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  Idaho Falls ID (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 Advancements in a fuel cell technology powered by solid carbon could make electricity generation from resources such as coal and biomass cleaner and more efficient, according to a new paper published by Idaho National Laboratory researchers. The fuel cell design incorporates innovations in three components: the anode, the electrolyte and the fuel. Together, these advancements allow the fuel cell to utilize about three times as much carbon as earlier direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) designs. Th ... read more |
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Using electricity to switch magnetismVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 It's not exactly a new revelation that electricity and magnetism are closely linked. And yet, magnetic and electrical effects have been studied separately for some time now within the field of mater ... more  
Let's make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?Provo, UT (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Computers can play a pretty mean round of chess and keep up with the best of their human counterparts in other zero-sum games. But teaching them to cooperate and compromise instead of compete? ... more  
Quantum controlMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 An international team consisting of Russian and German scientists has made a breakthrough in the creation of seemingly impossible materials. They have managed to create the world`s first quantum met ... more  
2-D tin stanene without buckling: A possible topological insulatorNagoya, Japan (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Nagoya University-led researchers produce 2D sheets of tin atoms predicted to have exotic uses in electronics. Nagoya, Japan - Sometimes it pays to be two-dimensional. The merits of graphene, ... more |
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Progress on energy storage can expedite New York's shift to clean energyNew York NY (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 People have known for decades that virtually unlimited energy resources like solar and wind energy are cleaner and healthier than energy produced by dirty fuels. But, utilities and consumers occasio ... more  
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulationsSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China - the world's largest electricity-generating facility. But not al ... more 
TU Wien develops new semiconductor processing technologyVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 Extremely fine porous structures with tiny holes - resembling a kind of sponge at nano level - can be generated in semiconductors. This opens up new possibilities for the realization of tiny sensors ... more  
Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutoniumTomsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Scientists from the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology enabling the creation of high-temperature gas-cool low-power reactors with t ... more 
A new approach to rechargeable batteriesBoston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront of energy storage technologies, thanks to a new finding by researchers at MIT and other institutions. The bat ... more  
NREL research determines integration of plug-in electric vehiclesGolden CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation's electric grid, according to research conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy's ... more  
NRL improves optical efficiency in nanophotonic devicesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 A team of physicists, headed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), have demonstrated the means to improve the optical loss characteristics and transmission efficiency of hexagonal boron nitri ... more |
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Kenya says Total is committed to a single export pipelineWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 French energy company Total may buy off Kenyan oil blocks and commit to a single pipeline for exports, the office of the Kenyan president said. ... more 
A tightening oil market drives oil back toward $70 per barrelWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 Signs of a global market for crude oil moving closer to erasing the surplus on the five-year average for stockpiles put oil prices back near $70 on Tuesday. ... more 
Alaska's LNG project inching toward realityWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 A liquefied natural gas project in Alaska could be operating by 2024 because of the quick pace of meeting regulatory requirements, the developer said. ... more |
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Dutch turning off quake-zone gas for 200 firmsThe Hague (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 The Dutch government has ordered more than 200 of the country's biggest businesses to stop using gas from the quake-prone northern Groningen region, Europe's largest gasfield, officials confirmed Tuesday. ... more 
Norwegian oil and gas production better than 2016Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 Oil and gas production from Norway, one of Europe's top producers, was faltered by maintenance in December, but finished higher than 2016, national data show. ... more 
High gas prices could be the new normalWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 Abnormal trends for U.S. retail gasoline prices so far could point to higher prices for the year, but there may be short-term relief in store, analysts said. ... more 
UAE air force told 'not to escalate' Qatar air disputeAbu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 The air force of the United Arab Emirates has been ordered "not to escalate" a civil aviation dispute with regional rival Qatar, a military official said Tuesday. ... more 
Trump approves steep tariffs on solar panels, washing machinesWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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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  
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 |
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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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 Krasnoyarsk, 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 metal phthalocyanines and palladium membranes in order to create active layers in hydrogen detectors. This operation significantly increases the sensitivity of the sensors.
High-sensitivity sens ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2018 
Yang Liwei felt everything vibrating violently. Experiencing acceleration of gravity at 8G, he thought his body was about to be torn apart. He couldn't move. He couldn't see.
"I thought I'd die in that 26 seconds," China's first taikonaut Yang told Xinhua, revealing details of the country's first manned space mission, Shenzhou-5, in 2003.
Yang, 53, said that low frequency resonance o ... 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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