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  London, UK (SPX) May 22, 2018 Researchers have studied how a 'drumstick' made of light could make a microscopic 'drum' vibrate and stand still at the same time. A team of researchers from the UK and Australia have made a key step towards understanding the boundary between the quantum world and our everyday classical world. Quantum mechanics is truly weird. Objects can behave like both particles and waves, and can be both here and there at the same time, defying our common sense. Such counterintuitive behaviour is typical ... read more |
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Supercomputing the emergence of material behaviorAustin TX (SPX) May 22, 2018 What makes kevlar stop a bullet, at the atomic level? The properties of materials emerge from their molecular or atomic structure, yet many details between the micro and the macro remain a mystery t ... more  
Ultrasound helmet helps image the brain, tap into neural networksWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Scientists first considered the possibility for a brain-imaging helmet powered by ultrasound technology more than 30 years ago. ... more  
ABC Solar Seeking Legal Funds from CrowdJustice.com for Monopoly Abuse FightLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 23, 2018 The California Public Utilities Commission is alleged to be abusing its power to stifle the private development of solar energy and to protect Southern California Edison from having to answer to any ... more  
Researcher warns China's program 'riskiest environmental project in history'Cairns, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2018 A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the riskiest venture ever undertaken. ... more |
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New method eliminates guesswork when lenses go freeformRochester NY (SPX) May 22, 2018 Lenses and mirrors with freeform surfaces enable designers to focus light within optical devices that are lighter, more compact, and more effective than ever before. But until now, determining ... more 
Activist groups launch campaign to break up FacebookWashington (AFP) May 21, 2018 A coalition of activist groups on Monday announced a campaign to break up Facebook, arguing that the huge social network "has too much power over our lives and democracy." ... more  
EU seeks US trade detente after China reprieveBrussels (AFP) May 22, 2018 EU ministers Tuesday will refine a last-ditch bid to persuade US President Donald Trump to back off stiff tariffs on metals imports from Europe and win the bloc a similar break as handed China. ... more 
New Washington-Beijing trade 'consensus' resolves little: analystsWashington (AFP) May 21, 2018 The compromise reached over the weekend between Washington and Beijing has reduced the threat of a trade war, but the Americans won few concessions from the Chinese side, with key disagreements far from being resolved. ... more  
Dealerships trash talk electric cars: studyParis (AFP) May 21, 2018 Car dealerships in Nordic countries actively discourage consumers from buying electric vehicles, researchers who conducted an undercover investigation said Monday. ... more |
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Australia's Santos mulling sweeter offer from HarbourWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 Australian energy company Santos said Monday it would consider a takeover proposal for U.S.-based Harbour Energy, sweetened by 4.6 percent over the week. ... more  |
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Russia may revisit inflation targetsWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 The target of metals and oil-related sanctions, a Russian Central Bank official said Monday it may revisit its inflationary targets for the year next month. ... more 
Oil prices caught between U.S. policies on Iran, ChinaWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 Oil prices moved slightly higher in early Monday trading on easing U.S.-Chinese trade tensions, but could rally higher on heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions. ... more 
Iran expects oil production challengesWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 It may be difficult for Tehran to continue pursuing oil production benchmarks in the face of possible sanctions pressure, the Iranian oil minister said. ... more 
British lawmakers take up fracking policyWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 British ministers are set to review whether or not guidance on domestic hydraulic fracturing is up to day, the British Parliament said Monday. ... more 
New research could improve efficiency and luminance of TV and smartphone displaysBinghamton NY (SPX) May 21, 2018 Your TV and smartphone could be more efficient and luminescent thanks to new research conducted with assistance from Binghamton University, State University at New York. When it comes time to ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Bitcoin's burgeoning electricity demands have attracted almost as much attention as the cryptocurrency's wildly fluctuating value. But estimating exactly how much electricity the Bitcoin network uses, necessary for understanding its impact and implementing policy, remains a challenge.
In the first rigorously peer-reviewed article quantifying Bitcoin's energy requirements, a Commentary appe ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 15, 2018 
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research have discovered how a pinch of salt can be used to drastically improve the performance of batteries.
