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  Stanford CA (SPX) May 01, 2018 Stanford researchers have developed a water-based battery that could provide a cheap way to store wind or solar energy generated when the sun is shining and wind is blowing so it can be fed back into the electric grid and be redistributed when demand is high. The prototype manganese-hydrogen battery, reported in Nature Energy, stands just three inches tall and generates a mere 20 milliwatt hours of electricity, which is on par with the energy levels of LED flashlights one might hang a key ring. ... read more |
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A surprising new superconductorBoulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2018 Last September, CIRES chemist and instrument designer Don David and colleagues Dave Pappas and Xian Wu at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered a powerful new plated metal co ... more  
Dielectric metamaterial is dynamically tuned by lightDurham NC (SPX) May 02, 2018 Researchers at Duke University have built the first metal-free, dynamically tunable metamaterial for controlling electromagnetic waves. The approach could form the basis for technologies ranging fro ... more  
Ames Lab takes the guesswork out of discovering new high-entropy alloysAmes IA (SPX) May 02, 2018 The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has developed a method of computational analysis that can help predict the composition and properties of as-yet unmade high performance alloys. ... more  
Valleytronics discovery could extend limits of Moore's LawBerkeley CA (SPX) May 02, 2018 Research appearing in Nature Communications finds useful new information-handling potential in samples of tin(II) sulfide (SnS), a candidate "valleytronics" transistor material that might one day en ... more |
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Environmental impact of electric vehicles in China? It depends on how they are chargedBoston MA (SPX) May 02, 2018 Electric vehicles play a key role in China's plan to improve air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but, with the majority of China's electricity still coming from coal-fired power plants, many questi ... more  
China prepares tech sector for battle as US trade team arrivesBeijing (AFP) May 2, 2018 The first salvos in the budding US-China trade conflict struck old-school sectors like steel and agriculture, but Beijing is now bracing for moves against its strategic ambitions in hi-tech. ... more 
California leads coalition against new car emissions standardsLos Angeles (AFP) May 1, 2018 A coalition of 18 US states on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump's administration over plans to roll back vehicle emissions standards. ... more  
Underground gas migration can trigger small earthquakes, study findsWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Tectonic stress isn't the only cause of earthquakes. New research suggests small quakes can be triggered by natural gas rising underground. ... more 
Acquisition contributes to Transocean lossWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 A net loss for the first quarter was attributed in part to the acquisition of rival Songa Offshore, which Transocean said supported its rig fleet. ... more |
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Gas prices could be testing a psychological tipping pointWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 The U.S. average retail price for a gallon of gas is approaching a point where at least one analyst said last year there may be economic consequences. ... more  |
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Crude oil prices threaten to erase the Netanyahu premiumWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Anticipations of a build in U.S. crude oil inventories and reconsideration of an Iranian risk premium sent oil prices lower in early Tuesday trading. ... more 
Iran: If we were Russians, we'd be OKWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 If Iranian oil and gas resources were flowing more extensively through the global market, it wouldn't be the target of Western ire, an Iranian director said. ... more 
Canadian pipeline fight may have U.S. consequencesWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Provincial disputes over plans to expand the capacity of the existing Trans Mountain oil pipeline could have U.S. consequences, analysis shows. ... more 
BP sees oil boosting quarterly figures, but looks ahead to renewablesWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 New production from new projects contributed to one of the best quarters since 2014, when oil prices were over $100 per barrel, BP said Tuesday. ... more  
Bright future for solar cell technologyOnna, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 Harnessing energy from the sun, which emits immensely powerful energy from the center of the solar system, is one of the key targets for achieving a sustainable energy supply. Light energy can ... 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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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 01, 2018  The energy transition depends on technologies that allow the inexpensive temporary storage of electricity from renewable sources. A promising new candidate is aluminium batteries, which are made from cheap and abundant raw materials.
Scientists from ETH Zurich and Empa - led by Maksym Kovalenko, Professor of Functional Inorganic Materials - are among those involved in researching and devel ... 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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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  Harnessing energy from the sun, which emits immensely powerful energy from the center of the solar system, is one of the key targets for achieving a sustainable energy supply.
Light energy can be converted directly into electricity using electrical devices called solar cells. To date, most solar cells are made of silicon, a material that is very good at absorbing light. But silicon panels ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 
Framatome will deliver, between 2021 and 2024, 10 reloads of fuel assemblies to the Swedish nuclear power reactors Forsmark 3* and Ringhals 3 and 4*, operated by Vattenfall. The contracts include additional options for two reloads for each reactor after 2024.
Regarding the fuel reload of the Forsmark plant, the contract also provides, besides the use of the known ATRIUM 10 XM boiling water ... more |
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 Kumamoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 
Taking measures against climate change and converting into societies that use significant amounts of renewable energy for power are two of the most important issues common to developed countries today. One promising technology in those efforts uses hydrogen (H2) as a renewable energy source.
Although it is a primary candidate for clean secondary energy, large amounts of H2 must be converte ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 1, 2018 
Provincial disputes over plans to expand the capacity of the existing Trans Mountain oil pipeline could have U.S. consequences, analysis shows.
A Kinder Morgan-led consortium planned to expand the Trans Mountain network to the western coast of Canada, tripling its design capacity to 890,000 barrels per day. But after spending more than $800 million (USD) on the project since petitioning ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 30, 2018 
The world must redouble efforts to halt global warming before it is too late, the UN's climate chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations kicked off talks in Bonn.
"Our window of time for addressing climate change is closing very quickly," Patricia Espinosa told journalists. "We need to dramatically increase our ambition."
The 12-day technical talks are focused on hammering out an "operatin ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 30, 2018 
Astronauts from home and abroad have expressed their expectations of more international cooperation on China's space station, scheduled to become fully operational around 2022.
"We would love to have more cooperation with countries and regions devoted to peacefully using outer space, and contribute more to humankind's space exploration," said Yang Liwei, director of the China Manned Space ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a modification to a previous contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and foreign customers with Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure, or LAIRCM, equipment and support.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $209.7 million and increases the total value of the contract to $1.5 billion.
Northrop Grumman is to ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 02, 2018 
Electric vehicles play a key role in China's plan to improve air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but, with the majority of China's electricity still coming from coal-fired power plants, many question just how effective this strategy will be.
Now, researchers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing found that private electric vehicles in China can have a positive effect ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) May 01, 2018 
While defects in a diamond are mostly undesirable, certain defects are a quantum physicist's best friend, having the potential to store bits of information that could one day be used in a quantum computing system.
Applied physicists at Cornell University have demonstrated a technique for engineering some of the key optical properties of those defects, providing a new tool for exploring qua ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Apr 26, 2018  Cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors will soon be a reality thanks to a breakthrough by chemists at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Derek Schipper and his team at Waterloo have developed a way to make conjugated polymers, plastics that conduct electricity like metals, using a simple dehydration reaction the only byproduct of which is water.
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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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 Betare Oya, Cameroon (AFP) April 30, 2018 
For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold.
Today, abandoned with almost the same speed as it was coveted, the landscape is as dangerous as it is damaged, say campaigners.
Around 100 deep holes lie around the village. Many of them are filled wi ... more |
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