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  Mumbai, India (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Living life in the fast lane can be tremendously exciting, giving us the 'time of our lives' but how long does it really last? Experiments at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai have answered this question for a bunch of electrons traveling faster than light (fasten your seatbelts!) through a piece of glass. This study, done in collaboration with the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK and Centre for Intense Laser Studies and Applications (CELIA) in France has appeared in the ... read more |
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Clemson researchers blaze new ground in wireless energy generationClemson SC (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Researchers from Clemson's Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) are one step closer to wirelessly powering the world using triboelectricity - a green energy source. In March 2017, a group of physicis ... more 
Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 As the race to find energy sources to replace our dwindling fossil fuel supplies continues apace, hydrogen is likely to play a crucial role in the future. Japan has already announced its inten ... more  
Turkey's first nuclear power plant set for investor shake-up: reportsIstanbul (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 The Turkish consortium that was to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant in a joint venture with the Russian atomic energy agency has pulled out of the ambitious project, reports said on Tuesday. ... more  
New approach could quickly identify best organic solar cell mixturesRaleigh NC (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 An international team of researchers has discovered a new quantitative relation that allows for quick identification of promising material combinations for organic solar cells. The discovery could s ... more |
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Army researchers develop new algorithms to train robotsAberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed new techniques for robots or computer programs to learn how to perform tasks by interacting with ... more  
Tesla aims to calm fears over Model 3 productionNew York (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 A day after launching one of its cars into space, Tesla moved Wednesday to ease concerns on earth over production delays for its Model 3, the key to future growth for the star electric carmaker. ... more  
French watchdog points at Russia over radiation cloudParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 The radioactive cloud detected across Europe late last year may have been caused by an incident in Mayak nuclear facility, one of Russia's biggest, France's radioactivity surveillance institute said Tuesday. ... more  
China looks to stamp out cryptocurrency tradingBeijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 China plans to stamp out all remaining cryptocurrency trading in the country by blocking access to overseas-based websites and removing related applications from app stores. ... more 
German prosecutors raid Audi again in 'dieselgate' probeFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 German prosecutors said they had raided offices belonging to high-end carmaker Audi Tuesday, the second sweep in a week related to diesel emissions cheating at the Volkswagen subsidiary. ... more |
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Shale drilling in British Columbia closer to realityWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 A construction permit from the provincial government in British Columbia puts drilling in the emerging Montney shale closer to reality, Calima Energy said. ... more  |
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Axing fossil fuel subsidies scant help on climate: studyParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 Getting rid of massive subsidies for oil, gas and coal will not significantly curb carbon pollution or speed the transition to a greener global economy, researchers said Wednesday, challenging widely held assumptions. ... more 
Oil prices mixed post-selloffWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Crude oil prices were mixed early Wednesday on signs that U.S. shale oil growth accelerated, but the downturn was moderated by a good EU economic outlook. ... more 
Oil production from Venezuela is at its lowest in decadesWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 Crude oil production from Venezuela in January was at its lowest point in more than 10 years and is likely to continue its decline, an industry report found. ... more 
Iranian energy trade with Iraq improvingWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 With Iraqi security forces clearing potential oil transit routes, the Iranian government said next on the trade list with its neighbor is liquefied natural gas. ... more 
New oil production starts in the U.S. Gulf of MexicoWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 A Chinese partner at the Stampede oil field in the Gulf of Mexico said production started from a facility with a capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil per day. ... more |
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 Washington (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.
President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code in late December, extending temporary relief to American taxpayers and permanent breaks for corporations, with oil, gas and utility companies sharing ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 
Nuclear fusion, for the controlled and regular generation of electric power by converting hydrogen into helium and reproducing on a small scale what happens in our Sun (as well as other stars), is one of the foremost technological promises for the decades ahead.
Designed to reach parameters beyond the ones previously obtained in laboratory experiments, the reactor prototype called ITER - " ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
The Irish government, despite what happens for Great Britain, is committed to the European Union's energy and renewable policies, the environment minister said.
"Ireland is now a world leader in integrating renewables onto the electricity grid," Irish Environment Minister Denis Naughten said in comments emailed Wednesday from a renewable energy conference in Dublin. "Whatever the final ... more |
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 Golden CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial deployment.
Over the past decade, perovskites have rapidly evolved into a promising technology, now with the ability to convert about 23 percent of sunlight into elec ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 
The Turkish consortium that was to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant in a joint venture with the Russian atomic energy agency has pulled out of the ambitious project, reports said on Tuesday.
The Cengiz-Kolin-Kalyon (CKK) consortium - made out of three major privately-owned Turkish industrial conglomerates - has left the project due to a failure to agree commercial terms, the state ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
"In my study, I wanted to show that calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels tells just half of the story. What we really need to do is quantify the emissions of each product coming out of biorefineries," says Edgard Gnansounou, professor at EPFL and head of the school's Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group. To that end, Gnansounou has developed a sophisticated computer model ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 
Getting rid of massive subsidies for oil, gas and coal will not significantly curb carbon pollution or speed the transition to a greener global economy, researchers said Wednesday, challenging widely held assumptions.
"Unfortunately, it is not the silver bullet many had hoped," they said in a statement.
"Removing fossil fuel subsidies would only slightly slow the growth of CO2 emissions" ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 
USC scientists have unlocked a new, more efficient pathway for converting methane - a potent gas contributing to climate change - directly into basic chemicals for manufacturing plastics, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
In research published on Dec. 4 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, chemists at USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute say they have found a way to help t ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 
Embattled Indian miner Adani's plans for a massive coal project in Australia has been dealt another blow after the government confirmed Sunday it would not fund a rail link to the facility.
The development of the controversial US$16 billion Carmichael mine near the Great Barrier Reef is set to be one of the world's largest. But it has been delayed by several years amid regulatory and legal h ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Feb 06, 2018 
China's first shared education satellite, Young Pioneer 1, carried by the Long March-2D rocket, was launched into space from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon.
The 3-kg CubeSat (100 * 100 * 340mm), Young Pioneer 1, enters an orbit of 502 km above the Earth. The rocket also carried Zhangheng 1, an electromagnetic satellite to study earthquake data, and five other miniaturized ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Bell-Boeing JPO was awarded a contract for upgrades to three MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $69.6 million and is a modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract classified under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed price contract.
The modified contract provides for the upgraded config ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 
A day after launching one of its cars into space, Tesla moved Wednesday to ease concerns on earth over production delays for its Model 3, the key to future growth for the star electric carmaker.
In its quarterly earnings update, the carmaker led by entrepreneur Elon Musk said it is moving ahead toward its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week by the end of the second quarter.
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 Kazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
Fullerenes were first discovered by Harry Kroto in the 1970s, a feat for which he and his colleagues received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Recently, they have been found in winds emitted by red giants and in interstellar medium.
Fullerenes are very potent antioxidants and are used in antiviral medications. In particular, fullerenes with anti-HIV properties have also been discovered. Apart f ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Feb 02, 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, a 2D sheet of carbon atoms, are well established. In its wake have followed a host of "post-graphene materials" - structural analogues of graphene made of other elements like silicon or germanium.
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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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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 
Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and their Berlin colleagues warn: the impact of microplastics in soils, sediments and the freshwaters could have a long-term negative effect on terrestrial ecosy ... more |
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