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  Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 They die at the most inconvenient times. Cellphones go dark during important conversations because a battery hasn't been recharged. Or the automotive industry revs up with excitement for a new battery-powered vehicle, but it needs frequent recharging. Or yardwork is delayed because the battery for your string trimmer is dead. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have developed a high-powered, environmentally safe lithium-sulfur substitute that could drastically lengthen battery life. T ... read more |
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Marine exploration sensing with light and soundThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit high-quality, real-time data could transform our understanding of marine ecology, improve pollution and disaster management, and inform the multiple ... more  
For graphite pellets, just add elbow greaseHouston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 It's easy and economical to make shiny pellets of graphite from functionalized graphene, according to scientists at Rice University. A report in Carbon shows how chemically altered graphene po ... more  
High-energy ions' movement affected by silicon crystal periodicityWashington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The thinner the silicon crystal, the better. Indeed, thinner crystals provide better ways to manipulate the trajectories of very high-energy ions in particle accelerators. Further applications inclu ... more  
Researchers refute 20-year-old assumptions in solar cell productionLuxembourg (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Research led by the University of Luxembourg investigated the manufacturing process of solar cells. The researchers proved that assumptions on chemical processes that were commonplace among research ... more |
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Physicists reveal material for high-speed quantum internetMoscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 The race for quantum computing is on: Industry giants, such as Google, IBM, and Microsoft, and leading international research centers and universities are involved in the global effort to build a qu ... more  
Is glass transition driven by thermodynamics?Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Glassy substances are everywhere, yet this state of matter poses many puzzles. The basic picture is clear enough - glasses are solids that lack the regular atomic structure of a crystal. How and why ... more  
Trudeau to Trump: Canada will block backdoor steel shipmentsOttawa (AFP) March 27, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assured US President Donald Trump in a telephone call that Canada will block foreign steel and aluminum transshipments to the United States. ... more  
Waymo and Jaguar team up on self-driving luxury rideSan Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday announced they have joined forces on a posh, self-driving electric car tailored for a ride-hailing service run by the Google-owned firm. ... more 
Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehiclesRichland WA (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 When it comes to the special sauce of batteries, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered it's all about the salt concentration. By getting the ... more |
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China's big banks escape profit doldrumsShanghai (AFP) March 27, 2018 Two of China's big state-owned banks said Tuesday their profits rebounded in 2017 after a pair of moribund years thanks to an accelerating domestic economy, and analysts expect further gains as a government credit clampdown favours big lenders. ... more  |
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Total helps create green fund in ChinaWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 French supermajor Total said it was using its venture capital arm to create a Chinese fund targeting renewable energy and other low-carbon activities. ... more 
Mexico takes aim at its section of the Eagle Ford shaleWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The state energy company in Mexico said it signed on with a partner to help extract natural gas from the Eagle Ford shale reservoir in the country. ... more 
Higher gas prices are the new normalWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The beginning of spring and a big spike in crude oil prices means U.S. consumers are paying more for gasoline and should get used to it, analysts said. ... more 
Risk, tighter markets drive oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Tighter market conditions, coupled with geopolitical risk percolating in the Middle East, rekindled a rally Tuesday in the price of crude oil. ... more 
U.S. on pace to become a leader in LNG exportsWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The United States is on pace to become the third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas by 2020, behind Australia and Qatar, a federal report found. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018 
World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature.
The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the hig ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Extraordinary things happen at low temperatures. One of the best examples is surely superconductivity. This phenomenon, wherein the electrical resistance of a solid drops to zero below a critical temperature, has been known for a century, and now has applications in science and industry. Physics and chemistry students can even make their own levitating magnets from superconducting alloys.
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by demonstrating the success of an impact detection system that uses vibration sensors mounted to turbine blades.
The findings are important because while wind power is generally regarded as green energy, danger to birds - particularly federally protected bald eagles and golden eagles - ... more |
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 The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Airborne Aerospace has been awarded a contract by Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands to manufacture 48 substrate panels for the solar arrays of twelve new Galileo FOC satellites. The contract, carried out under a programme of the European Union, is the latest result of years of successful collaboration between the two Dutch companies to power the Galileo constellation.
To date, Airborne ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio, to identify uranium deposits on pipe walls.
The CMU robot has demonstrated it can measure radiation levels more accurately from inside the pipe than is possible with external ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a new enzyme that will enable microbial production of a renewable alternative to petroleum-based toluene, a widely used octane booster in gasoline that has a global market of 29 million tons per year.
Results from a study led by Harry Beller ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 
Tighter market conditions, coupled with geopolitical risk percolating in the Middle East, rekindled a rally Tuesday in the price of crude oil.
Col. Turku al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen, accused Iran of supporting terrorist organizations in Yemen to the detriment of international security. The government in Riyadh said missiles fired by the Houthi rebel gr ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) March 27, 2018 
Canada will likely miss a 2020 interim carbon emissions reduction target and will need to take strong measures if it further hopes to meet its Paris agreement commitment, said an audit released Tuesday.
Canada had set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming by 17 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels, and by 30 percent by 2030.
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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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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 
Bell Boeing JPO was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $102.8 million under the terms of a modified contract that definitize delivery order.
The agreement between the Navy and Bell Boeing JPO enables the company to provide repair of various par ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 
The governor of Arizona on Monday put the brakes on Uber's self-driving car program in that state, citing "disturbing and alarming" dashcam footage from a fatal crash in that state.
Arizona governor Doug Ducey sent Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi a letter saying he has directed transportation department officials to suspend Uber's ability to test or operate self-driving vehicles on p ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
It is a long-cherished dream: Removing the inert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and using it as a basic material for the chemical industry. This could address two major problems at once by containing climate change and at the same time reducing the dependence on oil.
Physico-chemists at the University of Bonn are in the process of making significant contributions to this ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Monday it was still waiting for regulators to approve the key sale of its chip unit, a delay that could stymie plans to complete the deal this month.
The firm agreed in September to sell its memory chip business to a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital, which was seen as crucial to keeping it afloat after multi-billion-dollar losses.
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 Cotonou (AFP) March 22, 2018 
Benin's President Patrice Talon has asked local firm Petrolin and French giant Bollore to "withdraw" from a major rail infrastructure project to make way for China, in the latest development of the controversial scheme.
In an interview published on Thursday in the French magazine Challenges, Talon asked the two companies to "withdraw amicably from the project", which links Benin to Niger to ... more |
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 Medellin, Colombia (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Scientists warned Monday that land degradation imperils the health and well-being of billions of people, threatening food and water supplies while fuelling conflict, mass migration and disease spread.
But all is not lost, said the mammoth report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Humanity can still turn the tide of destruction ... more |
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