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  Washington (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Sinovel, one of China's leading wind turbine-makers, was found guilty Wednesday of stealing proprietary technology from US firm AMSC, causing it $800 million in losses, the Justice Department said. A Wisconsin jury convicted Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group Co Ltd, of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, theft of trade secrets, and wire fraud after an 11-day trial. It said that in 2011, Sinovel recruited an Austria-based AMSC employee who stole source code from its computers that formed the ... read more |
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Scotland sets up $83 million low-carbon fundWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 The opening of an $83 million fund to support low-carbon programs supports Scotland's "moral obligation" to address climate change, a minister said Monday. ... more  
Framatome continues ramping up production at its Le Creusot siteParis, France (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 On January 25, 2018, Framatome received the green light from the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) and EDF to resume manufacture of forgings for the French nuclear fleet at its Le Creusot site. ... more  
Trump missed target with solar tariffs, critics sayWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 After the U.S. president put his signature on new tariffs for imported solar products, more voices emerged to say the decision was a job killer. ... more  
Graphene girders doubles life of lithium batteriesWarwick UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 New research led by WMG, at the University of Warwick has found an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries using silicon, by reinforcing the anode's structure ... more |
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UV laser photolyses to enhance diamond growthChangchun, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Energy influences the rates of chemical reactions dramatically. Simply heating a gas-phase reaction system deposits energy indiscriminately in internal and translational motions of precursor and int ... more  
State utilities called to pass U.S. tax benefits to consumersWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 U.S. consumers should be the ones sharing in the corporate tax breaks for utility companies outlined in the federal code reform, state energy agencies said. ... more  
Better than a hologram: Research produces 3-D images floating in 'thin air'Provo UT (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 In the original Star Wars film, R2D2 projects an image of Princess Leia in distress. The iconic scene includes the line still famous 40 years later: "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." ... more  
New metal-semiconductor interface for brain-inspired computingGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 One of the big challenges in computer architecture is integrating storage, memory and processing in one unit. This would make computers faster and more energy efficient. University of Groningen phys ... more  
Scientists get better numbers on what happens when electrons get wetChicago IL (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 There's a particular set of chemical reactions that governs many of the processes around us--everything from bridges corroding in water to your breakfast breaking down in your gut. One crucial part ... more 
Intel gets lift from earnings, investors look past chip flawSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 A stronger-than expected earnings report Thursday lifted Intel shares as investors looked past a troubling computer chip flaw weighing on the US tech giant. ... more 
Quantum cocktail provides insights on memory controlZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 The speed of writing and reading out magnetic information from storage devices is limited by the time that it takes to manipulate the data carrier. To speed up these processes, researchers have rece ... more |
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Researchers find first evidence of sub-Saharan Africa glassmakingHouston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 Scholars from Rice University, University College London and the Field Museum have found the first direct evidence that glass was produced in sub-Saharan Africa centuries before the arrival of Europ ... more 
Cheap metallic nanostructures enable efficient quantum dot LEDsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 KAIST researchers have discovered a technology that enhances the efficiency of Quantum Dot LEDs. Professor Yong-Hoon Cho from the Department of Physics and his team succeeded in improving the ... more  
California wants 5 million 'green' cars on roads by 2030Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 27, 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown Friday signed an executive order detailing aims to have five million electric cars on the state's roads by 2030 - by accelerating the production of such vehicles using financial incentives and rebates. ... more  |
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Germany tries for more domestic oil productionWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 German energy company Wintershall said Friday there could be more oil in a field near the Dutch border that's been in production for the last 70 years. ... more 
Shale gas production outpacing some U.S. regional demandWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 Gas production from three Appalachian states beats domestic demand and displaces regional supplies to the point of supporting exports, a U.S report stated. ... more 
OPEC balancing act added $25 per barrel to oil, Saudi minister saysWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 An OPEC effort to balance the market, which includes support from producers like Russia, has added about $25 per barrel to oil, the Saudi oil minister said. ... more 
Oil prices pressured by slip in U.S. GDPWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 With the U.S. president touting his nation's economy, crude oil prices wavered around even amid a weaker GDP and new support Friday for the greenback. ... more 
Nuclear deal not negotiable, oil-rich Iran saysWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 The Iranian nuclear agreement, under which easing sanctions pressure allowed its oil to flow, is not negotiable, an Iranian member of parliament said Friday. ... more 
Scientists achieve high power with new smaller laserToyohashi, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 An international team of scientists has produced the first high-powered, randomly polarised laser beam with a "Q switch" laser, which typically emits pulses of light so brief that they're measured i ... more |
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 Carbon nanotubes devices may have a limit to how 'nano' they can be  
The making of biorelevant nanomaterialsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 The interactions of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and polysaccharide-protein conjugates can be mimicked by artificial polyelectrolytes. Such synthetic polyionic complexe ... more 
China wind turbine-maker guilty of stealing US trade secretsWashington (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Sinovel, one of China's leading wind turbine-makers, was found guilty Wednesday of stealing proprietary technology from US firm AMSC, causing it $800 million in losses, the Justice Department said. ... more  
'Job-killing' robots, AI under scrutiny in DavosDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 "Artificial intelligence and robots will kill many jobs." ... more 
AI, virtual reality make inroads in tourism sectorMadrid (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 A hotel room automatically adjusting to the tastes of each guest, virtual reality headsets as brochures: the tourism sector is starting to embrace new technologies, hoping to benefit from lucrative personal data. ... 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 23, 2018 
China will begin its selection process this year for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country's planned space station, a senior official said.
Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency and the first Chinese astronaut in space, said the selection work will begin soon and that Chinese scientists and engineers will be eligible to apply.
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 Mumbai (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 
A new underground metro is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai's notoriously congested roads and railways, but not everybody in India's sprawling financial capital is happy about the multi-billion-dollar project.
Announced in 2014 with much fanfare, the Metro 3 line has been hailed by backers as essential to help solve the city's traffic woes and finally provide a link to its airports.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018  Members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community living on Michigan's Upper Peninsula have a fairly simple question: when is it safe to eat the fish they catch?
To help fish-eaters better estimate their risk of exposure, researchers at Michigan Technological University have developed a model designed to measure the impact of local mitigation efforts, socioeconomic pressures, ecological syst ... more |
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