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| October 28, 2013 |
 Engineered nanostructures could offer way to control quantum effect Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - You might think that a pair of parallel plates hanging motionless in a vacuum just a fraction of a micrometer away from each other would be like strangers passing in the night-so close but destined never to meet. Thanks to quantum mechanics, you would be wrong. Scientists working to engineer nanoscale machines know this only too well as they have to grapple with quantum forces and all the ... more |  |
 Real wildcatters go to Ethiopia to hunt for oil Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Amid East Africa's oil and gas boom, the more adventurous oilmen are starting to gravitate toward the vast Ogaden desert region of Ethiopia, where drilling activity has been sparse since rebels attacked an exploration team in 2007, killing nine Chinese and 65 Ethiopians. Oilmen believe Ethiopia lies on the same oil-bearing strata as the massive discovery in Kenya by British-based Tullow ... more |  |
 Managing the Deluge of 'Big Data' From Space Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2013 - For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming back images and information to Earth. All those digital records need to be stored, indexed and processed so that spacecraft engineers, scientists and people across the globe can use the data to understand Earth and the universe beyond. ... more |  |
 Plant used as biodiesel source found to hide poisonous problem Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Danish scientists say a study of one biodiesel source plant - the castor bean - predicts problems if it's considered for large-scale use as a fuel source. While countries like Brazil and India grow large quantities of castor oil beans that can be refined into bio-diesel, the beans contain allergens and also the extremely potent poison ricin, meaning bean pulp left after extraction of ... more |  |
 Shifting winds in turbine arrays Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Researchers modeling how changes in air flow patterns affect wind turbines' output power have found that the wind can supply energy from an unexpected direction: below. According to the researchers, who report their results in the journal Physics of Fluids, many wind turbine array studies overlook the fact that important airflow changes occur inside the array. "We discovered that a t ... more |  |
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Cheap metals can be used to make products from petroleum Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - The ancient alchemists sought to transform base metals, like lead, into precious gold. Now a new process developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that base metals may be worth more than their weight in gold - as catalysts in the manufacture of countless products made from petroleum-based raw materials. The process is described online in the Journal of the American Chemi ... more |  |
Birthing a new breed of materials Long Beach, CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Where two different materials meet on the atomic level, a new material can be born that is neither one nor the other. The two parent materials do not mix - they remain distinct from one another - but their marriage begets a strange child with properties unlike those of either parent. These so-called interfacial materials are considered to be a breed of materials in their own right, and, th ... more |  |
Vacuums provide solid ground for new definition of kilogram Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Of all the standard units currently in use around the world, the kilogram - the official unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) - is the only one that still relies on a physical object for its definition. But revising this outdated definition will require precise vacuum-based measurements that researchers are not yet able to make, said Patrick Abbott of the National Institu ... more |  |
 Future of global economy in next 30 years Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 28, 2013 - The first Russian contest of technology projects called GenerationS was launched in August 2013, attracting Russian entrepreneurs, experienced investors and business strategists. Julie Meyer, a British entrepreneur and one of the most influential women in Europe, spoke to the Voice of Russia about the outlooks for the Russian ventures market, shared her take on the future of global economy in th ... more |  |
 JQI team 'gets the edge' on photon transport in silicon Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Scientists have a new way to edge around a difficult problem in quantum physics, now that a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have proved* their recent theory about how particles of light flow within a novel device they built. While the problem itself-how to find an easier way to study the ... more |  |
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Zoomable Holograms Pave the Way for Versatile, Portable Projectors Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Imagine giving a presentation to a roomful of important customers when suddenly the projector fails. You whip out your smartphone, beam your PowerPoint presentation onto the conference room screen, and are back in business within seconds. This career-saving application and others like it are the promise of a new generation of ultra-small projectors. Now researchers from Japan and Poland ha ... more |  |
Tiny Sensors Put the Squeeze on Light Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Microelectromechanical systems, known as MEMS, are ubiquitous in modern military systems such as gyroscopes for navigation, tiny microphones for lightweight radios, and medical biosensors for assessing the wounded. Such applications benefit from the portability, low power, and low cost of MEMS devices. Although the use of MEMS sensors is now commonplace, they still operate many orders of m ... more |  |
 UC Researcher Proposes Classification System for Green Roofs Cincinnati OH (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Green roofs (or living roofs) are becoming a growing trend in North America - and have been long established in Europe - for their value in conserving energy, improving air quality, managing storm water runoff, beautifying cities and even having a positive psychological impact on communities. A University of Cincinnati researcher and landscape architect is now proposing a better way of ide ... more |  |
 Apple gives away free software. Crazy like a fox? Washington DC (UPI) Oct 27, 2013 - Apple, a premium technology company whose products and services generally command a premium price, announced the latest upgrade of its flagship desktop/laptop operating system last week at a price that had the tech world scratching its head. OS X Mavericks would be free, Apple announced; free to download, free to install, free to use. Common wisdom had held, and consumers had com ... more |  |
 French energy giant signs uranium deal with Mongolia Ulan Bator (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - French nuclear energy giant Areva signed a deal with Mongolia's state-owned Mon-Atom on Saturday to develop two uranium mines in the Gobi desert, officials said. Areva said in a statement that the agreement would create a company that would be 66 percent owned by Areva and 34 owned by Mon-Atom, and that Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation would take an equity interest. Further details of the ... more |  |
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Technology to deliver 'virtual' computer keyboard floating in air Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - A Taiwanese research institute says it has developed technology to allow a user's hand to control a computer with a virtual computer screen floating in the air. The Industrial Technology Research Institute's i-Air Touch technology provides see-through display and air-touch input technologies for computers that allow a user's hand to be free of any physical device, the company said in a ... more |  |
Google presumed builder of floating data center: report San Francisco (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - An enormous floating barge has emerged in the San Francisco Bay, which tech-savvy sleuths suspect is a massive data center being constructed by Google, the CNET blog reported. The huge floating structure "stands about four stories high and was made with a series of modern cargo containers... Locals refer to it as the secret project," CNET wrote, adding that Google did not respond to requests ... more |  |
Thousands march in Romania against shale gas, gold mine Bucharest (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Thousands of Romanians rallied on Sunday against a controversial Canadian gold mine project and against shale gas exploration, in weekly demos that have turned into one of the country's longest-running protests in years. In Bucharest, some 2,500 people marched on the government's offices, chanting "Resign!, an AFP reporter saw. The protest marked the ninth consecutive Sunday that Romania ... more |  |
Iraq oil exports plunge to 19-month low: ministry Baghdad (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Iraq's oil exports hit a 19-month low in September, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Sunday, attributing the decline to maintenance and improvement projects at the country's ports. Iraq exported 62.1 million barrels of oil in September, or about 2.07 million barrels per day (bpd), Jihad said - the lowest daily average since February 2012. The country earned $6.511 from the exp ... more |  |
 Eight states to aim for 3.3 million zero-emission cars Sacramento (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Governors from eight states pledged to put 3.3 million zero-emission cars on the nation's roads by 2025. The eight states - California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont - represent nearly one quarter of the country's auto market. Under an agreement announced Thursday in Sacramento, initiatives to pursue the goal include installing ... more |  |
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