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  Kathmandu (AFP) March 24, 2017 Caretaker Deepak Shrestha padlocked shut the quake-ravaged remains of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to keep out the contractors who are meant to be rebuilding it. The 17th century monument's three-tiered pagoda completely collapsed in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation in April 2015, leaving the main statue standing exposed on a high plinth. Shrestha, whose family has looked after the Hindu temple for generations, is now on a mission to pro ... read more |
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Study of non-rainfall water in Namib Desert reveals unexpected originsIndianapolis IN (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 In a study conducted in one of the world's oldest and most biologically diverse deserts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis scientists explore the origins of water other than rainfall ... more 
India grants sacred rivers status of 'legal persons'Dehradun, India (AFP) March 21, 2017 Two of India's holiest but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a "legal person" in a landmark court ruling that could see the sacred waterways restored to health. ... more  
Pulverizing electronic waste is green, clean - and coldHouston TX (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust. Specifically, they want to make the particles so small ... more  
Adani to begin work on Australia mine by August: reportMumbai (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. ... more |
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Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One DayPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics - Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is closest to the sun. Mars is red, but it's possible that one ... more  
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 
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 |
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 BrahMos Aerospace to Be Indian DRDO's Commercial Wing Abroad 
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 |
  Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017  The U.S. Air Force issued an invitation this week to industry to participate in a capability assessment of light attack aircraft.
The live-fly experiment, part a broader Air Force effort to explore cost-effective attack platform options, will be held this summer at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
The off-the-shelf aircraft from industry participants will be flown by service ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017Thales delivers flight simulator to Malaysian air force  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017U.S. Air Force orders KC-10 engine overhauls  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017U.S. Air Force delivers refurbished F-16s to Indonesia |
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 London (AFP) March 22, 2017  Chinese carmaker Geely, owner of the London Taxi Company, opened Wednesday a 300-million pound UK factory making only electrical versions of the iconic London black cab for use worldwide.
The site in Coventry, central England, "has the capacity to build more than 20,000 vehicles per year... the best ultra-low emission commercial vehicles in the world", LTC said in a statement.
Geely bought LT ... more Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Germany pushing e-mobility options  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily |
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 Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector held stable for the third straight year in 2016 despite the global economy continuing to expand, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
By far the main culprit in global warming, carbon dioxide emissions stood at 32.1 billion tonnes last year, the IEA estimated.
This was the same level as the same as the previous two years, des ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Emissions flat for three years in a row, IEA says  Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies  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 New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Non-toxic material that generates electricity through hot and cold  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasma |
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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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State-of-the-art sensors, such as MRIs and atomic clocks, are capable of making measurements with exquisite precision. MRI is used to image tissues deep within the human body and tells us whether we might suffer from an illness, while atomic clocks are extremely precise timekeepers used for GPS, internet synchronization, and long baseline interferometry in radio-astronomy. One might think these ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Futuristic clock prepared for space  Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Giant magnetic fields in the universe  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA's swift mission maps a star's 'death spiral' into a Black Hole |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 21, 2017  China on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization to create an expert panel to examine the so-called "surrogate country" approach used by the European Union to calculate anti-dumping measures applied to Chinese exports.
When China joined the WTO in 2001, it was written into the terms of the deal that member states could treat it as a non-market economy for 15 years.
The deadline passe ... more Tangiers, Morocco (AFP) March 20, 2017Morocco's Tangiers to host Chinese industrial city  Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2017China inks $4.6 billion deal for Australia mine project  Newark DE (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Unforeseen impacts of the fair trade movement |
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 Wellington (AFP) March 24, 2017 
Pressure mounted on the New Zealand government Friday to call an inquiry into a botched special forces raid in Afghanistan that reportedly left six civilians dead, including a three-year-old child.
