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  Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 President Donald Trump has approved steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines to protect US producers, US trade officials announced Monday. The move was quickly decried by the solar industry, which said the tariffs would create a "crisis" and cost thousands of US jobs and billions in investment without helping domestic suppliers meet rising demand. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the tariffs were imposed after an "exhaustive" review by USTR and the independent ... read more |
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USA: Framatome to acquire Instrumentation and Control nuclear business of Schneider ElectricParis, France (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Framatome has announced an agreement with Schneider Electric to acquire its nuclear automation business. The two companies recently signed an asset purchase agreement that outlines the terms of the ... more  
Start-up nation: Macron's France lures US, UK techParis (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 France was an unlikely choice of location for Mark Heath's new start-up, given that the American's mastery of the French language is, by his own cheerful admission, "atrocious". ... more  
Radioactivity from oil and gas wastewater persists in Pennsylvania stream sedimentsDurham NC (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new Duke University study finds that high leve ... more  
Scientists unveil world's most powerful tractor beamWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 For the first time, scientists have developed a tractor beam capable for levitating objects larger than an acoustic wavelength. Scientists believe the breakthrough could pave the way for tractor beams powerful enough to levitate humans. ... more |
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Virtual reality goes magneticDresden, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 The recent success of Pokemon GO made many people very familiar with the concept of "augmented reality": computer-generated perception blends into the real and virtual worlds. So far, these apps hav ... more  
Method uses DNA, nanoparticles and lithography to make optically active structuresChicago IL (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Northwestern University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind technique for creating entirely new classes of optical materials and devices that could lead to light bending and cloaking devi ... more 
A Russian scientist improved nanofluids for solar power plantsKrasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 An associate of Siberian Federal University (SFU) teamed up with his foreign colleagues to increase the efficiency of the heat transfer medium used in solar power plants. The results of the study we ... more  
Using crumpled graphene balls to make better batteriesChicago IL (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Lithium metal-based batteries have the potential to turn the battery industry upside down. With the theoretically ultra-high capacity of lithium metal used by itself, this new type of battery could ... more  
Chinese, Russians shore up Middle East tourismMadrid (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 Chinese and Russian visitors boosted Middle Eastern tourism last year following a 2016 slump as Europeans gave the area a wide berth on security fears, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO). ... more  
Trump angers China, South Korea with new trade tariffsWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 President Donald Trump has approved steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines to protect US producers, triggering an outcry in China and South Korea and even protests at home. ... more 
S. Korea's Chinese tourist slump endures despite pledgesSeoul (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 Chinese tourist numbers to South Korea continued to decline in December, figures showed Monday, even though Beijing and Seoul pledged to improve relations strained by a US missile defence system. ... more |
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 Wintershall confirms Libyan oil production restart 
Oil prices flat at market open, even after talk of extended OPEC actionWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 Word over the weekend of yet another possible extension to OPEC's balancing act was offset somewhat by gains in Libya, leaving oil prices even on Monday. ... more 
Lundin Petroleum revises reserve outlook higherWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 An estimate of the reserves in the Edvard Grieg oil field off the coast of Norway boosted the recovery outlook by almost 50 percent, Lundin Petroleum said. ... more 
Kurdish oil production expectations highWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 Kurdish oil player Gulf Keystone Petroleum said it wants to set up a commercial framework necessary to boost gross production by as much as 70 percent. ... more |
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Iraq to sign gas deal with US firm for southern fieldBaghdad (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 Iraq will on Monday sign a memorandum of understanding with American energy company Orion to tap gas at an oil field in the south of the country, the petroleum ministry said. ... more 
Oil slick off China coast trebles in sizeBeijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 The spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China's east coast has more than trebled in size, just over a week after the ship sank in a ball of flames. ... more 
Drilling services company Halliburton upbeat about North AmericaWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 After a year of volatility, the recovery in crude oil prices so far this year could support growth in North America, drilling services company Halliburton said. ... more 
Oil spill disasters in the past 50 yearsParis (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 Concerns are growing over an oil slick off China's east coast after an Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, exploded and sank a week ago following a collision at sea. ... more 
Scientists develop a new material for manipulating moleculesCordoba, Argentina (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Porous materials contain intermolecular spaces or cavities between atoms. Because these cavities, known as pores, can store and even separate molecules, such materials are of great value in the fiel ... more  
Siberian chemists have improved hydrogen sensorsKrasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 A group of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and the Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (NIIC, Novosibirsk, Russia) combined the useful properties of ... more  
Nanowrinkles could save billions in shipping and aquacultureSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 A team of chemistry researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute has developed nanostructured surface coatings that have anti-fouling properties without using any toxic components. ... more |
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 Ultrathin black phosphorus for solar-driven hydrogen economy 
Semiconductor breakthrough may be game-changer for organic solar cellsAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously though ... more 
Building molecular wires, one atom at a timeOnna, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller. Early computers filled entire rooms. Today you can hold one in the palm of your hand. Now the field of molecular electronics is taking miniaturiza ... more 
Google, Tencent eye collaboration on new technologiesShanghai (AFP) Jan 19, 2018 Internet titans Google and Tencent on Friday signalled possible future collaboration on developing new technologies as the US and Chinese firms announced a long-term patent-sharing agreement. ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 
Climate protection and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions have been on top of global development agendas. Accordingly, research and development projects have been conducted on national and international levels, which aim for the improvement of the CO2-footprint in diverse processes.
Apart from particularly energy-intensive sectors of the industry, the building sector in particular i ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 
Extensive lead contamination was found in lead battery recycling plants and surrounding communities in seven African countries. The contamination levels in soil ranged up to 14% lead with average concentrations of 2% lead.
Lead battery recycling is a growing hazardous industry throughout Africa. In addition to vehicle applications, lead batteries are used to store solar and wind power, and ... more |
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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 |
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 Nanjing Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2018 
China's first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into space Friday.
The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai'an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in east China's Jiangsu Province to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province ... more |
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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 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 
For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable trash, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of garbage.
The decision was announced in July and came into force on January 1, giving companies from Europe to the United States barely six months to look for other options, and forcing some to store rubbish in parking ... more |
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