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July 28, 2017
ENERGY NEWS
India must rethink infrastructure needs for 100 new 'smart' cities to be sustainable



Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study. Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a detailed analysis of the environmental implications of the planned developments, which would see medium-rise ... read more

SHAKE AND BLOW
25 found dead as toll from Indian floods nears 120: officials
Ahmedabad, India (AFP) July 26, 2017
The bodies of 25 people, including 17 members of a single family, were pulled from the mud Wednesday as the death toll from major flooding in India climbed towards 120, an official said. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
China warns Botswana over Dalai Lama visit
Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2017
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African nation to respect China's "core interests". ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Eight more dead in India's worsening monsoon floods
Ahmedabad, India (AFP) July 25, 2017
Worsening floods killed another eight people in 24 hours in India's Gujarat state as rescue teams raced Tuesday to reach hundreds of people marooned in stricken towns and villages. ... more
TECTONICS
Strength of tectonic plates may explain shape of the Tibetan Plateau
Champaign IL (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
Geoscientists have long puzzled over the mechanism that created the Tibetan Plateau, but a new study finds that the landform's history may be controlled primarily by the strength of the tectonic pla ... more


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SINO DAILY
Botswana confirms Dalai Lama visit despite China anger
Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) July 25, 2017
Botswana on Tuesday confirmed it will allow the Dalai Lama to visit next month as "a foreign dignitary" in the face of China's fierce opposition to the Tibetan spiritual leader. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
A bar magnet creates chaos in plasma
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Placing a magnet on your refrigerator might hold up your calendar, but researchers from India's Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics found that placing one outside a plasma chamber causes a localized, ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Study shows India can integrate 175 GW of renewable energy into its electricity grid
Golden CO (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed the technical and economic viability of integrating 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy into India's grid ... more
INTERNET SPACE
India's top court considers whether privacy is a right
New Delhi (AFP) July 19, 2017
India's Supreme Court began hearing submissions Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to privacy in a challenge to the government's massive biometric database, which critics argue violates that right. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
India's ageing trains get green makeover with solar panels
New Delhi (AFP) July 19, 2017
India has added solar panels to the roof of a train in a national first as it tries to reduce its massive carbon footprint and modernise its vast colonial-era rail network. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati
Pune, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2017
A team of astronomers from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), both in Pune, India, and members of two ... more


ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches

WATER WORLD
A 50-year Indian dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
An MIT study published in Nature Climate Change finds that the Indian summer monsoons, which bring rainfall to the country each year between June and September, have strengthened in the last 15 year ... more
SINO DAILY
Tibetan student dies after setting himself alight in India
New Delhi (AFP) July 23, 2017
A Tibetan student who self-immolated in an act of protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region has died in an Indian hospital, a doctor said Sunday. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Sucking up spilt oil
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017
Spilt crude oil has repeatedly polluted and even destroyed marine ecosystems. An effective measure would be to remove spilt oil slicks by absorption into a separable solid phase. As Indian scientist ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Cheap 3D printed prosthetics could be game changer for Nepal
Kathmandu (AFP) July 21, 2017
Ram's new hand was manufactured on a 3D printer in Nepal's capital for just $30, an innovation that could be a game changer for many in the impoverished Himalayan country. ... more





IAI, PGZ announce cooperative aviation marketing agreement
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017
Israel Aerospace Industries and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A., or PGZ, are teaming to market aviation products and platforms, the companies announced last week. The teaming, another step towards establishing a business partnership between PGZ, IAI Ltd. and IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems Ltd., comes under a recent Memorandum of Understanding. "The Memorandum of Understanding which we ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2017
Airbus orders L3 Technologies MX-15 optics for Caracal helicopters
Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017
Bell, PGZ to cooperate on military helicopters for Poland
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2017
CAE wins new military contracts with Lockheed Martin, L3 and Airbus
Cartel probe looms over German car industry
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 24, 2017
German carmakers faced a brewing scandal Monday as suspicions grew they colluded illegally for decades, further damaging the industry's image and exposing it to massive financial risks. News weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday that German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler secretly worked together from the 1990s on car development, construction and logistics - including how ... more
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 21, 2017
Audi voluntarily recalls up to 850,000 diesel vehicles
London (AFP) July 26, 2017
World gears up for electric cars despite bumps in road
London (AFP) July 26, 2017
UK to ban sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040


India must rethink infrastructure needs for 100 new 'smart' cities to be sustainable
Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study. Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a ... more
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017
Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017
Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit
Natural molecule to boost the performance of electrodes for rechargeable batteries
Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Chlorophyll, blood, and vitamin B12 are all based on the porphyrin molecule. But porphyrin can also be used as an electrode material where it speeds up the charging process of rechargeable batteries. In the "Angewandte Chemie International Edition" journal, researchers from KIT now present the new material system that could mark the beginning of an era of high-performance energy storage and supe ... more
Kobe, Japan (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
New chromium-based superconductor has an unusual electronic state
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Molecular microscopy illuminates molecular motor motion
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
High-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon
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Underwater robot probes inside Fukushima reactor
Tokyo (AFP) July 21, 2017
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it is using an underwater robot in a renewed attempt to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown. A massive undersea earthquake on March 11, 2011 sent a huge wave barrelling into Japan's northeast coast, killing more than 18,500 people, and sending three reactors into meltdown at the plant in the worst such acc ... more
Helsinki (AFP) July 20, 2017
Finland's TVO claims partial win in Areva nuclear dispute
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017
Laser-Armed Nuclear Icebreakers: What Russia Has in Store for Arctic
Brussels (AFP) July 12, 2017
Britain must leave EU nuclear body: Verhofstadt
New evidence for the Majorana fermion, a particle that's its own antiparticle
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017
In 1928, physicist Paul Dirac made the stunning prediction that every fundamental particle in the universe has an antiparticle - its identical twin but with opposite charge. When particle and antiparticle met they would be annihilated, releasing a poof of energy. Sure enough, a few years later the first antimatter particle - the electron's opposite, the positron - was discovered, and antimatter ... more
Trieste, Italy (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
The role of the entropy in a quantum system
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2017
Evidence of the Higgs particle's decay in quarks
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
When shallow defects align, diamonds shine for unprecedented quantum sensitivity


