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  New Delhi (AFP) Dec 27, 2017 More than 660 fisherman remain missing one month after a deadly cyclone battered India's south coast and parts of neighbouring Sri Lanka, Indian authorities said Wednesday. Cyclone Ockhi has already left a confirmed death toll of more than 250 people from its rampage that started on November 29 in Sri Lanka, where 27 of the dead were reported. Winds of up to 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour uprooted trees and damaged electricity and telephone infrastructure as well as tens of thousands of hom ... read more |
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India, China to hold talks on disputed borders: officialNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 India announced Wednesday it would host China for another round of talks on long-running border disputes, the first since they defused one of their worst deadlocks in decades. ... more  
Nepal's last known dancing bears rescuedKathmandu (AFP) Dec 24, 2017 Nepali authorities have rescued the country's last known "dancing bears", officials said Sunday, ending the medieval tradition of abuse of the beasts for entertainment. ... more  
India developing small rocket to cash in on small-satellite boomNew Delhi (IANS) Dec 18, 2017 With the size of earth observation satellites reducing and the future trend moving towards a constellation of small satellites rather than a large one, India's space agency is developing a smaller r ... more  
Delhi tests 'anti-smog' mist cannon; Smog keeps schools closed in TehranNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 India on Wednesday unveiled a new weapon against air pollution - an "anti-smog gun" which authorities hope will clear the skies above New Delhi but which environmentalists say amounts to a band-aid solution. ... more |
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India faces painful move to cleaner energyUncha Amirpur, India (AFP) Dec 10, 2017 Subedar Singh bears the scars of India's painful reliance on dirty power and its struggle to pay for the costly transition to the brave new world of solar and renewable electricity. ... more  
In Kashmir, Pakistan and India race to tap the HimalayasMuzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent's diminishing freshwater supplies. ... more  
Adani drops contractor for contentious Australia mega mineSydney (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 Embattled Indian miner Adani plans to develop and run its contentious Carmichael mega coal project in Australia on its own after parting ways Monday with mining services giant Downer. ... more  
Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: expertsMiami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017 US President Donald Trump's decision this week to return Americans to the Moon makes sense as a way to develop technology to one day reach Mars, but only if Congress allocates the money, experts say. ... more  
Nuclear fusion project faces delay over US budget cuts: directorWashington (AFP) Dec 7, 2017 The head of the multinational nuclear fusion project known as ITER, in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump's administration, has warned US budget cuts could delay completion of the experimental reactor. ... more  
NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' PrototypesWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 NASA is taking the next step in the development of a space-based, on-demand fabrication capability by partnering with three U.S. companies, under NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more |
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Nepal's Communist parties poised for election landslideKathmandu (AFP) Dec 11, 2017 Nepal's Communist parties were headed Monday for a landslide win in elections seen as a turning point after two decades of conflict, political instability and disaster that have crippled the Himalayan country. ... more 
Five elephants killed by train in IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 11, 2017 A train has struck and killed five elephants as they crossed over tracks at a tea plantation in northeast India, an official said Monday. ... more  
China says Indian drone 'invaded' its airspace, crashedBeijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2017 China lodged an official protest with India on Thursday after charging that an Indian drone had "invaded" its airspace before crashing, months after the two sides ended a tense border standoff. ... more  
Native groups fight to save land, culture from rising tidesWashington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017 The land that the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians call home is sinking. Without help, the unique cultural traditions of the native people of Southern Louisiana could be washed away. ... more |
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  Harpenden UK (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 
Midges move with ferocious randomness, frequently subjecting themselves to accelerations of more than 10g, well beyond the limit of fighter pilots, as they duck and dive in swarms that still retain an almost paradoxical cohesiveness despite blustery wind or powerful updrafts.
Collectively, midges move very differently from flocks of birds, shoals of fish or animal herds; there is no order ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 02, 2018Bell-Boeing awarded dual contracts for V-22 support  Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Boeing receives $17.5M for engineering support for KC-135  Washington (UPI) Jan 02, 2018JPATS Logistics Services to support T-6 aircraft in new contract |
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 New York (AFP) Jan 3, 2018  Tesla Motors on Wednesday again pushed back the time-frame for ramping up production of the closely-watched Model 3 vehicle, its sedan aimed at the middle market.
The electric carmaker said it now expects to hit a Model 3 production level of 5,000 per week by the end of the second quarter instead of at the end of the first quarter.
The first-quarter target was itself a prolongation of a ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018New depth sensors could make self-driving cars practical  Oslo (AFP) Jan 3, 2018More than half of Norway's new cars electrified: data  Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018China's Didi buys Brazil's 99 in new Uber challenge; BlackBerry, Baidu in autonomous vehicle deal |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
The electrical grid in the contiguous United States is a behemoth of interconnected systems. If one section fails or is sabotaged, millions of citizens could be without power. Remote villages in Alaska provide an example of how safeguards could build resilience into a larger electrical grid. These communities rely on microgrids - small, local power stations that operate autonomously. Nine articl ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017How will customers benefit from tax overhaul, Michigan asks utilities  Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty  Paris, France (SPX) Dec 27, 2017As building floor space increases energy use rising fast |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
Thermoelectric (TE) materials could play a key role in future technologies. Although the applications of these remarkable compounds have long been explored, they are mostly limited to high-temperature devices.
