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| September 30, 2013 |
 Spirals of Light May Lead to Better Electronics Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - A group of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created the optical equivalent of a tuning fork-a device that can help steady the electrical currents needed to power high-end electronics and stabilize the signals of high-quality lasers. The work marks the first time that such a device has been miniaturized to fit on a chip and may pave the way to improvements in hi ... more |  |
 Drexel finds new energy storage capabilities between layers of 2-D materials Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Drexel University researchers are continuing to expand the capabilities and functionalities of a family of two-dimensional materials they discovered that are as thin as a single atom, but have the potential to store massive amounts of energy. Their latest achievement has pushed the materials storage capacities to new levels while also allowing for their use in flexible devices. About three ... more |  |
 3-D models of electrical streamers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Streamers may be great for decorating a child's party, but in dielectrics, they are the primary origin of electric breakdown. They can cause catastrophic damage to electrical equipment, harm the surrounding environment, and lead to large-scale power outages. Understanding streamers and the mechanisms behind their initiation, acceleration and branching is necessary to devise better solutions to a ... more |  |
Can bacteria combat oil spill disasters? Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Teams of international scientists have decrypted the effectiveness of two types of bacteria, which could be used in the future to help combat oil spill disasters. According to a report written by scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in the peer-reviewed journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Alcanivorax bor ... more |  |
China's synthetic gas plants would be greenhouse giants Durham NC (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Coal-powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers. These environmental costs have been largely neglected in the drive to meet the nation's growing energy needs, the res ... more |  |
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 How to make ceramics that bend without breaking Cambridge MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Ceramics are not known for their flexibility: they tend to crack under stress. But researchers from MIT and Singapore have just found a way around that problem - for very tiny objects, at least. The team has developed a way of making minuscule ceramic objects that are not only flexible, but also have a "memory" for shape: When bent and then heated, they return to their original shapes. Th ... more |  |
Bright, laser-based lighting devices Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - As a modern culture, we crave artificial white lights - the brighter the better, and ideally using less energy than ever before. To meet the ever-escalating demand for more lighting in more places and to improve the bulbs used in sports stadiums, car headlights and street lamps, scientists are scrambling to create better light-emitting diodes (LEDs) - solid state lighting devices that are more ... more |  |
Methane Out, Carbon Dioxide In Charlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - A University of Virginia engineering professor has proposed a novel approach for keeping waste carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Andres Clarens, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and graduate student Zhiyuan Tao have published a paper in which they estimate the amount of carbon dioxide that could be store ... more |  |
Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip' Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass chip smaller than a grain of rice. The achievement was reported today in Nature by a team including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National A ... more |  |
 Windows Phone gains in Europe, Apple up in US: survey Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Windows-based smartphones are making significant inroads in Europe, while Apple's iPhone is strengthening its position in the United States, a survey showed Monday. Data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending in August showed Windows Phone, the mobile platform from Microsoft, has posted its highest ever sales share of 9.2 percent in the five major European markets. Wi ... more |  |
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New York spreading wireless access across city New York City (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Free Internet access will be given to more neighborhoods across New York as the Big Apple aims to build a "wireless corridor" designed to boost business, officials announced Monday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that from December free web access would be available in neighborhoods in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens and Manhattan. New York has already created free Internet zone ... more |  |
 Japan leader set to announce crucial sales tax hike Tokyo (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected Tuesday to announce a sales tax hike seen as crucial to cutting Tokyo's massive national debt, but that could derail a fledgling economic recovery. The move marks a big political gamble for Abe - previous hikes have proved career-ending for his predecessors - with the 59-year-old leader likely to announce a stimulus spending package to help s ... more |  |
 Nigeria signs $1.3 bn power plant deal with China Abuja (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Nigeria has announced two major initiatives aimed at improving its woeful electricity supply, entering a $1.3 billion (960 million euros) power plant deal with China and on Monday handing over state power assets to private investors. The privatisation of most of state electricity firm PHCN has long been in the works in Africa's most populous nation, where blackouts occur multiple times daily ... more |  |
Program seeks Internet use equality for women Bogota, Colombia (UPI) Sep 30, 2013 - More women in the Western Hemisphere's less developed countries are set to benefit from technological equality as IT companies move in to narrow the gender gap between connected men and women without phones or the Internet. Lack of connectivity presents numerous problems for women, hinders their economic advancement and keeps them vulnerable to personal security issues, new research sho ... more |  |
Indonesia ripe for U.S. investment in shale gas? Jakarta (UPI) Sep 30, 2013 - Indonesia is encouraging the United States to invest in shale gas exploration in the Southeastern Asian country. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said the government hopes the United States will transfer technology to develop shale gas, following on the success of the U.S. natural gas boom, The Jakarta Post reports. "The U.S. government has successfully developed ... more |  |
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China house price increases gain speed in September: survey Beijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Chinese property prices increased at a faster rate in September than the previous month as the effect of price-control policies weakened, a survey said on Monday. The average price of new homes in 100 cities rose 9.48 percent year-on-year to 10,554 yuan ($1,700) per square metre, according to the independent China Index Academy. The rise was faster than the 8.61 percent year-on-year incr ... more |  |
 Plastic pad clogs up Fukushima water cleaning system Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - A piece of plastic padding which clogged up a drain is thought to have caused the breakdown of a decontamination system at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said Sunday. The Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), designed to remove radioactive material from contaminated water, is expected to play a crucial role in treating huge amounts of toxic water accumulating at t ... more |  |
Russian court detains eight more Greenpeace crew members Moscow (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - A Russian court on Sunday ordered the detention for two months of eight more crew members of a Greenpeace ship who protested against Arctic oil drilling as part of a probe into alleged piracy. The Lenin district court in the northern city of Murmansk on Thursday had already ordered the detention of 22 other Greenpeace activists for two months, pending the investigation into suspected piracy ... more |  |
 China launches free trade zone in Shanghai Shanghai (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - China Sunday launched a major free trade zone seen as a testing ground for long-awaited market reforms in the world's second largest economy. Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng attended the opening ceremony for the zone, which covers 29 square kilometres (11 square miles) in the country's commercial hub Shanghai. Reforms in the zone will be closely-watched as a test of China's ability to make ... more |  |
Thousands of Romanians protest Canadian mine plans Bucharest (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Thousands of people marched Sunday against a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine at Rosia Montana, in what has become one of the longest-running protests in post-communist Romania. The movement started a month ago after the Romanian government adopted a draft law clearing the way for a controversial open-cast gold mine planned by Canada's Gabriel Resources in the hear ... more |  |
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