A book published this week alleges the SAS staged the 2010 raid as a "revenge attack" after a New Zealand soldier was killed, but faulty intelligence meant they targeted villagers rather than insu ... more Washington (AFP) March 23, 2017Russia may be supplying the Taliban  Washington (AFP) March 22, 2017US senator warns of 'tough decisions' with Syrian Kurds  Washington (AFP) March 9, 2017More US troops needed in Afghanistan: US general |
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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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 Baidoa, Somalia (AFP) March 20, 2017  Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia.
They loaded their combined belongings - blankets, cooking pots, sleeping mats, jerry cans, clothes - onto a hired donkey cart and walked beside it for 20 kilometres (12 miles) to Baidoa, the closest city.
"There is nobody left now," said the 28-year-old.
Sh ... more New York (AFP) March 23, 2017Tillerson alias emails from his ExxonMobil era prove elusive  New York NY (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Under the dead sea, warnings of dire drought  Geneva (AFP) March 21, 20172017 already marked by climate extremes: UN |
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 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2017 
Chinese telecom giant ZTE has pleaded guilty in a US court to violating US export controls by selling goods to Iran and North Korea over several years.
The move is the final step in the case's resolution which the US government announced March 7 in which it slapped $1.2 billion in fines on the company, the largest criminal penalty in US history in an export control case, although there have ... more Washington (AFP) March 23, 2017US sees 'activity' at N. Korea nuke sites: US official  Stockholm (AFP) March 21, 2017Swedish parliament holds first war game in 20 years  Seoul (AFP) March 22, 2017North Korea fails in new missile test: Seoul |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2017 
Huang Xiaoshuai and his wife last year splashed out $70,000 for a large painting of fish by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody - part of a growing clique of young, affluent Chinese art enthusiasts building their own high-end collections.
The picture now hangs in their Shanghai home and the couple, along with other mainland collectors, have flown in to attend VIP events at this week's Art Bas ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 21, 2017Distraught Hong Kong villagers battle to save their homes  Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2017China watches Hong Kong vote as protests threatened  Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2017Hong Kong leader must cooperate with China: Li Ka-shing |
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 Abuja (AFP) March 21, 2017  A Nigerian rights group on Tuesday called for an investigation into "attacks" on the Amnesty International office in Abuja following heavy criticism by the country's military.
Protesters had surrounded the Amnesty office in the Nigerian capital on Monday and Tuesday, demanding that the London-based rights group leave the country immediately.
The demonstration comes less than a month af ... more Bamako (AFP) March 19, 2017Rags, not riches, defining Africa's urban explosion  Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017.africa joins the internet |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017 
The U.S. Army is seeking lighter armored vehicle concepts to better prepare for fighting in future battlefields, the service announced.
Lighter combat vehicles, Army officials say, support the branch's strategy for placing a heavier emphasis on armored mobility. Army leaders discussed future designs and procurement concepts ahead of releasing a new maneuver force modernization strategy. ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017ST Engineering to produce next-gen AFV for Singapore  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Ukroboronprom test fires Shkval, Stilet weapons  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Lithuania orders Bushmaster guns from Orbital ATK |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017  Austal USA received a $36.6 million contract modification to provide core class services and studies for the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ships.
The company's services will include engineering assessment, production tasks, and conducting special studies to evaluate the costs of how the vessels are utilized. Austal will also test new technologies associated with the littoral combat ship p ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Lockheed Martin gets $98M for SEWIP production  Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) March 21, 2017Taiwan launches submarine project in face of China threat  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Report: Taiwan gains decommissioned frigates |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
A hybrid computing system developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the enabling technology behind an ambitious experiment testing a relative navigation and autonomous docking capability known as Raven.
Developed by the Satellite Servicing Projects Division, or SSPD, the carry-on luggage-sized module was launched February 19 aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraf ... more Washington (AFP) March 21, 2017Trump, NASA and a rare consensus: mission to Mars  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2017COBALT Flight Demonstrations Fuse Technologies to Gain Precision Landing Results  Miami (AFP) March 24, 2017Spacewalking French, US astronauts to upgrade orbiting lab |
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