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  Matsumoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 A collaborative team of researchers from Shinshu University in Japan have found a new way to curb some of the potential dangers posed by lithium ion batteries. The team, led by Susumu Arai, a professor of the department of materials chemistry and head of Division for Application of Carbon Materials at the Institute of Carbon Science and Technology at Shinshu University, published their results recently in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. These batteries, typically used in electric vehicl ... read more |
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Grids from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connectedWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 The electricity grids of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected through hundreds of miles of power lines, a regional lender said Wednesday. ... more  
Framatome completes purchase of Schneider Electric's instrumentation and control nuclear businessParis, France (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 Framatome has completed its purchase of Schneider Electric's nuclear instrumentation and control offering. With this transaction, Framatome adds to its engineering expertise and expands its instrume ... more  
UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big timeDallas TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years ... more  
Unconventional superconductor may be used to create quantum computers of the futureGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they only occur under very special circums ... more |
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China factory expansion slows to 19-month low in FebruaryBeijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 China's factory expansion slowed again in February as output and export orders dropped due to the Lunar New Year holidays, hitting a 19-month low, official data showed Wednesday. ... more  
Rome to ban diesel cars from 2024: mayorRome (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 Rome will ban all diesel vehicles from driving in the city centre from 2024 to combat pollution, the mayor said on Wednesday. ... more 
$1bn painting 'only matter of time' as art prices surgeParis (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 The fine art market is going through such a boom that it is only a matter of time before a painting sells for $1 billion (818 million euros), according to a new report seen by AFP Wednesday. ... more  
New funding surfaces for offshore GambiaWashington (UPI) Feb 26, 2018 Up to $45 million in costs to drill a well off the Gambian coast is covered through a deal with Malaysian oil company PETRONAS, Australia's FAR Ltd. said. ... more 
Shale-rich Oklahoma still facing seismic testWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 Shale-rich Oklahoma recorded a minor tremor early Wednesday, highlighting state struggles to address geological concerns in its energy sector. ... more |
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 Texas oil production topped 1 billion barrels last year 
Philippines says in talks with China state firm on joint sea explorationManila (AFP) March 1, 2018 The Philippines said Thursday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource exploration and extraction, in a proposed deal described by President Rodrigo Duterte as akin to "co-ownership" of contested areas. ... more  |
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Schlumberger and Subsea 7 propose joint ventureWashington (UPI) Feb 23, 2018 Working together through a joint venture will bring the best of both worlds to offshore oil and gas services, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 announced Friday. ... more 
Russian oil company Rosneft in the mix for northern IraqWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 The rehabilitation of a pipeline from northern Iraq could be in the cards for global oil companies, Iraq's oil minister said at talks with a Russian company. ... more 
Repsol says last year was a record setterWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 Spanish energy company Repsol said Wednesday it was coming off a record-setting year, with earnings and output improving with the rest of the energy sector. ... more 
Crude oil prices bounce back after supply-side jittersWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 Crude oil prices were in relatively stable territory in early Wednesday trading in a waiting game over supply and demand data, ignoring U.S. GDP figures. ... more 
Seventh oil discovery made offshore GuyanaWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 Production from offshore Guyana to more than a half million barrels per day is supported with the latest oil discovery, the seventh for a partnership. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2018 
The electricity grids of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected through hundreds of miles of power lines, a regional lender said Wednesday.
A trilateral agreement was signed in Turkmenistan that outlined long-term power supply and trade between the three nations. The Asian Development Bank said the exchange would be supportive of Afghanistan's needs in particular. ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Feb 27, 2018  Using advanced computational methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.
A solid oxide fuel cell is essentially an engine that provides an alternative way to burn fossil fuels or hydrogen to generate power. These fuel cells burn their fuel electrochemicall ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 
Put to the test with high winds and strong seas, Norway's Statoil said a floating wind farm in Scottish waters shows promise for deepwater installations.
