|
 |
|
  Pripyat, Ukraine (AFP) April 26, 2018 Natalia Shevchuk gazes at the peeling walls inside her old flat and tears run down her cheeks: 32 years after the Chernobyl disaster she is finally revisiting her childhood home in the ghost town of Pripyat. "Come inside: this is Apartment No. 3, we lived here until 1986," she says, as memories stir up from when she was 18, the last time she was in the building. Now 50, Shevchuk's world was ripped apart on April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in then-Sovie ... read more |
 |
 
KAIST succeeds in producing 50x more stable adsorbentSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 A KAIST research team developed a technology to increase the stability of amine-containing adsorbents by fifty times, moving one step further toward commercializing stable adsorbents that last longe ... more 
Rusal shares surge in Hong Kong after US eases sanctions stanceHong Kong (AFP) April 24, 2018 Shares in Russian aluminum giant Rusal soared more than 40 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday after the US Treasury said it would consider lifting sanctions if tycoon Oleg Deripaska gives up control of the company. ... more  
Getting electrons to move in a semiconductorWashington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 The next generation of energy-efficient power electronics, high-frequency communication systems, and solid-state lighting rely on materials known as wide bandgap semiconductors. Circuits based on th ... more  
Freeing electrons to better trap themGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 Atoms are composed of electrons moving around a central nucleus they are bound to. The electrons can also be torn away, overcoming the confining force of their nucleus, using the powerful electric f ... more |
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Apr 26 | Apr 25 | Apr 24 | Apr 23 | Apr 22 |
|
|
|
 
Head of Tesla Autopilot project leaves for IntelSan Francisco (AFP) April 26, 2018 The head of Tesla's Autopilot project is leaving the carmarker, amid a US government probe into a fatal accident involving a vehicle using the semi-autonomous driving system. ... more  
Canada's Freeland skips NATO to pursue NAFTA dealOttawa (AFP) April 26, 2018 Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will skip a NATO summit in Brussels in order to continue continental trade negotiations with the US and Mexico in Washington, her office said Thursday. ... more 
China warns US against causing 'damage' to trade in Huawei probeBeijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 China warned the United States on Thursday against harming trade after a report that US authorities had opened an investigation into suspected violations of Iran sanctions by China's Huawei Technologies. ... more 
Can fish school cars in how to drive together?Paris (AFP) April 27, 2018 In the not so distant future autonomous vehicles may rule the road. Could the ability of fish to swim together provide insights for engineers to make automated driving safer? ... more 
China's electric carmakers bloom at Beijing auto showBeijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 Auto executives from across the globe are plugging their plans for an electric car future in China at the Beijing auto show, but they will find their Chinese counterparts are already motoring ahead. ... more |
|
 The market future is uncertain, Total says  
Shell touts offshore momentum in quarterly reportWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 Adding more opportunities in the offshore sector is part of the effort to retool the evolving portfolio for Royal Dutch Shell, its chief financial officer said. ... more  |
|
|
|
U.S. extends comment period for Beaufort Sea drillingWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 Concerned parties have another 30 days to weigh in on U.S. plans to open up the Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska to drillers, the government said. ... more 
Momentum working in DNO's favor in Kurdish IraqWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 Higher crude oil prices means forward momentum for operations in the Kurdish north of Iraq and an expanding network of assets, Norway's DNO said. ... more 
Iraq grants oil exploration permits near Iran and KuwaitBaghdad (AFP) April 26, 2018 Iraq's oil ministry said Thursday it has granted licences to explore oil blocs in zones bordering Iran for the first time in half a century. ... more 
Iran risk sends oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 Renewed uncertainty over a deal that lets Iranian crude oil flow through the market helped trigger a strong rally in crude oil prices on Thursday. ... more 
Feinstein: Higher fuel economy standards are a good thingWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 The Trump administration should brace itself for years of litigation should it downgrade fuel economy standards for vehicles, a California senator said. ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That's one of the conclusions of an extensive analysis of several versions of such proposals, carried out by researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laborat ... more |
|
 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 23, 2018 
Scientists seeking to bring fusion - the power that drives the sun and stars - down to Earth must first make the state of matter called plasma superhot enough to sustain fusion reactions. That calls for heating the plasma to many times the temperature of the core of the sun.
