $70 ceiling on fading geopolitical risk premium Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018The oil trade is no longer intriguing, T. Boone Pickens says Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018China may invest in Russian oil pipeline company Transneft |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
The Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius will slip beyond reach unless nations act now to slash carbon pollution, curb energy demand, and suck CO2 from the air, according to a draft UN report.
Without such efforts, "holding warming to 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the 21st century [is] extremely unlikely," said the 1,000-page report, prepared b ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Trump says US could 'conceivably' return to Paris climate deal  (UPI) Jan 12, 2018Colorado's governor sees climate efforts as an economic engine  Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 04, 2018Researchers use global thermometer to track temperature extremes, droughts |
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 New York (AFP) Jan 10, 2018  New York announced plans Wednesday to sell off $5 billion in fossil fuel investments from city pension funds after suing for billions of dollars in damages from oil companies to help fund protection against climate change.
While other cities in Europe and the United States have already taken similar steps, New York hailed its move as significant as it is the biggest metropolis in the country ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018French energy company EDF to replace coal in China  Warsaw (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Poland opens Europe's largest coal-fired power unit  Sydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2017BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy |
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China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important.
Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 |
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 McLeanN, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
Aireon reports it has signed a data services agreement with the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA). ASECNA, created in December 1959 is an international public organization of 18 members States which headquarters is located in Dakar (SENEGAL).
ASECNA's members states are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Comores, Congo, Cote d'ivoire, Gabon, G ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018Navy awards contract for V-22 Osprey repairs  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Firm to receive up to $70 mn if MH370 found in new hunt Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2018China orders 184 Airbus A320 planes: France |
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Gasoline-powered vehicles in the United States would need to get about 58 miles per gallon to match the price to drive a battery-powered vehicle, a study finds.
A study from Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute found the average annual cost to drive a gasoline-powered vehicle last year was $1,117. The average annual cost t ... moreNew York (AFP) Jan 12, 2018GM seeks US approval for car with no steering wheel  Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Toyota brings the store to you with self-driving concept vehicle  Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2018Bucking trend, Hyundai bets on hydrogen fuel cell for new car |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, geologist Michael Strasser presented the initial findings of a month-long research expedition off the coast of Japan. The research initiative had been organised in March 2012 by MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. Strasser, who until 2015 was Assistant Professor for Sediment Dynamics at ETH Zurich and is now a Full Professor f ... more Dundee UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018A biological solution to carbon capture and recycling? Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018White graphene makes ceramics multifunctional  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Electronically-smooth '3-D graphene': A bright future for trisodium bismuthide |
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
From various magnetic tapes, floppy disks and computer hard disk drives, magnetic materials have been storing our electronic information along with our valuable knowledge and memories for well over half of a century.
In more recent years, the new types phenomena known as magnetoresistance, which is the tendency of a material to change its electrical resistance when an externally-applied ma ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Scientists manage to observe the inner structure of photonic crystals  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 11, 2018New oxide and semiconductor combination builds new device potential Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Nanostructure boosts stability of organic thin-film transistors |
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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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 Sofia (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 
Bulgaria's capital Sofia was all done-up to host incoming European Union officials for the opening of its EU Council presidency on Thursday, but it remained blanketed by smog.
The bloc's poorest but most euro-optimistic member state completed a costly refurbishment of its National Palace of Culture, built in 1981 during the country's communist era, to host meetings of the six-month revolving ... more London (AFP) Jan 11, 2018Campaigners slam UK plans on cutting plastic waste  Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018Blue skies in China's capital spark joy, scepticism  London (AFP) Jan 10, 2018UK plans to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 |
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