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  Tampa (AFP) April 26, 2018 US scientists said Thursday they have made progress toward a kind of plastic that can be recycled "infinitely," and that it appears durable enough to compete with regular plastics. Unlike plastics made from petroleum products, the new kind can be converted back to its original small-molecule state, and remade into new plastics over and over, said the report in the journal Science. "The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely," said lead author Eugene Chen, profes ... read more |
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'Jedi' calls on Europe to find innovation forceParis (AFP) April 27, 2018 An association of firms and research centres in France and Germany said Friday they intend to spur technological innovation by emulating the US agency used to fund development of defence technologies. ... more 
As tellurium demands rise, so do contamination concernsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 As technology advances, demands for tellurium, a rare element, are on the rise. Some forms of tellurium are toxic, so as the element finds applications in solar panels, rubber production, electronic ... more  
Einstein's 'spooky action' goes massiveHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 Perhaps the strangest prediction of quantum theory is entanglement, a phenomenon whereby two distant objects become intertwined in a manner that defies both classical physics and a "common-sense" un ... more  
ABB Ability supports India's clean-energy futureVadodora, India (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 ABB inaugurates innovative microgrid with battery energy storage at its Vadodora manufacturing campus - a first in India. ABB's world-class power institute to train customers on latest technologies ... more |
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A new Bose-Einstein condensate created at Aalto UniversityHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle ... more  
Baidu net profit jumps after video unit spin-offShanghai (AFP) April 27, 2018 China search engine giant Baidu on Friday reported net profit nearly tripled in the first quarter after spinning off its video unit as part of a corporate reorientation toward artificial intelligence (AI). ... more 
Scientists identify unique binding mechanism of antifreeze moleculeNagano, Japan (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 Scientists have identified a unique molecular binding mechanism that helps keep non-mammalian creatures in sub-zero temperatures from freezing. Antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs), produced by polar fi ... more  
Russian Central Bank sees little risk from oil price volatilityWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 In a decision Friday to keep its key rate static, the Central Bank of Russia said it was unwavering on its estimate of risk outlook tied to oil price volatility. The bank kept its key rate sta ... more 
U.S. GDP figures balance Korean Detente in oil marketsWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Mixed results for first quarter U.S. economic growth balanced against a waning risk premium from Korean Detente to keep oil prices in stable territory Friday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un c ... more |
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 Exxon: Papua New Guinea quake bruised quarterly figures 
German utility EON makes Innogy offer publicWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 German energy company E.ON said Friday it was making its share offer for rival Innogy final, putting the utility on its way to a leadership position in Europe. E.ON, the German utility, publis ... more  |
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Eni feels confident as long as oil prices hold above $55 per barrelWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Italian energy company Eni said it would be cash neutral so long as oil prices hold above $55 per barrel, boasting its own net production was up from last year. I confirm the objective of cash ... more 
Continental books room on shale gas networkWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 More shale natural gas from basins in Oklahoma can find its way to the market with increased network access, shale producer Continental Resources said. Continental secured a transportation agr ... more 
More heat on British Columbia over Trans Mountain pipelineWashington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 The provincial government of British Columbia is wasting its time with legal challenges that could target the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, a trade group said. The provincial government this we ... more  
Going home to Chernobyl ghost town 32 years onPripyat, 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. ... 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 
From cell phones and laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are the power source that fuels everyday life. But in recent years, they have also drawn attention for catching fire. In an effort to develop a safer battery, scientists report in the ACS journal Nano Letters that the addition of nanowires can not only enhance the battery's fire-resistant capabilities, but also its other pr ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 
More shale natural gas from basins in Oklahoma can find its way to the market with increased network access, shale producer Continental Resources said.
Continental secured a transportation agreement for access to Project Wildcat, a takeaway project steered by Enable Midstream Partners for Oklahoma shale resources. All told, the project delivers approximately 400 million cubic feet of natur ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) April 25, 2018 
Oil-rich Saskatchewan on Wednesday launched a constitutional challenge of Canada's plan to impose a carbon tax on the province if it fails to introduce its own measures to slash CO2 emissions.
The case asks the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to rule on what it says is federal over-reach and meddling in its affairs.
"We do not believe the federal government has the constitutional right to i ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 
The U.S. Navy awarded Harris Corp. a $14.9 million contract to procure 144 fiber channel network switch systems for several aircraft.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract.
The communications devices for the Navy, and the governments of Australia and Kuwait, are to be used on the F/A-18E ... more |
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 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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. But now, an international team of researchers from MIT, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea has found that when grown in extremely tiny, needle-like shapes, diamond can bend and stretch, much like rubber, and snap back to its original shape.
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Over the past decades, computers have become faster and faster and hard disks and storage chips have reached enormous capacities. But this trend cannot continue forever: we are already running up against physical limits that will prevent silicon-based computer technology from attaining any impressive speed gains from this point on.
Researchers are particularly optimistic that the next era ... 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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 Bangkok (AFP) April 29, 2018 
Around 1,000 people rallied in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Sunday to protest the construction of homes for officials on forested land flanking a revered mountain, in one of the largest shows of dissent under junta rule.
Public frustration has been mounting over the project since aerial images of several dozen officials' homes - carved into the green foothills of Chiang Mai's Doi ... more |
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