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  Strathclyde UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 A laser-driven ion acceleration scheme, developed in research led at the University of Strathclyde, could lead to compact ion sources for established and innovative applications in science, medicine and industry. The acceleration of protons to energies in the 100 mega-electron-volts range was achieved by exciting a hybrid ion acceleration scheme in an ultrathin foil target irradiated by an intense laser pulse. The findings of the research could have important implications for advancing small ... read more |
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Researchers convert CO to CO2 with a single metal atomPullman WA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Researchers from Washington State University and Tufts University have demonstrated for the first time that a single metal atom can act as a catalyst in converting carbon monoxide into carbon dioxid ... more  
Controlled coupling of light and matterWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Publishing in a journal like Science Advances usually heralds a particularly exciting innovation. Now, physicists from the Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (JMU) in Germany and Imperial Colle ... more  
KAIST finds the principle of electric wind in plasmaSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 A KAIST team identified the basic principle of electric wind in plasma. This finding will contribute to developing technology in various applications of plasma, including fluid control technology. ... more 
Mapping nanoscale chemical reactions inside batteries in 3-DChicago IL (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets them pinpoint the location of chemical reactions happening i ... more |
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UTSA researchers want to teach computers to learn like humansSan Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 A new study by Paul Rad, assistant director of the UTSA Open Cloud Institute, and Nicole Beebe, Melvin Lachman Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurship and director of the UTSA Cyber Center for S ... more 
Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulationsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 An international group of researchers has made a decisive step towards creating the technology to achieve simulations of brain-scale networks on future supercomputers of the exascale class. The brea ... more  
JILA team invents new way to 'see' the quantum worldWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near-instant visual art. The technique com ... more 
Roton quasiparticles observed in quantum gasInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Discovered in liquid helium about 80 years ago, superfluidity is a counterintuitive phenomenon, in which quantum physics and particle-wave duality manifest at the macroscopic level. Since then, it h ... more 
Powerful new imaging method reveals in detail how particles move in solutionBuffalo NY (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 New research published in Nature Methods will dramatically improve how scientists "see inside" molecular structures in solution, allowing for much more precise ways to image data in various fields, ... more |
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Splitting crystals for 2-D metallic conductivitySendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Sheets of electrons that are highly mobile in only two dimensions, known as 2D electron gas, have unique properties that can be leveraged for faster and novel electronic devices. Researchers have be ... more  |
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Gas prices rise nationwide after three weeks of decreasesWashington (UPI) Mar 6, 2018 Gasoline prices climbed last week in the United States after three weeks of decreases at the pump, according to an analysis. ... more 
Oil prices stable as U.S. production stands at all-time highWashington (UPI) Mar 6, 2018 U.S. crude oil prices were stable Tuesday as production in the nation is at an all-time high. ... more  
Materials 'sandwich' breaks barrier for solar cell efficiencyBrooklyn MY (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Solar cells have great potential as a source of clean electrical energy, but so far they have not been cheap, light, and flexible enough for widespread use. Now a team of researchers led by Tandon A ... more 
Solar and wind power could meet four-fifths of US electricity demandIrvine CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 The United States could reliably meet about 80 percent of its electricity demand with solar and wind power generation, according to scientists at the University of California, Irvine; the California ... more 
Don't want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a handBoston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Every year thousands of carpenters injure their hands and fingers doing dangerous tasks like sawing. In an effort to minimize injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture ... 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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 Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets them pinpoint the location of chemical reactions happening inside lithium-ion batteries in three dimensions at the nanoscale level. Their results are published in the journal Nature Communications.
"Knowing the precise locations of chemical reactions wit ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Over 400 individuals raise an impressive 2.8m pounds in just two weeks to refinance the Mean Moor community wind farm in Cumbria. It's thought to be the first wind farm in the country to be transferred to community ownership from a commercial developer.
Thanks to support from Energy4All, and financing from ethical investment company, Thrive Renewables, three renewable Energy Co-operatives ... more |
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 Brooklyn MY (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Solar cells have great potential as a source of clean electrical energy, but so far they have not been cheap, light, and flexible enough for widespread use. Now a team of researchers led by Tandon Associate Professor Andre D. Taylor of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department has found an innovative and promising way to improve solar cells and make their use in many applications more ... more |
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 Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) March 3, 2018 
Police used tear gas during clashes with anti-nuclear protesters at a waste site in northeastern France on Saturday.
Demonstrators threw missiles at officers who have been blocking access to woodland at the Bure plant, halfway between Paris and Strasbourg, since a protest camp was dismantled 10 days ago.
Lejuc wood was selected by France's radioactive waste agency (ANDRA) for explorator ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Malaysia will press the European Union not to ban palm oil in biofuels during talks this week, the country's trade minister said Thursday, warning the move would hit the rural poor.
The European Parliament earlier this year voted in favour of a draft law on renewable energy that calls for the use of palm oil in biofuels to be banned from 2021, amid mounting worries about its impact on the en ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Songbirds native to Canada's prairies are still in communication with one another despite the interference of oil and gas drilling sounds, new research shows.
Previous research found prairie songbirds had augmented their songs, but scientists weren't sure whether the new tunes would have the same effects - or carry the same message. The latest findings, detailed in the journal Scientif ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have developed new models to better understand how governments can work together to ensure global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.
The different models consider a variety of political, socioeconomic and technological factors, including the impacts of economic inequality, energy demand and regional cooperation. The models considered five different so-called S ... 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 06, 2018 
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the nation's largest missile maker, will launch a satellite this year to demonstrate technologies for a vast space-based communications network capable of covering every corner on the Earth, including the Arctic and Antarctica.
Zhang Zhongyang, president of the CASIC Second Academy, said engineers are assembling the satellite and plan to place it ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 3, 2018 
A new hunt for flight MH370 is expected to end by mid-June, Malaysian authorities said Saturday, as families marked four years since the disappearance of the plane amid renewed hope.
The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people - mostly from China - on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
No sign of the plane was found in a 120,000 square kilometre (4 ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 2, 2018 
German computer chip maker Infineon said Friday it is teaming up with China's biggest car maker, SAIC Motor Corporation, to produce power modules for the Chinese electric car market, the world's biggest.
Infineon said in a statement it will hold a 49-percent stake in the new Shanghai-based company, SAIC Infineon Automotive Power Modules (SIAPM), which will make inverters - vital parts that ... more |
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 Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
A Washington State University research team is solving a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. The researchers have shown they can greatly strengthen permeable pavements by adding waste carbon fiber composite material. Their recycling method, described in the March issue of the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, doesn't require using ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 05, 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 that are dependent on their inputs.
As fast and powerful as computers have become, Ritesh Agarwal, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the University of Pennsylva ... 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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 Majalaya, Indonesia (AFP) March 2, 2018 
The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi's limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living next to the "world's dirtiest river".
Supriyadi depends on the Citarum's murky waters - a floating carpet of household rubbish, toxic chemicals and animal feces - to irrigate a small rice plot in West Java that sustains his family of six.
The farmer's rice yield is now down by two- ... more |
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