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  Mumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017 India's Adani Enterprises says work on a giant coal mine near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will begin in August despite mounting opposition to the long-delayed project, local media reported Sunday. The controversial $16 billion Carmichael mine - destined to be one of the world's biggest - has encountered numerous regulatory and legal hurdles, leading to over six years of delays. Company chairman Gautam Adani said his board was expecting final approvals from the Australian federal government ... read more |
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Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From IndiaBengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017 Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on Wednesday. "Teams Callisto, Ears a ... more  
India test fires BrahMos Extended Range missileWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Indian defense researchers completed a test launch with the BrahMos Extended Range Missile in a move industry partners praised as a milestone for the program. ... more  
Nuera Solar Announces Partnership with The Solar Village ProjectBarrington RI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Nuera Solar has announced a partnership with the Solar Village Project, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that delivers light and power to communities in Africa, India, and Polynesia. The p ... more  
Nepal police demolish camp for earthquake displacedKathmandu (AFP) March 14, 2017 Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless. ... more |
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Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighborTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Unlocking humanity's future as an interplanetary species is no simple feat. But students at Arizona State University and the Central University of Tamil Nadu in India are up for the challenge. The i ... more 
BrahMos Aerospace to Be Indian DRDO's Commercial Wing AbroadNew Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 India's Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) has decided to use BrahMos Aerospace as its commercial wing to advertise products for sale worldwide. BrahMos Aerospace will soon submit a pa ... more 
NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbitersWashington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. ... more  
ISRO Makes More Space for Private Sector Participation in Satellite MakingNew Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is thinking of ways to enhance involvement of the private sector in its future satellite launches and include local firms in making integrated systems a ... more 
Chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panelsBloomington IN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved a new milestone in the quest to recycle carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere into carbon-neutral fuels ... more  
Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launchEglin AFB FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 The 20th Space Control Squadron's Charlie Crew successfully tracked India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Feb. 15. Loaded with 104 satellites, the Indian PSLV set the record for the most spacecraft ... more |
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115 migrants rescued, 25 missing: Libya navyTripoli (AFP) March 3, 2017 The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the coast near Tripoli, and that another 25 people were missing. ... more 
India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more  
India has capability to develop space station, says top officialNew Delhi (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 India has the capability to develop a space station, a top official of the state-owned space agency has said. "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes ... more  
India stages successful test of missile interceptorBalasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 India has successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defense interceptor against a ballistic missile traveling at low altitude. ... more |
  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017  Lockheed Martin has received a $40 million contract modification to sustain the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fleet.
Under the agreement, the company will strip and recoat F-22 coatings reverting earlier than initially expected.
Work on the contract will be performed at various locations in California, Georgia, Utah and Texas. The U.S. Department of Defense expects the work to be ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Boeing gets $3.2B for Apache sales to Saudi Arabia  Stockholm (AFP) March 15, 2017Sweden wants new tax on airline tickets  Hong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2017Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific sees first loss in 8 years |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry - not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them.
Monday's deal, the largest ever in Israel's tech sector, could help boost trade despite the fact no commercial cars are assembled in the country.
The self-styled "startup nation" has no real tradition of au ... more Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Renault chiefs implicated in decades-long emissions fraud: probe  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily  Washington (AFP) March 15, 2017US launches probe after hoverboard fire kills two-year-old |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017 
Through the use of more natural gas and renewables, the United States and China, the lead world economies, helped keep global emissions flat, the IEA said.
The International Energy Agency reported Friday that global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, were flat in 2016 for the third year in a row, even as the global economy grew.
"These three year ... more Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies  Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017CO2 stable for 3rd year despite global growth: IEA  Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain |
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 Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
It has been known in biology for a long time that the excited oxygen molecule singlet oxygen is the main cause of ageing in cells. To counter this, nature uses an enzyme called superoxide dismutase to eliminate superoxide as a free radical.
Superoxide also occurs in cell respiration for energy production and is the preliminary stage and thus source of singlet oxygen. TU Graz's Stefan Freun ... more Sydney (AFP) March 15, 2017Headphone batteries explode on flight to Australia  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasma Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Exhaust fumes as a resource |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit.
The Tokyo-listed stock dropped as much as 13.62 percent at one point, with concerns that the embattled company's shares could be delisted from the bourse.
Toshiba ended the day at 189.5 yen ($1.65), down 12.22 p ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste |
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 East Lansing, MI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Astronomers have found evidence for a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. This may be the tightest orbital dance ever witnessed for a black hole and a companion star. Michigan State University scientists were part of the team that made this discovery, which used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA's NuSTAR and the Australia Telescope Compact Array.
