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Lowest bidders threaten Nepal's quake-hit heritage![]() 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 |
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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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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Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017
Lockheed Martin's production in Texas of F-16 Fighting Falcons is to be moved to a facility in South Carolina beginning at the end of the year, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
"As part of our effort to make room for the F-35 production here in Fort Worth, the F-16 production line must be relocated," Ken Ross, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, told the For ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Raytheon tapped for Super Hornet, Growler radar upgrades Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017French government approves Rafale F4 upgrades Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017RAF getting new G-force centrifuge facility |
Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017
German energy company E.ON said Monday it was working within a government program to advance charging points for electric-powered mobility options.
The company's subsidiaries submitted grant applications for more than 700 charging stations on behalf of the municipalities in which they operate.
"Using various models, E.ON's regional companies are offering charging solutions for al ... more London (AFP) March 22, 2017China's Geely opens UK plant for electric London taxis Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017
Metrics measuring consumer demand for fuels and related products in the United States were indicative of an improving economy, a trade group said.
The American Petroleum Institute reported total petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, gained 0.1 percent to 19.7 million barrels per day, its highest level since 2008. Total motor gasoline deliveries, a measure of consumer demand, was up ... more New York (AFP) March 26, 2017New York skyscrapers adapt to climate change Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Emissions flat for three years in a row, IEA says Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017CO2 stable for 3rd year despite global growth: IEA |
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017
Thanks to the discovery of a new material by University of Utah engineers, jewelry such as a ring and your body heat could generate enough electricity to power a body sensor, or a cooking pan could charge a cellphone in just a few hours.
The team, led by University of Utah materials science and engineering professor Ashutosh Tiwari, has found that a combination of the chemical elements cal ... more Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 21, 2017TU Graz researchers show that enzyme function inhibits battery ageing New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries 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 |
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 23, 2017
Astronomers from Bonn and Tautenburg in Thuringia (Germany) used the 100-m radio telescope at Effelsberg to observe several galaxy clusters. At the edges of these large accumulations of dark matter, stellar systems (galaxies), hot gas, and charged particles, they found magnetic fields that are exceptionally ordered over distances of many million light-years. This makes them the most extended mag ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Finding the 'ghost particles' might be more challenging than what we thought Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA's swift mission maps a star's 'death spiral' into a Black Hole Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit |
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Newark DE (SPX) Mar 21, 2017
Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of marketing that merges first world affluence with third world resource. For the average consumer, it implies fairness in labor and wealth, the idea that small producers profit directly from the products and goods they produce.
The reality is far more complex, says Lindsay Naylor, assistant ... more Geneva (AFP) March 21, 2017China asks WTO to weigh in on EU anti-dumping measures 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 |
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2017
A senior Al-Qaeda commander linked to major attacks in Pakistan including the bombing of a luxury hotel and an assault on a cricket team has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, Washington said Saturday.
Qari Yasin, a member of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group (Pakistani Taliban), was killed on March 19 in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, the Pentagon said.
"The death ... more Moscow (AFP) March 24, 2017Russia denies supplying Taliban after NATO claim Camp Arena, Afghanistan (AFP) March 26, 2017NATO troops race winter to give Afghan forces a morale boost Wellington (AFP) March 24, 2017Deadly New Zealand SAS raid in Afghanistan under scrutiny |
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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 ... more Miami (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 |
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 |
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 26, 2017Beijing favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2017China watches Hong Kong vote as protests threatened |
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Washington (AFP) March 24, 2017
The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader Joseph Kony is still at large, a top US general said Friday.
"This thing is coming to an end," said General Thomas Waldhauser, head of the US military's Africa Command.
A self-styled mystic and prophet, Kony launched a bloody rebellion three decades ago seeking to impose ... more Abuja (AFP) March 21, 2017Nigerian rights group denounces 'attacks' on Amnesty office Bamako (AFP) March 19, 2017Rags, not riches, defining Africa's urban explosion Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre |
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 24, 2017German companies partner for German army contracts Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Ukroboronprom test fires Shkval, Stilet weapons |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017
Turkey's FNSS reports it is to produce armored amphibious assault vehicles for the Turkish Naval Forces Command under a new government contract.
A total of 27 vehicles - 23 personnel carriers, two command-and-control vehicles and two recovery vehicles – will be produced and will be based on an indigenous development model, FNSS said.
The vehicles are to carry troops from a lan ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017New French corvette passes first sea trials Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Lockheed Martin gets $98M for SEWIP production Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017USS Detroit completes combat qualification tests |
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 begin upgrade to orbiting lab |
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