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| May 29, 2014 |
 A Path Toward More Powerful Tabletop Accelerators Berkeley CA (SPX) May 29, 2014 - Making a tabletop particle accelerator just got easier. A new study shows that certain requirements for the lasers used in an emerging type of small-area particle accelerator can be significantly relaxed. Researchers hope the finding could bring about a new era of accelerators that would need just a few meters to bring particles to great speeds, rather than the many kilometers required of ... more |  |
Leaving the islands Munich, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2014 - In a recent study involving LMU researchers, the desorption of oxygen molecules from a silver surface was successfully visualized for the first time. The effects account for the shortcomings of conventional models of desorption. In heterogeneous catalytic reactions, which take place at the boundary layer between a solid and the gas phase, the products finally have to desorb from the surfac ... more |  |
 UK dominates Europe large scale PV activity in 2014 Englewood CO (SPX) May 29, 2014 - "After 7th July 2014, we will know the outcome of the consultation process to revise the support for large-scale PV plants in the UK that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) opened in May. If the result of the process is a sharp end to the ROC scheme for large-scale solar projects on 1 April 2015, we expect a huge rush to beat the deadline and a surge in ground-mount PV installati ... more |  |
Sight for sore eyes: Augmented reality without the discomfort Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2014 - Augmented reality is increasingly becoming...well...a reality. Smartphone apps can point out restaurants as you scan the street with your phone camera or even identify constellations when you point your phone at the night sky. And goggle-like devices-akin to Google Glass-that you wear on your head can superimpose computer-generated images onto your direct view of the physical world. But on ... more |  |
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 Exxon, BP Defy White House; Extend Partnership with Russia Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2014 - Several of the largest oil companies in the world are doubling down in Russia despite moves by the West to isolate Russia and its economy. ExxonMobil and BP separately signed agreements with Rosneft - Russia's state-owned oil company - to extend and deepen their relationships for energy exploration. The U.S. slapped sanctions on Rosneft's CEO Igor Sechin in late April, freezing his assets and pr ... more |  |
The California Shale Bubble Just Burst Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2014 - The great hype surrounding the advent of a shale gas bonanza in California may turn out to be just that: hype. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) - the statistical arm of the Department of Energy - has downgraded its estimate of the total amount of recoverable oil in the Monterey Shale by a whopping 96 percent. Its previous estimate pegged the recoverable resource in Californ ... more |  |
 DNA nanotechnology places enzyme catalysis within an arm's length Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2014 - Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan, have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics an important biochemical pathway that could prove important for future biomedical and energy applications. The findings were published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Led ... more |  |
Mexican oil exports to U.S. market at lowest levels since 1993 Washington (UPI) May 28, 2013 - Though it's still the third-largest source of foreign crude, imports from Mexico are at their lowest levels in a decade, the U.S. Energy Department said. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, said the United States imported 850,000 barrels of oil per day from Mexico last year, the lowest level since 1993. The trend has developed ... more |  |
 New York coast could be site of new wind farms, U.S. government says Washington (UPI) May 28, 2013 - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it was calling on companies to submit their interests for wind energy leases off the coast of New York. BOEM said it was moving forward with plans to lease wind energy areas in a region about 11 nautical miles south off Long Beach, N.Y. Walter Cruickshank, acting BOEM director, said in a statement the agency would decide whether or not t ... more |  |
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EU lays out energy plan, to reduce Russia dependence Brussels (AFP) May 28, 2014 - The European Commission laid out plans Wednesday to cut the EU's costly reliance on energy imports, especially from Russia which has threatened to halt gas supplies to Ukraine, a key transit point for Europe. A report prepared for European Union leaders recommended a broad series of measures to promote indigenous sources, including renewables and nuclear energy, and to make progress on a sin ... more |  |
 Smartphone market still growing as prices fall: study Washington (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Global smartphone sales will jump 23 percent this year to more than 1.2 billion units, fueled by growth of low-cost handsets in emerging markets, a research firm said Wednesday. An IDC survey said smartphone sales will maintain an annual growth rate of 12.3 percent through 2018. Much of the growth is coming from low-cost devices using the Android operating system, with Apple's market sha ... more |  |
Microsoft claims breakthrough in real-time translation Washington (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Microsoft has announced what it called a breakthrough in real-time voice translation and said it would offer a test version through its Skype messaging unit before the end of 2014. The US tech giant demonstrated the new Skype Translator at the Code Conference, saying it fulfills a vision of the "universal translator" in the Star Trek science fiction series. "The Star Trek vision for a Un ... more |  |
 Japan to replace anti-nuclear voices on industry watchdog Tokyo (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Japan's pro-nuclear government is to change some top officials at its nuclear regulator, officials said Wednesday, in what critics charge is an attempt to remove opponents to the restarting of the country's reactors. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration has told lawmakers it wants to switch two out of five commissioners at the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) when their term in offic ... more |  |
Amazon.com 'not optimistic' about Hachette book deal San Francisco (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Online commerce titan Amazon.com on Tuesday said it doubted that it would soon bury the hatchet with book publisher Hachette. Negotiations between Hachette and the biggest book seller in the United States over pricing, discounting and other terms for selling works have been unsuccessful. "The two companies have so far failed to find a solution," Amazon said in a post at an online Kindle ... more |  |
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State Department spokeswoman says China largely to blame for rig tensions Washington (UPI) May 28, 2013 - China is to blame for most of the tensions surrounding the deployment of an oil rig in the South China Sea, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said. A Vietnamese fishing boat capsized this week after it struck a Chinese vessel near a Chinese oil rig deployed in disputed waters. Reacting to reports the Chinese intentionally rammed the Vietnamese boat, State Department spo ... more |  |
Libya chaos deepens with Benghazi air strike on jihadists Tripoli (AFP) May 28, 2014 - A rogue Libyan ex-general resumed air strikes on jihadists in the city of Benghazi Wednesday, while gunmen attacked an interior ministry team in Tripoli tasked with protecting the outgoing government. Amid the ever-worsening insecurity in the North African country, Washington urged US citizens there to leave "immediately" and was even readying a possible evacuation of its embassy. And ou ... more |  |
 Google revs up driverless car, axes steering wheel Los Angeles (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Google unveiled plans to build its own self-driving car - minus the steering wheel - that it hopes to begin testing in the coming months. "They won't have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal... because they don't need them. Our software and sensors do all the work," Google's Chris Urmson said in a blog post late Tuesday. Urmson, who directs the self-driving car project, ... more |  |
Apple buys music star Beats for $3 bn New York (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Apple announced plans Wednesday to buy Beats Music and Beats Electronics in a deal worth $3 billion that gives the US tech giant more clout in the hotly contested music sector. The move is expected to help Apple, which was a pioneer in online music, ramp up its efforts to counter the successful models of streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and others. Apple's largest acquisition eve ... more |  |
Scotland could realize vast oil and gas wealth through independence Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) May 28, 2013 - Oil and natural gas wealth in the North Sea is expected to become major financial asset for Scotland on independence, the finance secretary said Wednesday. "North Sea oil and gas is a fantastic natural asset which has a great future for many decades to come," Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said in a statement. Scotland holds a referendum for independence from the United ... more |  |
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