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  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 A team from the Faculty of Physics, MSU developed a method for creating two beams of entangled photons to measure the delay between them. In the future the results of the study may be used in high-precision measurements, material studies, and informational technologies. The article was published in Optics Letters journal. David Nikolaevich Klyshko, professor of the Chair of Quantum Electronics at the Faculty of Physics, MSU discovered spontaneous parametric down conversion in 1966 and later on was ... read more |
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A marriage of light-manipulation technologiesArgonne, IL (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 Researchers have, for the first time, integrated two technologies widely used in applications such as optical communications, bio-imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems that scan th ... more  
New evidence of nuclear fuel releases found at FukushimaManchester UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. This could mean the env ... more  
Scientists confirm century-old speculation on the chemistry of a high-performance batteryBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery that could ... more 
A lithium battery that operates at -70 degrees Celsius, a record lowWashington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 Researchers in China have developed a battery with organic compound electrodes that can function at -70 degrees Celsius - far colder than the temperature at which lithium-ion batteries lose most of ... more |
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Research gives optical switches the 'contrast' of electronic transistorsPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 Current computer systems represent bits of information, the 1's and 0's of binary code, with electricity. Circuit elements, such as transistors, operate on these electric signals, producing outputs ... more  
Mobile network equipment makers eye 5G windfallBarcelona (AFP) March 1, 2018 Struggling mobile network equipment makers are eyeing a possible boom in business from the first rollout of super-fast 5G wireless networks. ... more 
Sensors help smartphones keep eye on solo seniorsBarcelona (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 Looking after an elderly relative who lives alone can be a huge source of worry. But what if your smartphone could automatically alert you if your mother has stayed in bed all morning or suffered a fall? ... more 
Researchers solve materials mystery key to future electronic devicesMadison WI (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 Lennon and McCartney. Abbott and Costello. Peanut butter and jelly. Think of one half of any famous duo, and the other half likely comes to mind. Not only do they complement each other, but together ... more 
Engineers develop flexible, water-repellent graphene circuits for washable electronicsAmes IA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 New graphene printing technology can produce electronic circuits that are low-cost, flexible, highly conductive and water repellent. The nanotechnology "would lend enormous value to self-clean ... more |
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Statoil shows its commitment to British offshore explorationWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 Three new wells are planned as part of a multi-million-dollar drilling campaign that includes testing a new oil discovery made in British waters, Statoil said. ... more  |
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Winter Storm Emma strains British gas suppliesWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 Severe weather striking the United Kingdom and parts of Europe means there's a deficit of natural gas on the market, a British utility said Thursday. ... more 
Spring gas prices could be the highest in two yearsWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 On average, motorists in the United States may be paying the highest price for gasoline since the summer of 2015, motor club AAA reported Thursday. ... more 
OMV sells off its Pakistan upstream unitWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 Austrian energy company OMV said it was leaving the Pakistani exploration and production sector behind with a $191 million divestment. ... more 
U.S. supply builds send oil prices lower for second straight dayWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 Supply-side strains resurfaced in the United States to help send crude oil prices on pace for a second day of heavy losses in Thursday trading. ... more 
Sanctions force Exxon out of joint venture with a Russian oil companyWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 U.S. and European sanctions on Russia meant Exxon Mobil had to leave a joint venture with Russian oil company Rosneft, the U.S. supermajor said in a filing. ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2018 
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new direct, precise test of Lithium-ion batteries' internal temperatures and their electrodes potentials and found that the batteries can be safely charged up to five times faster than the current recommended charging limits.
The new technology works in-situ during a battery's normal operation without impeding its performance ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 
Windlab Limited has released its annual results for the 2017 year. Windlab delivered a strong financial result for 2017, and in doing so met its prospectus revenue forecast and exceeded its Net Profit Before Tax (NPBT) statutory prospectus forecast.
The Company achieved strong revenue and earnings growth. Revenue for the year grew 36% to $23.3M, excluding equity accounted profits from asso ... more |
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 Almeria, Spain (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 
International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and to run day or night - because it uses concentrated solar power (CSP) which can include thermal energy storage.
The promise of solar fuels is that we could have zero carbon fuels like hydrogen without the climate-damaging carbon em ... 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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 Durham UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 
The risk of man-made earthquakes due to fracking is greatly reduced if high-pressure fluid injection used to crack underground rocks is 895m away from faults in the Earth's crust, according to new research.
The recommendation, from the ReFINE (Researching Fracking) consortium, is based on published microseismic data from 109 fracking operations carried out predominantly in the USA.
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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) Mar 02, 2018 
China is planning its first sea-launch of satellites carried by a Long March rocket, according to an aerospace official.
Yang Yiqiang, commander-in-chief of the Long March-11 rockets project of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said that 2018 would see five launches of Long March-11 rockets, with four missions for commercial payloads on land, and one at sea.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018  President Donald Trump and Boeing have finalized an informal deal for two new Air Force One aircraft valued at $3.9 billion, the White House and Boeing said Tuesday.
The deal is about $1.4 billion less than original estimates, which will cover two planes and all related upgrades specific to Air Force One.
Trump held a meeting with Boeing officials last week to finalize the deal, ... 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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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 
By being the first to fully track the changing chemistry of carbon molecules in the air, a Virginia Tech professor could change the way we study pollutants, smog, and emissions to the atmosphere.
Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, lead scientist on a new study published in Nature Chemistry and assistant professor in Virginia Tech's department of civil and environmental engineering, has established ... more |
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 Gothenburg, 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 circumstances. Now researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in manufacturing a component that is able to host the sought-after particles.
Researchers throughout the world are str ... 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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