China's Xi calls for more imports and more 'open economy'
Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an increase in imports and fewer restrictions for foreign investors as Beijing comes under pressure from the US and Europe to provide a more level playing field for companies in the country. Donald Trump has railed against China's massive trade surplus while the European Union and US companies have complained about a lack of access to the huge mark ... more
Seoul (AFP) July 27, 2017
S. Korea's growth slows in Q2 amid falling exports
Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2017
China to change state-owned firms into corporations
Beijing (AFP) July 23, 2017
China cashing out as mobile payment soars
26 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Kandahar basel
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) July 26, 2017
At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Kandahar province, the defence ministry said Wednesday, the latest blow to the country's struggling security forces. The Afghan air force said it carried out strikes backing up soldiers on the ground during the hours-long attack on the base, which began late Tuesday and ended in the early hours of ... more
Washington (AFP) July 24, 2017
Mattis blasts Pentagon over pricey Afghan uniforms
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) July 22, 2017
16 Afghan policemen killed in US strike
Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) July 19, 2017
China gives Tajikistan $230 million for new parliament
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Could spraying particles into marine clouds help cool the planet
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 26, 2017
The idea of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, is very controversial. But as greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in our atmosphere, scientists are beginning to look at possible emergency measures. A new University of Washington study looks at the idea of marine cloud brightening, which a UW group is investigating as a promising strategy to offset global warming. The str ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017
New carbon-capturing membranes may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Rome (AFP) July 25, 2017
Vatican switches off fountains as Italy battles drought
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
Could a geoengineering cocktail control the climate


Tears in rain: North Korea marks 'Victory Day'
Pyongyang (AFP) July 27, 2017
In heavy rain, North Koreans put down their umbrellas to bow before the mausoleum of founder Kim Il Sung and his son on Thursday as the country marked the end of the Korean War, which it calls Victory Day. There had been widespread speculation in US and South Korean intelligence circles that the North might choose to mark the anniversary with a fresh missile launch, following its first succe ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Minuteman III ICBM support contract awarded to BAE
Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2017
China defends repatriation of North Koreans
Washington (AFP) July 25, 2017
US detects signs of new NKorea missile test
Botswana confirms Dalai Lama visit despite China anger
Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) July 25, 2017
Botswana on Tuesday confirmed it will allow the Dalai Lama to visit next month as "a foreign dignitary" in the face of China's fierce opposition to the Tibetan spiritual leader. Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist campaigning for Tibetan independence and consistently condemns foreign governments who welcome him. Botswana Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi told law ... more
Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2017
China anti-graft watchdog probes Politburo member
Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2017
Chinese police detain suspected pyramid scheme protesters
Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Two German UN peacekeepers killed in Mali helicopter crash
Bamako (AFP) July 26, 2017
Two German UN peacekeepers were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed as they were monitoring clashes in northern Mali, German and UN officials said. UN diplomats confirmed that the attack helicopter and the crew had been supplied by Germany to MINUSMA, the UN mission in Mali. "Sadly we now know that two Bundeswehr (German army) soldiers have given their lives for our country," ... more
Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2017
China warns Botswana over Dalai Lama visit
Toubacouta, Senegal (AFP) July 20, 2017
Peace deal eludes Senegal's Casamance, 35 years on
Nairobi (AFP) July 13, 2017
Rwandan forces killing suspects without trial: HRW
BAE, Gorizioni Group partner on BvS10 all-terrain vehicle
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017
BAE Systems and the Gorizioni Group SpA have entered an agreement for the joint support of the BvS10 armored all-terrain vehicle. The agreement would increase cooperation on marketing and sales of the BvS10 along with engineering and maintenance support. The companies have already collaborated on the older BV206 ATV. "Our new, extended agreement with Goriziane Group further demon ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017
Raytheon receives $75 million Small Diameter Bomb II contract
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017
BAE testing new monitoring system for military bridges
Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017
China military setting up technology research agency


Lockheed awarded contract for submarine periscope sensors
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $116.7 million modification to an existing contract for engineering and support of the Integrated Submarine Imaging Systems, or ISIS, program. Contract services include design, development, testing, technology integration and field engineering work for the ISIS program, the Department of Defense announced on Monday . T ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
Ensuing the US Navy prevails in a contest for maritime supremacy
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017
USS Harry Truman starts sea trials after maintenance, upgrade work
Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2017
BAE starts construction of first Type 26 frigate
Soyuz rocket rolled out, ready to launch
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft has been rolled out and erected on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket and spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Friday at 11:41 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft will carry cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, who will serve as commander of the Expedition 52, as well as flight engineers Randy Bresnik from NASA and Paolo Nespoli from ... more
Star City, Russia (AFP) July 27, 2017
Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training
Washington (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2017
Russian sanctions won't affect cooperation in space
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 28, 2017
Three-man crew reaches International Space Station


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