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January 26, 2018

Plague outbreak in Madagascar revived dread of a killer

Antananarivo (AFP) Jan 26, 2018
Most inhabitants of Madagascar thought the plague was a footnote of medical history until the disease dramatically returned last year, slaying more than 200 people. Fear and anxiety rippled across the Indian Ocean island nation. "People were afraid to come to hospital - they were afraid of catching the plague," recalled Professor Mamy Randria, head of the infectious diseases service at a hospital in the capital Antananarivo. Randria found himself on the front line of an urban war against t ... read more

Chinese officials staging 'takeover' of Tibetan Buddhist academy: HRW
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018
Chinese authorities are staging a "takeover" of the world's largest institution for Tibetan Buddhist learning, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, the latest move to bring religion under strict Communist control. ... more

Global models offer new insights into Great Lakes mercury pollution
Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018
Members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community living on Michigan's Upper Peninsula have a fairly simple question: when is it safe to eat the fish they catch? ... more

First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Published
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
ICEYE has published the first radar image obtained with the ICEYE-X1 SAR satellite. The image depicts Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, on Monday Jan. 15, at 21:47 UTC. ICEYE-X1 is the world's first ... more

World Bank signs $300m loan for Nepal quake reconstruction
Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 21, 2018
The World Bank on Sunday approved a $300 million loan for Nepal as the impoverished nation struggles to raise money to rebuild almost three years after an earthquake killed thousands and flattened homes. ... more

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New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 23, 2018
A new hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 using high-tech underwater drones has started, officials said Tuesday, in the latest bid to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. ... more

New Mumbai metro will beat traffic, but at what cost?
Mumbai (AFP) Jan 21, 2018
A new underground metro is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai's notoriously congested roads and railways, but not everybody in India's sprawling financial capital is happy about the multi-billion-dollar project. ... more

India to buy guns worth $553 mn for border troops
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 16, 2018
India will buy more than 160,000 guns worth $553 million for troops on its disputed, high-altitude borders, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more

Israel says India to restart talks on missile sales
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
India is to restart talks with Israel over a cancelled deal to buy anti-tank missiles, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. ... more

Bangladesh blacklists Chinese firm over alleged bribe
Dhaka (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
Bangladesh has blacklisted a top Chinese construction firm for allegedly trying to bribe a senior government official and stopped its work in the country. ... more

Renewables and cooling tech critical to water use in India's power sector
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
A new policy brief co-authored by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) finds that increasing the share of renewables, in particular solar photovo ... more

India likely to revive mega missile deal with Israel
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
The Indian army and the government are discussing ways to revive a $500 million order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel's state-owned defence contractor Rafael, military chief Bipin Rawat said Friday. ... more

India launches country's 100th satellite and 30 microsats

At least four dead in Indian chopper crash: navy
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 13, 2018
India's navy said four bodies had been recovered on Saturday after search teams located the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing earlier in the day. ... more

Champagne box-sized satellite launched to probe distant planet
Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
France launched a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday to study a mysterious, juvenile planet system in our Milky Way galaxy, mission controllers said. ... more

India vows to handle China's 'assertiveness'
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
India will handle China's growing assertiveness and has stepped up patrols on their disputed border to head off more standoffs, the country's top army officer declared Friday. ... more

India steps up China border patrols, vows to handle 'assertiveness'
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
India will handle China's growing assertiveness and has stepped up patrols on their disputed border to head off more standoffs, the country's top army officer declared Friday. ... more

Soil freeze-thaw stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from alpine meadows
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 10, 2018
The rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere lead to global warming, which is a major challenge for the sustainable development of human society. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau with ... more

India to launch 31 satellites on January 12
Bengaluru, India (IANS) Jan 09, 2018
India will launch 31 satellites, including earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on January 12 instead of its earlier tentative schedule on January 10, a space official said on Monday. "The r ... more

Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 11, 2018
TeamIndus - India's first private aerospace startup that is contending for the Google XPrize, has failed to garner adequate financing for its moon mission. Its inability to pay $35 million to Antrix ... more