Recently, researchers at Osaka University, in collaboration with Hitachi, Ltd., developed a new TE material with an improved power factor at room temperature. Their study, published ... more Oblast, Russian (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Modeling helped to improve the configuration of an autonomous heat supply unit  Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Exploring electrolysis for energy storage  Livermore CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Sandia researchers make solid ground toward better lithium-ion battery interfaces |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
Virginia-based Dominion Energy announced Wednesday a plan to merge with troubled SCANA Corp., absorbing costs of the halted South Carolina nuclear plants in a deal valued at $14.6 billion.
The merger deal would include a $1.7 billion write-off for the shuttered nuclear project, as well as $1.3 billion in payments to customers of SCANA's South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) - about ... more Krsko, Slovenia (SPX) Jan 02, 2018REVA NP installs I and C upgrade at Krsko nuclear power plant  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 02, 2018New model considers an extra factor to improve our prediction of nuclear fission  Moscow (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Russia to build nuclear power plant in Sudan |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 
For the first time, physicists have built a two-dimensional experimental system that allows them to study the physical properties of materials that were theorized to exist only in four-dimensional space. An international team of researchers from Penn State, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel have demonstrated that the behavior ... more Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Supermassive black holes control star formation in large galaxies  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Quantum noise reduction method for enhanced precision in atomic clocks  Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Dec 27, 2017GAMBIT narrows the hiding places for 'new physics' |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2017 
China has tightened rules on how much cash cardholders can withdraw overseas in a bid to clamp down on money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion, authorities said Saturday.
The annual limit will be set at 100,000 yuan ($15,355) per person from Monday - no matter how many cards a person has.
Currently, there is an annual ATM cap of 100,000 yuan for each separate card, but t ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2018China's Ant Financial drops MoneyGram deal as US approval fails  Islamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018China factory activity accelerated in December: Caixin |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Friday warned President Bashar al-Assad against launching an offensive against US-supported Syrian Kurds, after the Syrian leader recently slammed them as "traitors."
"That would be a mistake," Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon.
Assad and rebel Kurdish forces have recently exchanged angry words, stoking fears that fighting might break out between ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 2, 2018US military member killed in Afghanistan  Islamabad (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet  Washington (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over 'deceit' in terror fight |
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 (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 
New research suggests roughly a quarter of the globe could be left in permanent drought if efforts to curb global warming fail to meet the targets set by the Paris agreement.
Scientists compiled the predictions of 27 global climate models to determine which regions of planet Earth are most likely to experience significant aridification by the end of the century.
Their analysis -- ... more Knoxville TN (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Curbing climate change  New York NY (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Humidity may prove breaking point for some areas as temperatures rise, says study  Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Droughts and ecosystems are determined by the interaction of two climate phenomena |
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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the United States Monday he has a "nuclear button" on his table but offered an apparent olive branch to South Korea in a New Year message, saying he was prepared for talks and may send a team to the Winter Olympics there.
Kim struck a generally defiant note after a year of rising tensions marked by the North's multiple missile launches and its sixth and ... more Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2017US, NKorea closer to war than ever: former US military chief  Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2017China rejects Trump accusation on N. Korea sanction breaches  (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Lockheed to support Korea's Peace Krypton intelligence aircraft |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 
While their country's leader has encouraged citizens to work harder and dream big, some Chinese millennials are declaring their allegiance to the art of being average.
Nicknamed "Buddhist Youth", these young people have embraced a laissez-faire approach to life which has more to do with being chilled out than reading sutras.
"Life is quite tiring," said 23-year-old Guo Jia, who believes ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018French President Macron to visit China next week  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Tech icon ordered back to China sends wife instead |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
US forces in Somalia have conducted a strike against a bomb-laden vehicle that was going to be used against civilians in Mogadishu, the US military's Africa Command said Wednesday.
The strike against Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants occurred early January 2 about 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital.
It killed "two terrorists and (destroyed) one vehicle-borne improvised ... more Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Mali president names new govt after ex-PM's resignation  Conakry (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal  Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 28, 2017Soldier among seven killed in DRCongo clashes |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare popular in fireworks displays and among Soldiers who use them in training and battlefield operations as signaling devices.
The formula is a lithium-based red-light-emitting pyrotechnic compositi ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons  Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter Bombs  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017Oshkosh receives $40M for heavy tactical vehicles |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 
From the 1930s on, science fiction comics, books and movies had plenty of futuristic portrayals of "ray guns" shooting some kind of mysterious energy.
Decades later, Star Wars and Star Trek helped captivate millions more with the idea. But all along, the Office of Naval Research has been steadfastly developing the real thing. Starting in the 1950s, ONR sponsored research that ultimately le ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017USS John McCain crew rated it 'below average' before deadly collision  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon tapped to support Phalanx weapon system  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Navy taps BAE Systems for USS Anzio modernization |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2018 
For astronomers, astrophysicists, planetary scientists, space enthusiasts and others with an eye for the night sky, 2018 is expected to bring a variety of exciting developments.
With dozens of space missions and expeditions set to get under way in 2018, launch complexes around the globe will be busy. U.S. launch pads will be especially busy, as SpaceX looks to launch even more rockets t ... more San Francisco (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Race for 'smart' hits fever pitch at electronics show  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017JPL sketches out a trip to the Alpha Centauri system in 2069  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 29, 2017The Russian Progress MS-06 cargo freighter undocks and takes a final Pacific dive |
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