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  Hamilton, Canada (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Data centres and smartphones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, according to new research from W Booth School's Lotfi Belkhir. At the end of winter term in 2014, Lotfi Belkhir was approached by a student taking his Total Sustainability and Management course who asked, "What does software sustainability mean?" The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Associate Professor at the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology didn' ... read more |
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The superionic form of waterTrieste, Italy (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 An original state, both solid and liquid at the same time: this is the latest news on a substance -water- so familiar to everyone but which appears to hold always fresh surprises for scientists. ... more  
Dressing atoms in an ultracold soupHouston TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Using lasers, U.S. and Austrian physicists have coaxed ultracold strontium atoms into complex structures unlike any previously seen in nature. "I am amazed that we've discovered a new way that ... more  
Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuatorsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Researchers at Harvard University have built soft robots inspired by nature that can crawl, swim, grasp delicate objects and even assist a beating heart, but none of these devices has been able to s ... more 
New imaging technology shows laser pulses are formed from chaosWashington (UPI) Mar 9, 2018 New imaging technology shows laser pulses are formed from chaos. ... more |
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Diamond discovery under pressureEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 For the first time, scientists have found Earth's fourth most abundant mineral - calcium silicate perovskite - at Earth's surface. "Nobody has ever managed to keep this mineral stable at the Earth's ... more  
Manure could heat your homeWaterloo, Canada (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 Farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing technology to pro ... more 
Engineers develop eco-friendly panels that switch from transparent to opaqueNewark DE (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 Someday we won't need curtains or blinds on our windows, and we will be able to block out light - or let it in - with just the press of a button. At least that's what Keith Goossen, associate profes ... more 
MEMS chips get metatlensesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Lens technologies have advanced across all scales, from digital cameras and high bandwidth in fiber optics to the LIGO lab instruments. Now, a new lens technology that could be produced using standa ... more 
Super-resolution microscopy in both space and timeLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles. The technique has garn ... more |
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 Report identifies options for lowering risk of failure of undersea bolts on offshore oil rigs  
China anti-graft drive sees 100 top officials tried in five yearsBeijing (AFP) March 9, 2018 Chinese courts have tried more than 100 top officials in corruption cases in five years, the country's top judge said on Friday, as President Xi Jinping pursues a relentless anti-graft campaign. ... more  |
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We're not addicted to smartphones, we're addicted to social interactionWashington DC (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 A new study of dysfunctional use of smart technology finds that the most addictive smartphone functions all share a common theme: they tap into the human desire to connect with other people. The fin ... more  
Oil, stock prices move up after good jobs reportWashington (UPI) Mar 9, 2018 Oil futures and the U.S. stock market moved up Friday after a strong job growth report and continuing diminished fears of a trade war because certain countries were exempted by President Donald Trump. ... more 
Nine members of Venezuela's army jailed on treason chargesCaracas (AFP) March 10, 2018 A Venezuelan military court on Saturday ordered seven army officers and two sergeants to be jailed on charges of treason and "instigating a rebellion" against President Nicolas Maduro. ... more 
Chemists find metal in 'metal-free' catalystsHouston TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Detective work by Rice University chemists has defined a deception in graphene catalysts that, until now, has defied description. Graphene has been widely tested as a replacement for expensive ... more 
Clever coating opens door to smart windowsMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne Australia have developed a new ultra-thin coating that responds to heat and cold, opening the door to "smart windows". The self-modifying coating, ... 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.
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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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 Mumbai, India (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Avaada Power Pvt. Ltd, India's leading clean energy company, close on the heels of its recent announcement, has partnered with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to develop 500 MW utility-scale solar projects.
Reinforcing its commitment towards bringing sustainable energy to India, Avaada plans to invest INR 3,500 crores in the state. This investment will generate enough clean energy to sust ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Framatome, Bureau Veritas and Doosan Babcock signed an Agreement creating EQUALLE, an alliance targeted at supporting the challenge of nuclear Equipment Qualification for the benefit of new build projects and in-service reactors in the United Kingdom. The qualification of nuclear safety equipment ensures its operability in normal and accidental conditions in compliance with the safety case.
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 
Mattershift, an NYC-based startup with alumni from MIT and Yale has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The startup is developing the technology's ability to combine and separate individual molecules to make gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from CO2 removed from the air.
Tests confirming that Mattershift's large-scale CNT membranes match the char ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018  U.S. crude oil prices were trading lower Thursday and stock index prices moved higher as possible tariff exemptions in Canada and Mexico eased trade war fears.
Brent oil futures opened at 64.54 and were trading down 57 cents at 11 a.m. EST.
The April crude oil futures started the session at 61.33 and were trading down by 78 cents.
The stock market opened with losses but qu ... more |
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 Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
The East Asian summer monsoon and desertification in Eurasia is driven by fluctuating Northern Hemisphere ice volume and global sea level during the Ice Age, as shown in a study published in Nature Communications. Today, two thirds of the world's population is dependent on agriculture sustained by rains of the East Asian summer monsoon, and future climate change in this region can therefore have ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018 
China is getting closer to a finalized design for its next-generation X-ray observatory.
As reported by Science this week, scientists at China's National Space Science Center are honing in on the final iteration of their design for the X-Ray Timing and Polarimetry, eXTP, satellite.
The eXTP mission team plans to complete a prototype by 2022, with a goal to launch the satellite in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 7, 2018 
The U.S. military sent F-35B Lightning II aircraft this week to the East China Sea for the fighter's first operational deployment with a Marine Expeditionary Unit.
A detachment of the aircraft deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit landed Monday on the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, according to the U.S. Marines. The expeditionary unit will patrol the Indo-Pacific regio ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 5, 2018 
Top Japanese carmakers said on Monday they were teaming up to nearly double the amount of hydrogen stations in Japan, as the car-mad country seeks to head off competition from China and Germany.
Toyota, Nissan and Honda formed a joint venture with major gas and energy companies, including French industrial gases company Air Liquide, to build 80 new hydrogen stations in the next four years, t ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Imagine if carbon dioxide (CO2) could easily be converted into usable energy. Every time you breathe or drive a motor vehicle, you would produce a key ingredient for generating fuels. Like photosynthesis in plants, we could turn CO2 into molecules that are essential for day-to-day life. Now, scientists are one step closer.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven Nat ... more |
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 Kumamoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Recent research from Kumamoto University in Japan has revealed that polyoxometalates (POMs), typically used for catalysis, electrochemistry, and photochemistry, may also be used in a technique for analyzing quantum dot (QD) photoluminescence (PL) emission mechanisms.
Quantum dots (QDs) are small, semiconducting nanocrystals or particles typically between two to ten nanometers in size. Disc ... 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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 Nusa Penida, Indonesia (AFP) March 8, 2018 
Millions of tourists are drawn to Bali's palm-fringed scenery and rich marine life, but there is a danger lurking beneath its famously crystal-clear waters: a wasteland of plastic rubbish.
An underwater video shot by British diver Rich Horner this week showing a sea overflowing with plastic and other garbage at Manta Point, a well-known diving site near Bali's main island, has highlighted tr ... more |
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