Former Chinese military chief of staff under investigation
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018
A former chief of staff of China's military is under investigation on "suspicion of bribery", state media said Tuesday, as Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft crackdown claimed another top general. ... more

India to court ASEAN leaders as it seeks edge over China
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 10, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host 10 Southeast Asian leaders as guests of honour at India's Republic Day celebrations as New Delhi seeks to blunt China's influence in the region. ... more

Netanyahu set to lead trade task force to India
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 10, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take 130 businessmen with him to India next week for trade talks which will also cover defence sales, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday. ... more

China shuts Marriott website over Tibet mistake

Cyclone Berguitta threatens Mauritius, Reunion
Port Louis, Mauritius (AFP) Jan 16, 2018
A cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean was heading on Tuesday towards the holiday paradise of Mauritius and the French island of La Reunion, government officials and weather experts said. ... more

Alpine air at work? Delhi eyes novel ways to battle smog
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 9, 2018
Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's capital has led many like businessman Kamal Meattle to take matters into their own hands, with an office building he says pumps air as fresh as from the Swiss Alps. ... more

China puts Tibetan language advocate on trial for subversion
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust". ... more

U.S. Air Force taps general to investigate ongoing oxygen incidents
Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018

The U.S. Air Force has created a new team to record and research ongoing cases of oxygen deprivation and other physiological incidents, the service announced Monday. Brig. Gen. Bobbi Jo Doorenbos will lead the Unexplained Physiologic Events Integration Team, which will serve to identify solutions to prevent or minimize such issues. "As part of the integrated effort to address phy ... more

+ Harper awarded $127.9M for F-35 hangar in San Diego

+ Challenges and research for an evolving aviation system

+ NASA Tests New Alloy to Fold Wings in Flight

+ Norway aims for all short-haul flights 100% electric by 2040

+ New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way

+ Iran says Trump has thrown Airbus deals into doubt

+ A new family of aerodynamic configurations of hypersonic airplanes

Plug-in vehicles not yet straining U.S. grid
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018

Plug-in electric vehicles aren't yet putting a strain on the national grid, but may require upgrades to infrastructure as demand increases, a U.S. report found. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory looked at how plug-in electrical vehicles impact the grid, particular as more owners charge their vehicles at home. "Previous research into the amount o ... more

+ NREL research determines integration of plug-in electric vehicles

+ Peugeot plans electric versions of all cars by 2025

+ Tesla founder Musk will only be paid if firm meets goals

+ China considers tech center for alternative energy vehicles

+ Daimler struggling with European emissions standards

+ At Detroit auto show, future high tech is present

+ Beyond the car: how tech firms are exploring the future of transport

Magnetic liquids improve energy efficiency of buildings
Jena, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2018

Climate protection and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions have been on top of global development agendas. Accordingly, research and development projects have been conducted on national and international levels, which aim for the improvement of the CO2-footprint in diverse processes. Apart from particularly energy-intensive sectors of the industry, the building sector in particular i ... more

+ US energy watchdog rejects plan to subsidize coal, nuclear sectors

+ U.S. utility regulator ponders grid reliability

+ U.S. blizzard to test gas, electric markets

+ 'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty

+ Science for a resilient EU power grid

+ Alaskan microgrids offer energy resilience and independence

+ How will customers benefit from tax overhaul, Michigan asks utilities

A new approach to rechargeable batteries
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018

A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront of energy storage technologies, thanks to a new finding by researchers at MIT and other institutions. The battery, based on electrodes made of sodium and nickel chloride and using a new type of metal mesh membrane, could be used for grid-scale installations to make intermittent power sources such as wind and ... more

+ Using electricity to switch magnetism

+ Coupling experiments to theory to build a better battery

+ 20 percent more trees in megacities would mean cleaner air and water, lower carbon and energy use

+ Hazardous contamination found around lead battery recycling plants in 7 African countries

+ Making fuel cells for a fraction of the cost

+ Siberian chemists have improved hydrogen sensors

+ New, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality

USA: Framatome to acquire Instrumentation and Control nuclear business of Schneider Electric
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 19, 2018

