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  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 You may be most familiar with the element lithium as an integral component of your smart phone's battery, but the element also plays a role in the development of clean fusion energy. When used on tungsten surfaces in fusion devices, lithium can reduce periodic instabilities in plasma that can damage the reactor walls, scientists have found. The results, demonstrated by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and collaborators on China's Experi ... read more |
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NASA Tests Atomic Clock for Deep Space NavigationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 In deep space, accurate timekeeping is vital to navigation, but many spacecraft lack precise timepieces on board. For 20 years, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been per ... more  
Researchers take terahertz data links around the bendProvidence RI (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 An off-the-wall new study by Brown University researchers shows that terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without dropping too much data. The results are good news for the feasibi ... more 
A new radiation detector made from grapheneWashington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 Graphene is a remarkable material: light, strong, transparent and electrically conductive. It can also convert heat to electricity. Researchers have recently exploited this thermoelectric property t ... more  
Holograms and mermaids: Top trends at Nuremberg toy fairNuremberg, Germany (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 The Nuremberg toy fair, the world's largest, opened its doors this week to an industry in the throes of reinvention as toymakers vie for the attention of children increasingly glued to smartphones and tablets. ... more |
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Broadcom offers $8 bn to Qualcomm if deal is blockedSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 Singapore-based Broadcom said Friday it would pay rival Qualcomm $8 billion if regulators fail to approve a proposed merger between the two computer chip giants. ... more 
Apple overtakes Samsung in shrinking smartphone market: surveyWashington (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 Apple overtook Samsung in the fourth quarter as the largest smartphone producer in a declining global market for handsets, research firm IDC said Friday. ... more 
Twitter makes first-ever profit, Snap on upside in revenue surpriseWashington (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 Twitter on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly profit, a key milestone that sent shares soaring at the social network which has lagged for years behind fast-growing rivals. ... more 
News Corp CEO rails at 'dysfunctional' online environmentNew York (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 News Corp's chief executive on Thursday took a swipe at Google and Facebook for fostering a "dysfunctional" and "debased" online environment which harms the news media and responsible journalism. ... more  
Governors called to follow California in limiting offshore drillingWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 Governors from U.S. coastal states are called to follow suit after California moved to block the flow of oil from offshore rigs, an advocacy group said. ... more |
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 Africa-focused Tullow Oil strikes optimistic tone 
Norway sees PPI pulled higher by energy pricesWashington (UPI) Feb 9, 2018 The government of Norway, one of the world's leading oil and gas producers, said its Producer Price Index was pulled higher by energy prices. ... more  |
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Libyan oil production hits post-Gadhafi highWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 Total oil production from Libya in January was close to 1 million barrels per day on average for its highest level in more than five years, industry data show. ... more 
Jordan approves construction of Iraq oil pipeline: govtAmman (AFP) Feb 6, 2018 Jordan has given the green light for the construction of a pipeline that would bring oil from southern Iraq to its port of Aqaba, a government spokesman said Tuesday. ... more 
North Sea oil pipeline back in service after short outageWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 The operator of a pipeline system that carries about 40 percent of the oil produced in the North Sea said Thursday a short-term disruption has been resolved. ... more 
China to launch own oil futuresBeijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 China will launch its own crude oil futures in March, the securities regulator said Friday, as the energy-hungry giant looks to wield greater influence on the international market by offering an alternative to the Brent and WTI benchmarks. ... more 
U.S. retail gasoline prices getting higher and higherWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 Rising crude oil prices and strong consumer demand have pushed the national average price for a gallon of gas to something of a record, retail analysis found. ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other hand. It has been feared that the anticipation of strong CO2 reduction policies might - a 'green paradox' - drive up these emissions: before the regulations kick in, fossil fuel owners might accelerate their resource extraction to maximize profits.
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 12, 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 physicists at CNI invented the ultra-simple triboelectric nanogenerator, or U-TENG - a small device made simply of plastic and tape that generates electricity from motion and vibrations. When the two material ... 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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 Houghton MI (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 
Although tobacco use is the leading cause of avoidable death globally, farming tobacco continues to provide the primary source of income to many farmers. But two Michigan Technological University researchers contend that converting tobacco fields to solar farms could profitably serve two purposes: Reduce preventable deaths and meet the growing need for solar energy to combat climate change.
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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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 Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 
While production was relatively stable, Canadian oil company Suncor said its net earnings in the fourth quarter more than doubled from last year.
Suncor recorded operating earnings of $1 billion (USD) in the fourth quarter, compared with $504 million in the same period for 2016. Net earnings of $1.1 were nearly three times the amount from last year.
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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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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2018 
Chinese taikonauts have "maintained an indomitable spirit while carrying out space exploration," said Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Wednesday.
Zhang made the remarks at a seminar while listening to reports delivered by Chinese taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Yang and Deng Qingming about their work over the years.
The Taikonaut Corps of the People's Libe ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
Malaysia Thursday quashed rumours swirling after a ship searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from tracking screens, saying it had simply made a refuelling stop in Australia and would resume the hunt.
The Seabed Constructor, hired in January for a fresh search for the missing plane, turned off its location transponder for three days without explanation early this month, sp ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Feb 9, 2018  Waymo and Uber announced an agreement Friday in the blockbuster federal lawsuit over allegedly stolen trade secrets from the former Google self-driving car project.
The surprise agreement ends a trial between the two Silicon Valley rivals competing in a race to develop autonomous cars, after four days of testimony before a federal judge in San Francisco.
A source familiar with the confid ... more |
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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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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
In a paper published last week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Department of Physics and the Department of Electronics Engineering at the UAB, and from the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University (USA), studied the heating of small current lines placed on top of a silicon substrate, simulating the behavior of current transistors.
This work shows how thes ... more |
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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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 Moscow (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 
Weary of local officials dismissing the deadly smog that covers their city, citizens of Siberia's industrial hub Krasnoyarsk decided to take action and monitor air quality themselves.
But they quickly came up against those same authorities in the remote region 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow.
Krasnoyarsk boasts dozens of factories as well as one of the world's biggest alum ... more |
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