They found that adding salt to the inside of a supermolecular sponge and then baking it at a high temperature transformed the sponge into a carbon-based structure.
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 London, UK (SPX) May 21, 2018 
The UK and large parts of northern Europe could become windier if global temperatures reach 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study.
This has implications for wind energy generation among other things. The results suggest that wind could be a more important source of energy generation than previously thought, with stronger winds across the UK. The research team ... more |
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 Guelph, Canada (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Recurrent Energyhas closed on debt financing and tax equity investment commitment for the 74.8 MWac/102 MWp NC 102 solar photovoltaic project, located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Prudential Capital Group will provide a $106.7 million debt facility for the project, including a tax equity bridge loan, term loan and revolving loan to the project. U.S. Bancorp Community Development Cor ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Framatome signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Dominion Energy to provide steam generator services to the company's entire nuclear reactor fleet. Scheduled to take place during eight outages from 2018 to 2020, the inspection and maintenance work will support the continued generation of low-carbon electricity from the Dominion fleet.
At nuclear energy facilities, steam generators play ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 22, 2018 
A new technology from U of T Engineering is taking a substantial step towards enabling manufacturers to create plastics out of two key ingredients: sunshine and pollution.
Today, non-renewable fossil fuels not only provide the raw material from which plastics are made, they are also the fuel burned to power the manufacturing process, producing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) - the Int ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 21, 2018 
Oil prices moved slightly higher in early Monday trading on easing U.S.-Chinese trade tensions, but could rally higher on heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions.
After a weekend of trade work, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said tensions between the two largest economies in the world were easing after tit-for-tat threats put billions of dollars in trade at risk. By Monday, U.S. Presid ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 21, 2018 
A team of researchers believe that, paradoxically, climate change may result in Quebec's national and provincial parks becoming biodiversity refuges of continental importance as the variety of species present there increases.
They used ecological niche modeling to calculate potential changes in the presence of 529 species in about 1/3 of the protected areas in southern Quebec almost all of ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) May 18, 2018 
The Dutch government Friday unveiled plans to shut the country's two oldest coal-fired electricity plants by 2025, as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The other three remaining plants, using coal to produce electricity, will have to close down by 2030, the year the Dutch has vowed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 49 percent.
Economy Minister Eric Wiebes said the ban on the old ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) May 22, 2018 
The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts.
The launch of the satellite Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, is a key step for China to realize its goal of sending the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to soft-land on the far side of the Moon.
Queqiao, developed by C ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2018 
The Israeli military has used its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters in combat, making it the world's first to do so, the air force commander said Tuesday.
"The Adir aircraft are already operational and flying combat missions," Major General Amikam Norkin said at a conference in central Israel, using the plane's Hebrew name.
"In fact, we have performed the first operational F-35 strik ... more |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 15, 2018 
Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety.
University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated its effectiveness on public roads, even when just one automated vehicle is moving among human-driven cars.
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or V2V, refers to th ... more |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Northwestern University's Jiaxing Huang is ready to reignite carbon nanotube research. And he's doing so with a common chemical that was once used in household cleaners.
By using an inexpensive, already mass produced, simple solvent called cresol, Huang has discovered a way to make disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations without the need for additives or harsh chem ... more |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) May 21, 2018 
A team from Siberian Federal University and Kirensky Institute of Physics (Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences) applied a new method to study nanoparticles made of cadmium telluride (CdTe).
They used a peculiar feature of this compound: its interaction with light differs depending on the magnetic field. The results of the study were published in the Physics Letters A jou ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) May 8, 2018 
China and the United States swapped accusations in an "extraordinary" exchange at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday ahead of fresh talks between the top two economies on averting a trade war.
"What I would say about this meeting today is that it was extraordinary in its intensity," WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell told reporters after a meeting of the body's General Council.
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2018 
One-third of the world's protected land is under intense human pressure, according to an international study described as 'a stunning reality check' on efforts to avert a biodiversity crisis.
The University of Queensland-led research has found six million square kilometres of protected land - equivalent to two-thirds the size of China - is in a state unlikely to conserve endangered biodive ... more |
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