Framatome has announced an agreement with Schneider Electric to acquire its nuclear automation business. The two companies recently signed an asset purchase agreement that outlines the terms of the sale, which is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2018. The acquisition expands Framatome's instrumentation and control (I and C) offerings. These systems are the central n ... more

+ Framatome nuclear fuel contract with CNNC

+ Framatome pursues the industrial and technological adventure of the nuclear energy business

+ Struggling Westinghouse Electric sold to Brookfield for $4.6 bn

+ Russia to build nuclear power plant in Sudan

+ Dominion Energy to buy troubled SCANA and shuttered nuclear projects

+ REVA NP installs I and C upgrade at Krsko nuclear power plant

+ New model considers an extra factor to improve our prediction of nuclear fission

Odd behavior of star reveals lonely black hole hiding in giant star cluster
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2018

Astronomers using ESO's MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201 that is behaving very strangely. It appears to be orbiting an invisible black hole with about four times the mass of the Sun - the first such inactive stellar-mass black hole found in a globular cluster and the first found by directly detecting its gravitational pull. This ... more

+ Black hole jets account for three highest-energy particles in the universe

+ First evidence of winds outside black holes throughout their mealtimes

+ DARPA Program Aims to Extend Lifetime of Quantum Systems

+ A new architecture for miniaturization of atomic clocks

+ Watchmakers hope to make Chinese market tick

+ A look into the fourth dimension

+ New record at ultracold neutron source in Mainz

Trump trade crackdown gathering steam, China a target
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018

President Donald Trump begins 2018 making good on his aggressive "America First" trade agenda, with China as a primary target. As he prepares to mingle this week with global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a traditional cheerleader of free trade, Trump has again ruffled feathers from Beijing to Berlin after imposing steep tariffs on imported washing machines and so ... more

+ US 'erred' in supporting WTO membership for China, Russia: USTR

+ Trump angers China, South Korea with new trade tariffs

+ China economy rebounds in 2017 with 6.9% growth

+ China economy beat expectations in 2017: AFP survey

+ Juncker says would like Britain to rejoin EU after Brexit

+ Bangladesh blacklists Chinese firm over alleged bribe

+ Trump tells Xi US trade deficit with China 'not sustainable': W.House

'Warthogs' to join air campaign in Afghanistan this month
Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018

A squadron of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" has joined the fight against the Taliban and Islamic State militants in Afghanistan for targeting of revenue sources and counter-terrorism operations, the Air Force announced on Tuesday. The U.S. Air Forces Central Command said the ground attack aircraft arrived in the region on Jan. 19 to provide additional options for gro ... more

+ Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq 'planning attack'

+ Afrin urges Syria to intervene to stop Turkish planes overhead

+ Erdogan vows no let-up in Syria campaign as US tensions rise

+ Haqqani militant killed by drone strike in Pakistan: officials

+ Report: Pentagon skirted U.S. law on human rights abuses in Afghanistan

+ Pentagon funded Afghan units accused of rights abuses: report

+ Terrified children, empty streets in Syria's Afrin as Turkey attacks

Dimming the Sun to cool Earth could ravage wildlife: study
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2018

Geoengineering schemes designed to deflect some of the Sun's planet-warming rays would backfire if suddenly discontinued, wiping out species and entire ecosystems, a study published Monday warns. "Rapid warming after stopping geoengineering would be a huge threat to the natural environment and biodiversity," said co-author Alan Robock, a professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Ha ... more

+ Temp targets will be missed within decades unless emissions reversed

+ Cape Town now faces dry taps by April 12

+ Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA

+ Future climate change revealed by current climate variations

+ Release of ancient methane due to changing climate kept in check by ocean waters

+ Pentagon strategy drops climate change as a security threat

+ Worst-case global warming scenarios not credible: study

CIA: North Korea intent on building reliable nuclear arsenal
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is intent on developing a reliable arsenal of nuclear weapons to threaten America, not just "a showpiece" to preserve Kim Jong-Un's regime. "Kim Jong-Un will not rest with a single successful test," Pompeo said in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute. "The logical next step would be to develop an arsenal of weapons that is n ... more

