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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Kesterites are semiconductor compounds made of the elements copper, tin, zinc, and selenium. These semiconductors can be used as an optical absorber material in solar cells, but so far have only achieved a maximum efficiency of 12.6 per cent, while solar cells made of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) already attain efficiencies of over 20 percent. Nevertheless, kesterites are considered interesting alternatives to CIGS solar cells because they consist of common elements, so that no supply bot ... read more |
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What a meshLemont, IL (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 A team of scientists from across the U.S. has found a new way to create molecular interconnections that can give a certain class of materials exciting new properties, including improving their abili ... more  
Pi-electron conjugation unit enables sustainable battery technologyLogan UT (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 Utah State University chemists' efforts to develop alternative battery technology solutions are advancing and recent findings are highlighted in a renowned, international chemistry journal. Ti ... more  
Twisting graphene into spiralsKyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 It's probably the smallest spring you've ever seen. Researchers from Kyoto University and Osaka University report for the first time in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the success ... more  
Making Heisenberg's uncertainty principle uncertainZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Heisenberg's uncertainty principle posits that there is a fundamental limit to the precision with which so-called complementary variables, such as position and momentum, can be measured. That is, th ... more |
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Regulation and apathy hit bitcoin marketLondon (AFP) March 30, 2018 Wild fluctuations within the bitcoin market have once again sparked debate between investors who believe it is merely undergoing a "correction" and those who see it as a costly fad. ... more  
Start-ups, smartphones help French dodge rail strikeParis (AFP) April 3, 2018 French railway unions used to be able to cripple the country by blocking the train network. But when workers walked off the job on Tuesday, new technology helped reduce the misery for commuters and companies. ... more  
US identifies $50 bn in Chinese imports facing tariffsWashington (AFP) April 3, 2018 US officials published Tuesday a list of $50 billion in Chinese imports set to be targeted by US tariffs, the latest move in President Donald Trump's simmering trade confrontation with Beijing. ... more  
Cuadrilla completes first shale well in the United KingdomWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 The first-ever hydraulic fracturing effort in the United Kingdom is set for the third quarter following well completion in Lancashire, Cuadrilla Resources said. ... more 
EPA says Obama-era fuel guidelines were politically chargedWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 While a trade group representing the U.S. auto industry said a review of fuel standards was the right move, critics said it would hurt the average consumer. ... more |
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 U.S. gas prices up, and expected to keep rising 
Oil prices bounce back on signs of balanceWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 After posting steep declines in the previous session, crude oil prices moved higher in Tuesday trading on signs the U.S. market surplus has evaporated. ... more  |
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More than $1 billion on contracts awarded offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 More than $1.5 billion in contracts for drilling services were awarded to companies for work in Norwegian waters, energy major Statoil said. ... more 
Russia expects support for Nord Stream 2 from European partnersWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 Even with some European countries lining up behind the project, getting approval for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a work in progress, Moscow said. ... more 
Offshore Brazil among the world's best oil basins, Wintershall saysWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2018 The oil basins off the coast of Brazil are among the best prospects in the world, German energy company Wintershall said after the latest auction. ... more 
Solar seeks its place under Spanish sunMadrid (AFP) March 28, 2018 Sun-drenched Spain should be a natural for solar energy, and it is here that the technology is making an effort to stand on its feet financially without subsidies. ... more  
China considering energy storage mandate for windWashington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2018 In response to a potential mandate, a California-based energy company said it installed a battery storage system for wind power in the Chinese capital. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 2, 2018  The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era pollution and fuel efficiency rules for cars and light trucks on Monday, saying they were too stringent.
The decision by President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency means the emission standards for vehicles in the 2022-2025 model years will be revised, as sought by automakers.
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 Logan UT (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
Utah State University chemists' efforts to develop alternative battery technology solutions are advancing and recent findings are highlighted in a renowned, international chemistry journal.
Tianbiao Liu, assistant professor in USU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his team reported a new molecular design for aqueous organic redox flow batteries, known as AORFBs, in the Jan. 2 ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
The Evolution of Wind Power is the result of a cooperation between The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and renewable energy software company Greenbyte. The interactive map reveals the cumulative installed capacity per country, continent and the world between 1981-2018. Let's take a closer look at the figures and see what has happened in the past twelve months.
China continues its incredi ... 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.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved Framatome's AURORA-B AOO methodology, which will allow plants to analyze a wide range of events required for licensing. Additionally, it will help operators maximize the value from the company's new ATRIUM 11 fuel assembly design. Approval of this tool is a major milestone in bringing the next-generation fuel technology to the market.
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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) Apr 3, 2018 
After posting steep declines in the previous session, crude oil prices moved higher in Tuesday trading on signs the U.S. market surplus has evaporated.
Crude oil prices dropped below $30 per barrel in early 2016 as U.S. oil production accelerated and members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries defended their market share with more output of their own. OPEC is now in its ... more |
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 
What does Salt Lake City have in common with Tehran?
More than you might think, if you're a climate scientist.
University of Cincinnati geography professor Tomasz Stepinski created a new interactive map that allows students or researchers to compare the climates of places anywhere in the world. The map draws on five decades of public meteorological data recorded from 50,000 internati ... 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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 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 DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
NASA's aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist.
For the first time in decades, NASA aeronautics is moving forward with the construction of a piloted X-plane, designed from scratch to fly faster than sound with the latest in quiet supersonic technologies.
The new X-plane's mission: provide crucial data that could enable commercial supersonic ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 
US federal investigators said Tuesday they were examining a fatal crash last week involving a Tesla electric automobile in California.
The California Highway Patrol reported that a 38-year-old man died Friday after his 2017 Tesla Model X collided with a highway barrier near the town of Mountain View, according to The San Jose Mercury News.
The vehicle caught fire before two other approac ... more |
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
It's probably the smallest spring you've ever seen.
Researchers from Kyoto University and Osaka University report for the first time in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the successful synthesis of hexa-peri-hexabenzo[7]helicene, or 'helical nanographene'.
These graphene constructs previously existed only in theory, so successful synthesis offers promising applications fro ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2018 
China has issued new guidelines on transferring intellectual property rights from Chinese firms or individuals to foreign investors, as global tensions rise over technology theft.
The instructions made public by the State Council on Thursday stipulate that IP rights related to integrated circuits, computer software copyrights and new plant breeds will be reviewed by the government before any ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 3, 2018 
French railway unions used to be able to cripple the country by blocking the train network. But when workers walked off the job on Tuesday, new technology helped reduce the misery for commuters and companies.
In 1995, when drivers and other staff on the national network downed tools, commuters faced hellish traffic jams for nearly three weeks, while companies struggled with absent staff and ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 3, 2018 
Donald Trump's environment chief came under mounting criticism Tuesday, including from within his own Republican Party, over renting a lobbyist's apartment and other damaging revelations, but he appeared to have the president's backing.
Amid speculation that Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, could be the latest of Trump's cabinet members to get the axe, congressional ... more |
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