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  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent oil/90per cent diesel blend in a 6-cylinder, 5.9l diesel engine. "As only therapeutic grade oil can be used, there is a substantial volume of low-value waste oil that currently is stored, awaiting a use," Mr Rahman said. "Our tests found essential oil blends produced almost the same power as neat diesel with a slight increase in fuel consumption. "Diesel particulate emissions ... read more |
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Critical plant gene takes unexpected detour that could boost biofuel yieldsOak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 For decades, biologists have believed a key enzyme in plants had one function--produce amino acids, which are vital to plant survival and also essential to human diets. But for Wellington Much ... more  
Wartsila leading along the path towards a 100% renewable energy futureHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 The technology group Wartsila is leading the way to the power industry's transformation towards a future that utilises 100 percent renewable energy. In announcing its vision for the energy market, W ... more  
A fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable roboticsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 In the world of robotics, soft robots are the new kids on the block. The unique capabilities of these automata are to bend, deform, stretch, twist or squeeze in all the ways that conventional rigid ... more  
Delft scientists make first 'on demand' entanglement linkDelft, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Researchers at QuTech in Delft have succeeded in generating quantum entanglement between two quantum chips faster than the entanglement is lost. Entanglement - once referred to by Einstein as "spook ... more |
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Squeezing light at the nanoscaleBoston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intens ... more  
Research reveals how order first appears in liquid crystalsProvidence RI (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Liquid crystals undergo a peculiar type of phase change. At a certain temperature, their cigar-shaped molecules go from a disordered jumble to a more orderly arrangement in which they all point more ... more  
Tripling the energy storage of lithium-ion batteriesUpton NY (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, and renewable energy continues to rise, scientists are searching for ways to improve lithium-ion batteries--the most common type of battery found in ... more  
New wind turbines are even efficient in low windsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 VTT Research Centre of Technology (VTT) has explored the potential and economic benefits of new wind power technology. The technology would greatly increase the benefits of wind energy and enable th ... more  
Modern alchemists are making chemistry greenerPrinceton NJ (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 One tricky aspect is that many molecules have right- and left-handed forms that react differently, with sometimes dangerous consequences. The Food and Drug Administration has strict requirements to ... more |
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 Taking a closer look at 'electrifying' chemistry 
A better device for measuring electromagnetic radiationBoston MA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Bolometers, devices that monitor electromagnetic radiation through heating of an absorbing material, are used by astronomers and homeowners alike. But most such devices have limited bandwidth and mu ... more  |
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Winch Hub aims to accelerate energy and internet access across rural UgandaKampala, Uganda (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 Under a pilot program, Winch Energy and iWayAfrica will deploy a remote solar kiosk, The Winch Hub (WH), with integrated VSAT equipment to provide high-quality and affordable broadband connectivity. ... more 
'Tricking' bacteria into hydroxylating benzeneNagoya, Japan (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 Breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds is notoriously difficult in lab chemistry, yet nature does it effortlessly. Now, scientists have used E.coli bacteria to oxidize the C-H bonds in benzene to generate p ... more 
Australia agrees Solomons internet cable after China concernSydney (AFP) June 13, 2018 Australia will help fund and build an underseas communications cable to the Solomon Islands, it was agreed Wednesday, after the Pacific nation was convinced to drop a contract with Chinese company Huawei. ... more  
Apple steps up encrytion to thwart police cracking of iPhonesWashington (AFP) June 13, 2018 Apple said Wednesday it was strengthening encryption on its iPhones to thwart police efforts to unlock handsets without legitimate authorization. ... more 
ZTE shares set to resume trading after US reprieveHong Kong (AFP) June 12, 2018 Shares in Chinese smartphone maker ZTE are set to resume trading in Hong Kong Wednesday, after the company reached a settlement with American authorities for violating US sanctions. ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 13, 2018 
A consortium led by Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure Holdings made an unsolicited Aus$13 billion (US$9.8 billion) bid for gas pipeline company APA Wednesday, with the Australian firm agreeing to open its books.
APA's assets include gas transmission pipelines and storage, along with wind and solar farms across Australia. The firm's website said its 15,000 kilometres (9,300 miles) of gas pipeline ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
A Rutgers-led team of physicists has demonstrated a way to conduct electricity between transistors without energy loss, opening the door to low-power electronics and, potentially, quantum computing that would be far faster than today's computers.
