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| January 17, 2014 |
 Cobalt catalysts allow researchers to duplicate the complicated steps of photosynthesis Argonne IL (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Humans have for ages taken cues from nature to build their own devices, but duplicating the steps in the complicated electronic dance of photosynthesis remains one of the biggest challenges and opportunities for chemists. Currently, the most efficient methods we have for making fuel - principally, hydrogen - from sunlight and water involve rare and expensive metal catalysts, such as platinum. ... more |  |
 Quantum physics could make secure, single-use computer memories possible Washington DC (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Computer scientist Yi-Kai Liu has devised away to make a security device that has proved notoriously difficult to build-a "one-shot" memory unit, whose contents can be read only a single time. The research, which Liu is prese ... more |  |
 Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up Madison WI (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels. "With the sugar platform, you have possibilities," says Jeremy Luterbacher, a UW-Madison postdoctoral researcher and the paper's lead author. "You've taken fewer forks down the conversion road, which lea ... more |  |
UNC researchers harness sun's energy during day for use at night Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun's rays were strongest. Now researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have built a system that converts the sun's energy not into electricity but hydrogen fuel and stores ... more |  |
 Researchers 'detune' a molecule Houston TX (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - The molecule in question is carbon-60, also known as the buckminsterfullerene and the buckyball, discovered at Rice in 1985. The scientists led by Rice physicists Yajing Li and Douglas Natelson found that it's possible to soften the bonds between atoms by applying a voltage and running an electric current through a single buckyball. The researchers detailed their discovery this week in the ... more |  |
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Boeing Finds Significant Potential in "Green Diesel" as a Sustainable Jet Fuel Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Boeing has identified "green diesel," a renewable fuel used in ground transportation, as a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle. The company is working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to gain approval for aircraft to fly on green diesel, further reducing t ... more |  |
Natural 3D Counterpart to Graphene Discovered Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - The discovery of what is essentially a 3D version of graphene - the 2D sheets of carbon through which electrons race at many times the speed at which they move through silicon - promises exciting new things to come for the high-tech industry, including much faster transistors and far more compact hard drives. A collaboration of researchers at the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence B ... more |  |
Potential Future Data Storage at Domain Boundaries Julich, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Storing more and more in an ever-smaller space - what sounds impossible is in fact just part of the daily routine in information technology, where for decades, increasing amounts of data have been successfully stored on media with ever higher densities. An international team, including researchers from Forschungszentrum Julich, has now discovered a physical phenomenon that could prove suitable f ... more |  |
 New Technique for Probing Subsurface Electronic Structure Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - "The interface is the device," Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer famously observed, referring to the remarkable properties to be found at the junctures where layers of different materials meet. In today's burgeoning world of nanotechnology, the interfaces between layers of metal oxides are becoming increasingly prominent, with applications in such high-tech favorites as spintronics, high-temp ... more |  |
2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Just a single foreign atom located in the vicinity of a molecule can change spatial arrangement of its atoms. In a spectacular experiment, an international team of researchers was able to change persistently positions of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms in a porphycene molecule by approaching a single copper atom to the molecule. A subatomic bit formed by two protons tunnelling inside a simple ... more |  |
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 5,900 natural gas leaks discovered under Washington, D.C. Durham NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - than 5,893 leaks from aging natural gas pipelines have been found under the streets of Washington, D.C. by a research team from Duke University and Boston University. A dozen of the leaks could have posed explosion risks, the researchers said. Some manholes had methane concentrations as high as 500,000 parts per million of natural gas - about 10 times greater than the threshold at which explosio ... more |  |
 Japan's Tepco to restart nuclear reactors? Tokyo (UPI) Jan 16, 2013 - The Japanese government has approved a business turnaround plan submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, which includes restarting idled reactors at the utility's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant. The business plan approval is required under the terms of a $10 billion state bailout of Tepco, received after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear po ... more |  |
Syrian energy deal puts Russia in gas-rich Med Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 16, 2013 - Syria's new 25-year energy deal with Russia, a key ally of embattled President Bashar Assad, could open the way for Moscow's eventual move into the gas-rich eastern Mediterranean - if the Damascus regime survives the civil war that's raged since March 2011. The Dec. 25 agreement gives Russia's state-controlled Soyuzneftegas exclusive exploration, development and production rights over ... more |  |
 Foreign direct investment in China rebounds 5.3% in 2013 Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - Overseas investment into China rebounded last year after declining in 2012, official data showed Thursday, as confidence in the country's growth potential picks up. Investment by China also rose and officials said it could overtake the incoming total this year - although Chinese businesses shied away from the European Union and Japan as market and political tensions become strained. Fo ... more |  |
 Indian PM says delayed Korean steel plant to open soon New Delhi (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - Indian premier Manmohan Singh Thursday said a mega steel plant being built by South Korean multinational Posco would become operational in the coming weeks, allaying fears of further delays in the project. Singh gave his assurances on the $12-billion plant, India's biggest foreign investment project, to visiting South Korean President Park Geun-hye during their meeting in New Delhi. "I c ... more |  |
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 US court muddles outlook for 'Open Internet' Washington (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - With the "Open Internet" rule struck down by a US court, the future of the online landscape is now murkier than ever. An appeals court in Washington this week ruled unconstitutional a "Net Neutrality" rule that bars broadband Internet providers from discriminating or playing favorites for online services. Backers of the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet rule say the court ... more |  |
Outside View: Resolutions for communications policymakers Muncie, Ind. (UPI) Jan 16, 2013 - The beginning of any new year is a prime opportunity to chart a path for success in the coming months. Because we at the Digital Policy Institute think a lot about technology policy, we believe now is the time for government policymakers to begin 2014 with a resolve to make wise and rational decisions affecting communications companies and the public they serve. Below are some recommend ... more |  |
Hong Kong domestic helpers demand justice for 'tortured' maid Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - Domestic workers took to the streets of Hong Kong Thursday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers and better protection for the city's hundreds of thousands of foreign maids. During the protest a second maid came forward alleging abuse at the hands of the same employers four years ago. The allegations have renewed concern about the treatment of domes ... more |  |
Derision over China official's visa 'discrimination' claim Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - A top Chinese official's claim that the country's citizens are discriminated against in visa arrangements worldwide prompted widespread online derision Thursday, with posters arguing Beijing's own policies were to blame. Huang Ping, director-general of the foreign ministry's consular department, told the state-run Beijing Youth Daily that those seeking to travel abroad on Chinese passports " ... more |  |
China web users surge to 618 million: government Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2014 - The number of web users in China has surged to 618 million, a government agency said Thursday, underscoring the rapid growth of online connectivity in the country with the world's largest Internet population. Its online population - defined as those who have used the Internet at least once in the last six months - rose by more than 53 million in 2013, the China Internet Network Information ... more |  |
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