The clo ... more New York NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world's two largest economies could keep relations steady despite Trump-era frictions.
"We don't want to see any trade war breaking out between the two countries. That wouldn't make our trade fairer," Li told reporters at a press conference closing China's annual p ... more Berlin (AFP) March 15, 2017G20 finance ministers to meet under America First shadow  Newark DE (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Unforeseen impacts of the fair trade movement  Berlin (AFP) March 16, 2017Merkel, Xi defend free trade ahead of G20 meet |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2017 
The top US military commander for the Middle East warned Thursday that the United States would need more troops on the ground in Afghanistan to stave off a resurgent Taliban.
General Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command (Centcom), told the Senate Armed Forces Committee he was currently working on a new strategy to break the war out of a stalemate.
"I do believe it will involve addi ... more Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) March 3, 2017Iraqi Kurds, PKK fight proxy battle in north Iraq  Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017Bloody Islamic State video puts China in cross-hairs  Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) March 2, 2017US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Global warming is driven by the Earth's energy imbalance (EEI): our planet traps more and more heat due to continuous increasing greenhouse gases. From the energy perspective, the global warming is actually ocean warming, since ocean stores more than 90% of the trapped heat. Therefore, ocean heat content (OHC) change is a fundamental indicator of global warming, thus direct measurement of OHC wi ... more Durham NH (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Is spring getting longer  Baden-Baden, Germany (AFP) March 18, 2017US climate scepticism clouds G20 meet  Nairobi (AFP) March 15, 201713 killed in Kenya in drought-related violence |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2017  The US and China pledged on Saturday to work together in addressing the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear programme, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned regional tensions had reached a "dangerous level."
The language from Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart after talks in Beijing was notably conciliatory after a run-up in which US President Donald Trump accused China of doing ... more Seoul (AFP) March 21, 2017North Korea nuclear programme in 'new phase': IAEA  Jerusalem (AFP) March 20, 2017Israeli nuclear whistleblower says state hounding him  Fuling, China (AFP) March 17, 2017China re-brands Cold War nuclear bunker as tourist draw |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 17, 2017 
An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong will be auctioned in Hong Kong in a landmark sale that could fetch $15 million - but mainland buyers may be wary of putting in a bid.
The classic 1973 screen print by the legendary US pop artist will go under the hammer at Sotheby's next month with the highest estimate the auction house has ever seen for a painting in Asia.
It ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 17, 2017Hong Kong protesters jailed for 3 years for anti-China clashes  Hong Kong (AFP) March 18, 2017Fashion renaissance: from slick city to hip Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2017'Tell it like it is': China delegate rips meek Congress |
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 Bamako (AFP) March 19, 2017 
Anarchic architecture, unchecked pollution and high costs of living are the lot of African city dwellers, experts warn, as living standards fail to keep pace with rapid urban growth on the continent.
The Bamako Forum, a pan-African think tank, recently considered the phenomenon of African urbanisation against the backdrop of a city living the results of rural flight clashing with poor urban ... more Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre  Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017.africa joins the internet  Abuja (AFP) March 8, 2017Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
Orbital ATK is to supply its Bushmaster M44 Chain Gun to Lithuania to arm the Lithuanian Army's new Vilkas 8X8 infantry fighting vehicles.
The contract from the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense calls for 90 guns, which will be integrated with a Rafael's Samson MKII Remote Weapons Station on the vehicles, the company said.
Deliveries will begin this year but details of the ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017FNSS beings production for Turkish KORKUT armored vehicle  Ashburn VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Curtiss-Wright Expands Secure Manufacturing Capabilities for Sensitive U.S. DoD Aerospace and Defense Programs  Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2017BAE Systems enlists Czech firm for armored vehicle parts |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
Two decommissioned U.S. Navy frigates were reportedly signed over to Taiwan this month and will soon enter service with the Taiwanese navy.
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were handed over at a low-key ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, attended by Commander of the Taiwanese Navy, Adm. Huang Shu-kuang, Taiwan's Representative to the United States Stanley Kao, and unidentifie ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017BAE Systems to modernize U.S. Navy cruiser  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped for littoral combat ship gun support  Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) March 21, 2017Taiwan launches submarine project in face of China threat |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017 
The first Russian next-generation manned spacecraft called the Federation, which is 80 percent built of composite materials, will be manufactured by 2021, Russia's Energia space corporation said Friday.
"It will be 80 percent composite...the spacecraft will be made of composite materials while the reusable landing capsule will be built from traditional materials," Energia General Director ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Research  Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2017Two more spacewalks for Thomas Pesquet  Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science |
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