In ITER, the international fusion facility being built in France to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power, the ... more |
|
|
 Warsaw (AFP) April 24, 2018 
A US renewable energy group Invenergy said on Tuesday it had begun international arbitration against Poland, claiming it stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars (euros) after the EU country reneged on its commitments to build wind farms.
Between 2005 and 2015, Invenergy built 11 wind farms in Poland, investing "hundreds of millions of dollars of equity capital to develop and construc ... more |
|
 Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2018  An international team of scientists has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient by converting light usually missed by solar cells into usable energy.
The team, led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), demonstrated how coating tiny particles with orga ... more |
|
|
 Argonne IL (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 
Nuclear power plants typically run either at full capacity or not at all. Yet the plants have the technical ability to adjust to the changing demand for power and thus better accommodate sources of renewable energy such as wind or solar power.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently explored t ... more |
|
 Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
Although considered critical to avoiding catastrophic global warming, the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it underground - known as negative emissions - has been in question.
"There's really no scenario that meets the world's climate goals without negative emissions," said Katharine Mach, a senior research scientist at Stanford's School of Earth, Ener ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 
The Trump administration should brace itself for years of litigation should it downgrade fuel economy standards for vehicles, a California senator said.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said former President Barack Obama got it wrong when he called for an increase in fuel economy for all domestic vehicles to an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Pru ... more |
|
 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Trade and social networking helped our Homo sapiens ancestors survive a climate-changing volcanic eruption 40,000 years ago, giving hope that we will be able to ride out global warming by staying interconnected, a new study suggests.
Analyzing ancient tools, ornaments and human remains from a prehistoric rock shelter called Riparo Bombrini, in Liguria on the Italian Riviera, archeologists ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
There's no certain long-term future for coal as a power source given the shift toward low-carbon options, but that's not the case near-term, a U.N. agency said.
Coal accounts for about 30 percent of total energy used globally and about 40 percent of total electricity generation. Among fossil fuels, natural gas is a cleaner option when compared to oil or coal.
The International En ... more |
|
 Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018 
China is planning four deep space exploration missions before 2030, including probes to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, says Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
China would launch its first Mars probe in 2020, and it was expected to orbit around, land and put a rover on the Red Planet, Pei told a space confe ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $38.4 million, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from Naval Air Systems Command provides additional funds and enables Lockheed Martin for "lo ... more |
|
 Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 
Auto executives from across the globe are plugging their plans for an electric car future in China at the Beijing auto show, but they will find their Chinese counterparts are already motoring ahead.
Local carmakers and upstarts flaunted their latest plug-in models at the industry extravaganza this week, from sedans to SUVs and futuristic supercars fitted with the latest gadgets.
While Am ... more |
|
|
 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 
Just about all life on Earth - from the jumbo-jet-sized blue whale to tiny microbes - use carbon in one form or another.
In the deep ocean, though, all carbon is not created equal.
While some, like sugars and proteins, is quickly gobbled up by the micro-organisms that call the ocean home, some - the chitin found in fish scales and marine exoskeletons - is far harder to consume. Scien ... more |
|
 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
A new microchip technology capable of optically transferring data could solve a severe bottleneck in current devices by speeding data transfer and reducing energy consumption by orders of magnitude, according to an article published in the April 19, 2018 issue of Nature.
Researchers from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California Berkeley and Uni ... more |
|
|
 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 |
|
 Washington (AFP) April 26, 2018 
US President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency chief on Thursday received a tongue-lashing by members of Congress alarmed by mounting ethical scandals surrounding his tenure, with Democrats demanding his resignation.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has faced several weeks of criticism over spending taxpayer dollars for first-class travel, construction of a sound-proof booth in hi ... more |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
