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  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017 The fumes emitted by the engines of large cargo ships and tankers are encouraging bigger, more intense oceanic thunder storms. When researchers mapped and analyzed global storm patterns, they found the largest storms tended to form above two the busiest shipping channels. Further analysis showed lightening strikes are twice as likely to occur above shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea than above nearby ocean water with similar climates. The results of the analysi ... read more |
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Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train projectAhmedabad, India (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will break ground on India's first bullet train project on Thursday in western Gujarat state, as the country seeks faster travel for millions. ... more  
Vast new super cluster of galaxies named SaraswatiPune, 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 LaunchesNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully designed and developed a ship-borne transportable antenna terminal to fulfill the telemetry tracking and command requirements for all s ... more  
India's army chief says China 'testing limits' after stand-offNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 India's army chief has said his country must be prepared for war and accused China of "testing our limits", days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended one of their worst border stand-offs in decades. ... more |
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With no government help, Mumbai flood victims are on their ownMumbai (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 When Surekha Chiplunkar's home started to flood during recent heavy rains in Mumbai she knew exactly what to do - she had to; catastrophe comes every year and no one else was going to help. ... more 
China's Xi urges 'healthy' India ties after border spat: XinhuaXiamen, China (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping sought Tuesday to move past a tense border dispute with India, telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the two nuclear-armed neighbours should pursue "healthy, stable" relations, according to China's state media. ... more 
ISRO suspects pyro elements failed to separate rocket's heat shieldChennai (IANS) Sep 07, 2017 The Indian space agency is strongly suspecting the failure of pyro elements for the non-separation of the heat shield of its rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle's (PSLV) XL variant on Aug 31, said ... more  
Mexico, Russia eye energy trade relationsWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 Structural reforms in the energy sector could lead to greater bilateral trade between Mexico and Russia, Mexico's president said from a regional summit. ... more  
Sri Lanka bans plastic after garbage crisisColombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 Sri Lanka banned plastic bags and other disposable products on Friday after the collapse of the island's biggest dump led to a rubbish disposal crisis. ... more  
Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma treatment for leather productsSharjah UAE (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 India is a second largest producer of leather, and being so, leather production and dyeing significantly contribute to pollution of water resources in India. Consistent dyeing of leather is difficul ... more |
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 Air pollution throws shade on India's solar success  
Sri Lanka's ex-army chief ready to testify against successorColombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 Sri Lanka's former army chief on Friday accused his successor of committing crimes against suspects during the island's civil war and said he was ready to testify against the ex-military commander. ... more  
Common ground in short supply as China hosts BRICSXiamen, China (AFP) Sept 3, 2017 The five BRICS nations hold their annual summit in China on Monday under the shadow of a Sino-Indian border spat and growing questions about the grouping's relevance. ... more  
India produces first locally made Israeli missileWashington (UPI) Aug 31, 2017 The first Indian produced Long Range Surface to Air missile by Israel Aerospace Industries has been given to the Indian Navy. ... more 
Rare-metals in the Himalayas: The potential world-class treasureBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 Two sub-parallel belts, Cenozoic aged Himalayan leucogranite on the Tibetan Plateau, extend east to west over more than 1000 km, regarded as the largest granitic belts in the world. The diverse rare ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017  MD Helicopters has received $1.39 billion contract for the procurement of an estimated 150 MD 530F light utility helicopters for the government of Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday.
The contract will include maintenance, support services and pilot training. Production sites and funding under the foreign military sales program will be determined by each order as ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Bahrain seeks new F-16Vs, upgrade of existing fighters  Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017DynCorp receives $103.2 million contract for training aircraft maintenance  Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017Harris Corp. developing F-35 missile release system |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
Volkswagen will recall almost five million vehicles in China over airbag concerns, Chinese authorities said Thursday, dealing a new blow to the German automaker in the world's largest car market.
VW and its joint ventures with Chinese partners FAW and SAIC will start withdrawing 4.86 million vehicles fitted with potentially faulty airbags made by Japan's bankrupt airbag giant Takata from Mar ... more San Francisco (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Waymo suit against Uber on road to trial  Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Tesla sets semi-truck debut for October 26  Philadelphia PA (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Wax on, melt off: Roads that deice themselves during winter storms |
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 Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
The power it takes to bring a Boeing 747 from a resting state on the airport tarmac to speeding across the sky is enormous. The jet can continue in its active state for as long as its fuel lasts. A Frisbee, in contrast, takes far less energy to go airborne, but with no energy supply, it falls almost immediately.
The same principle can be extended to the traditional power system and decentr ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia  Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader  Miami (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Power demand to peak in Europe summers, not winters: study |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers, without the fire and explosive risks associated with some commercially available non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries.
... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Researchers devise a new way of producing hydrogen fuel  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Firebricks offer low-cost storage for carbon-free energy  Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Why US battery startups fail and how to fix it |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 
Finnish utility TVO said Wednesday it would appeal the EU's approval of a bailout of Areva, saying it did not provide adequate guarantees the French nuclear giant would be able to complete construction of a reactor in Finland.
Areva, together with German engineering group Siemens, has been building in Finland since 2005 what was meant to be a showcase of next-generation nuclear power, but wh ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017EU parliament opposes bid to reduce testing of Fukushima food imports  Islamabad (AFP) Sept 8, 2017PM opens country's fifth nuclear power plant  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Jacobs JV wins support contract for nuclear research center |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Researchers from Vienna University, together with colleagues from Greece and the USA, have now developed a new idea for a cloaking technology. A completely opaque material is irradiated from above with a specific wave pattern - with the effect that light waves from the left can now pass through the material without any obstruction.
This surprising result opens up completely new possibiliti ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry  Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 07, 2017First neutron beam produced: A great milestone for CSNS  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017UCLA physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker declared in a flagship speech Wednesday that "wind is back in Europe's sails" after last year's shock Brexit vote, an act he warned Britain would regret.
In his annual State of the Union address, Juncker urged the bloc to seize a "window of opportunity" and use the momentum from its recent economic recovery to become more deeply integrated th ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Top Chinese bitcoin exchange shuts down  Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017China export growth slows in August but imports pick up  Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Juncker says 'wind back in Europe's sails' |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Iraq and Turkey on Thursday stepped up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum, as the governor of oil-rich Kirkuk province that decided to take part in the vote was sacked.
Parliament, at Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's request, fired the governor of the northern province, Najm Eddine Karim, in a unanimous vote by 173 MPs present in the house.
With tens ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum  Camp Shorab, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Trump wins support for Afghan strategy in volatile Helmand |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Many tropical or subtropical regions could see sharp increases in natural temperature variability as Earth's climate warms over coming decades, a new Duke University-led study suggests.
These local changes could occur even though Earth's global mean surface air temperature (GMST) is likely to become less variable, the study shows.
"This new finding runs counter to the popular notion ... more (UPI) Sep 13, 2017EU pledges to 'make our planet great again'  Montreal (AFP) Sept 15, 2017Canada, China, EU and partners push forward on Paris climate accord Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Series of potent hurricanes stokes scientific debate |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 12, 2017  The European Union will enforce new UN sanctions over North Korea's nuclear programme while pressing ahead with work on fresh measures of its own, the bloc's diplomatic chief said Tuesday.
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously backed new sanctions against Kim Jong-Un's regime, including restrictions on shipments of oil products, drawing an angry response from Pyongyang.
The move ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 12, 2017North Korea says will make US suffer over 'vicious' UN sanctions  Seoul (AFP) Sept 15, 2017North Korea fires missile over Japan; With 'Guam in mind'  Seoul (AFP) Sept 15, 2017S.Korea's Lotte to sell China shops in face of boycott |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017 
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were buried at sea on Saturday, depriving his supporters of a place to pay tribute to the pro-democracy dissident.
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two days after the democracy advocate died of liver cancer aged 61 while i ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Student backlash in Hong Kong independence row  Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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 Warri, Nigeria (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 
Pro-Biafra supporters clashed with troops in southeast Nigeria on Sunday, with claims that five people were killed, although the army quickly denied any loss of life.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement claimed in a statement that five of its members were killed when soldiers and police tried to kill its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at his home in Umuahia.
The IPOB is demanding a sep ... more Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 29, 2017DRCongo troops chasing reporter 'force entry' at UN base  Luanda (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Angolans vote as Dos Santos ends 38-year rule  Freetown (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Death toll in SLeone flood disaster reaches 441 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017  LOC Performance has received a $49.1 million modification to an existing contract for Bradley Fighting Vehicle modification kits and installation.
The modification, announced by the Department of Defense on Friday, is for the acquisition and modification work of 276 Bradley Engineering Change Proposal 1 kits and two sets of spare parts. This will be used to upgrade Bradley Fighting Vehi ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Army ordering new shoulder-fired recoilless rifles  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Australia developing wearable 'Fight Recorder' for soldiers  Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Marines use freeze-dried plasma to save foreign ally |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
Recently, a novel coating developed by researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for the exterior topsides of Navy surface ships went beyond small area testing to covering the entire freeboard of an amphibious assault ship. Until April of 2017, NRL's single-component (1K) polysiloxane coating had only been tested on 400-800 sq.ft. areas of ships due to limited production quantities ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Britain plans a new class of Navy frigate  Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Navy leaders testify before Congress on McCain, Fitzgerald collisions  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Navy to issue order for heavy lift of the USS John S. McCain |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 15, 2017 
Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app to track everything you eat. The trend has arrived in space: European astronauts are now logging their meals on a tablet to make sure they are getting the right amount of nutrients.
An optimal diet, paired with constant exercise, is essential to counte ... more Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Crewed Missions Beyond LEO  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington |
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