Their findings, which involved using a special mix of materials with magnetic and insulator properties, are published online in Nature Physics. ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
VTT Research Centre of Technology (VTT) has explored the potential and economic benefits of new wind power technology. The technology would greatly increase the benefits of wind energy and enable the competitive utilisation of wind power in Finland.
Heavy investments are being made in wind power, which highlights the importance of this new and competitive technology. Wind power accounts fo ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The new NUANCE ENERGY-THEnergy Report "Modular, semi-portable mounting systems for solar in the mining sector" focuses on a product innovation that has several advantages for remote off-grid mines. This is mainly due to the fact that the solar systems are built next to the mining off-takers.
For mines in production and even more so in mining exploration, the lifetime of the solar system of ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Bulgaria's parliament opened the way Thursday to revive a long-delayed project to build a new nuclear power plant by tasking the energy minister to hold talks with potential strategic investors.
The decision was backed by 172 MPs from all parties in the 240-seat chamber, with only 14 voting against.
It will allow Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova to enter into negotiations with possible ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent oil/90per cent diesel blend in a 6-cylinder, 5.9l diesel engine.
"As only therapeutic grade oil can be used, there is a substantial volume of low-value waste oil that currently is stored, awaiting a use," Mr Rahman said.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018  Crude oil prices edged slightly higher early Thursday after reports of the loss of Libyan oil production, though the downturn was balanced by OPEC pledges.
The National Oil Corp. of Libya said Thursday it evacuated staff from two of its export terminals because of armed clashes in the port area. It estimated production was down about 240,000 barrels per day, more than a quarter of total ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) June 13, 2018 
The South African government said Wednesday that the national state of disaster it declared in March over a drought that ravaged parts of the country had lapsed after significant rainfall.
The three-year drought hit Cape Town particularly hard, threatening to leave residents of the country's second largest city without drinking water.
The government said it had conducted assessments whic ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 6, 2018 
Rescuers pulled 23 workers out of a mine in northeast China on Wednesday, hours after they were trapped underground by an explosion that killed 11 and left two others missing, state media reported.
Nine other workers were injured in Tuesday's blast at the iron ore mine owned by Huamei Group, a subsidiary of China National Coal Group Co, in Benxi, Liaoning province.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) June 11, 2018 
A Bulgarian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Monday evening near the southern city of Plovdiv, killing two of the three men onboard, the defence ministry said.
The Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopter burst into flames after coming down from a height of 50 metres at around 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) not far from the Krumovo military airbase and Plovdiv's civilian airport.
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 Washington (AFP) June 11, 2018 
An update to Tesla's Autopilot software coming in August will enable "full self-driving features" for the automaker's electric cars, chief executive Elon Musk says.
Musk's comments come amid a race by automakers and tech firms to roll out fully autonomous vehicles, but also rising concerns about the safety of robotic systems.
The Tesla founder made the disclosure in a Twitter conversatio ... more |
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 Green Bank WV (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across the Milky Way. Known as anomalous microwave emission (AME), this light comes from energy released by rapidly spinning nanoparticles - bits of matter so small that they defy detection by ordinary microscopes. (The period on an average printed page is ap ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Topological randomness may be the answer for lossless electronics and making the nuts and bolts of quantum computers. Complete randomness in the structures of superconductors and insulators could lower the requirements of pristine crystalline ordering - and make them more accessible to industry.
Designing quantum materials with exotic and unprecedented electrical properties has the field o ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) June 14, 2018
Elon Musk's The Boring Company has been tapped to build a high-speed underground transportation system for Chicago - the first US city to bank on the entrepreneur's futuristic concept for mass transit.
The project, announced Thursday, would employ underground tunnels and autonomous electric vehicles called "skates." They would reach speeds as high as 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per h ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) June 14, 2018 
Air pollution soared in New Delhi on Thursday to hazardous levels rarely seen outside winter as sand blown from deserts enveloped the Indian capital in a once-in-a-decade phenomenon.
Doctors warned the grit carried by hot summer winds posed serious health risks to the city of 20 million and there was little to do "but pray for rain".
Smog spikes during winter in Delhi, already one of the ... more |
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