During its first three months in service, the company's Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, the first of its kind, was put to the test and performed better than expected. Hurricane Ophelia in October pummeled the wind farm with 80 mile ... more |
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 Lucknow, India (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
Avaada Power Pvt. Ltd, India's leading clean energy company, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to invest USD 1.55 billion in the state for developing 1,600 MW Solar Projects. The projects will be developed across Mirzapur, Badun, Gorakhpur and Bundelkhand districts.
With this investment, nearly 3,700 employment opportunities will be create ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 
An American legislator has expressed concern over the Trump administration's efforts to sign a nuclear cooperation accord with Saudi Arabia, which is preparing to build its first reactors.
Riyadh plans to announce at the beginning of March who will construct the first two of up to 16 reactors, and negotiations are under way with the United States for its agreement to export technology needed ... more |
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 York UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2018  A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production.
Published in Nature Communications, the research reveals that the ability of some insects to efficiently digest cellulose could be exploited for industrial processes, such as the production of sustainable low carbon fuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions associate ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 26, 2018 
Up to $45 million in costs to drill a well off the Gambian coast is covered through a deal with Malaysian oil company PETRONAS, Australia's FAR Ltd. said.
PETRONAS, an abbreviated form of Petroliam Nasional Berhad, was assigned a 40 percent stake each in two petroleum licenses off the Gambian coast. Under the terms of the agreement, PETRONAS agreed to cover 80 percent of the costs to dr ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 
Brown University researchers have made a key insight into how high-resolution ocean models simulate the dissipation of turbulence in the global ocean. Their research, published in Physical Review Letters, could be helpful in developing new climate models that better capture ocean dynamics.
The study was focused on a form of turbulence known as mesoscale eddies, ocean swirls on the scale of ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2018 
Coal will no longer be used as an energy source for Michigan residents as more renewables come on stream in the decades ahead, a utility company said.
Public utility company Consumers Energy, which provides gas and electricity to about 60 percent of the state population, said it would no longer be using coal as a power source by 2040. By then, the company said it expects more than 40 pe ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2018 
China will accelerate research and commercial use of rocket upper stages, a carrier rocket official said on Friday.
"The Yuanzheng rocket upper stage family will have a new member, Yuanzheng-1S, this year, serving launches for low and medium Earth orbit satellites," said Wang Mingzhe, an upper stage architect of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
Upper stages are ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018  Alpha-Omega Change Engineering has been awarded a contract for training fighter jet aircrews and courseware development.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $8.4 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price modification to a previous award contract.
The agreement between the U.S. Air Force and Alpha-Omega Change Engineering calls for t ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (AFP) Feb 27, 2018  A top German court on Tuesday ruled that cities can impose diesel driving bans to combat air pollution, a landmark decision that plunges millions of car owners into uncertainty.
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig found that local authorities can legally ban older, dirty diesels from certain zones as part of their efforts to improve air quality - a drastic move that could reshape in ... more |
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 Usurbil, Basque (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 
A single molecule can behave as the smallest electronic component of an electronic system. With this premise in mind, researchers in the field of molecular electronics have endeavoured in the last years to develop new approaches that bring closer the long-awaited objective of using molecules as electronic logic components.
And one of the most recent steps forward is appearing today on peer ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 
Within the emerging field of spin-based electronics, or spintronics, information is typically defined by the orientation of the magnetization of ferromagnets. Researchers have recently been also interested in the utilization of antiferromagnets, which are materials without macroscopic magnetization but with a staggered orientation of their microscopic magnetic moments. Here the information is en ... 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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 Libreville (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 
Gabon on Tuesday accused Veolia of pollutingthe country as the government and the French company wage an increasingly bitter dispute in public over the cancellation of a contract for water and electricity distribution.
"There is considerable environmental damage at almost all of the sites exploited by SEEG," Communication Minister Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze told journalists, referring to the ... more |
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