+ US will 'never allow' Iran to have a nuclear weapon: Pence

+ Defector soldier 'committed murder in North': report

+ US hopes for progress with Europeans on Iran: Tillerson

+ UN Security Council to inspect 'Iranian-made' missile debris

+ New tactical nukes in US arsenal raise risks, experts warn

+ China's doorway to N. Korea feels sanctions pinch

+ Nuclear N.Korea 'immediate challenge' of our time: Kissinger

Chinese officials staging 'takeover' of Tibetan Buddhist academy: HRW
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018

Chinese authorities are staging a "takeover" of the world's largest institution for Tibetan Buddhist learning, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, the latest move to bring religion under strict Communist control. The monastic encampment of Larung Gar was once home to more than 10,000 devotees, their self-built red wooden homes sprawled across a valley in a remote corner of the southwest ... more

+ Anger over second 'snatching' of bookseller in China

+ Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong released on bail

+ China to enshrine Xi's name in state constitution

+ China sees births fall despite push for second child

+ Chinese human rights lawyer's detention 'absurd': attorney

+ Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed over protest

Two customs officers killed in Mali 'jihadist' attack
Bamako (AFP) Jan 24, 2018

Two Malian customs officers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack at a market in the small village of Toubakoro, security sources told AFP on Wednesday. "Two customs officers were killed, a terrorist too," according to one source. The attackers arrived in Toubakoro, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital Bamako, on motorcycles and were armed, said another source, ... more

+ Somali forces kill boys in anti-Shabaab operation: US

+ US calls for South Sudan arms embargo after failed truce

+ S.Africa in 'new era', likely next president tells Davos

+ Seven Niger troops killed in Boko Haram attack

+ Search on for kidnapped Americans and Canadians in Nigeria

+ Sahel defence ministers in Paris in push for 'G5' force

+ Former DR Congo army chief accused of coup bid held in Gabon

New BAE bridging system tested with weight of Main Battle Tank
Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018

BAE Systems on Tuesday said they have successfully demonstrated 22,000 crossings of the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank on their new Modular Bridging System. The milestone is a major achievement for the company and supports their bid to provide a new bridge system for the British Army and other export customers, the company said in a press release. BAE says the Modular Bridging Sys ... more

+ NIOA awarded $100M for 155mm Howitzer ammo for Australian army

+ Army researchers make explosive discovery

+ Navy contracts with BAE Systems for four more Mk 45 guns

+ Parachute training suspended after Marine killed in Arizona accident

+ Dyncorp to provide aviation field services to U.S. Army in Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan

+ India to buy guns worth $553 mn for border troops

+ France, Italy, Britain renew arms contract with Eurosam

Navy's newest Littoral Combat Ship stuck in Canada
Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018

The $440-million-dollar USS Little Rock, the Navy's newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, has been iced-in since Christmas Eve on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada - and is not expected to get moving until spring. The USS Little Rock was commissioned in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 16., with plans to travel to its home port at Mayport Naval Station in Florida the next day. The departu ... more

+ Leonardo delivers upgraded ship to Royal Bahrain Navy

+ Navy cruiser USS Cape St. George to get $35M in upgrades

+ UNIST provides new insights into underwater adhesives

+ General Dynamics awarded $33M contract for USS Nimitz upgrade

+ British submarine HMS Audacious completes first dive

+ US Navy commanders face negligent homicide charges over collisions

+ Duterte denies aide intervened in Philippines warship deal

Two US spacewalkers replace latching end of robotic arm
Miami (AFP) Jan 23, 2018

Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for a seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's aging robotic arm, NASA said. During what NASA commentator Rob Navias described as a "textbook" spacewalk, NASA flight engineers Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle replaced a faulty latching end on the 57-foot (17-meter) Canadian-made robotic arm, c ... more

+ Space, the final frontier -- for nightclubs

+ Orion Spacecraft Recovery Rehearsal Underway

+ Italy's First Female Astronaut: 'No Room for Conflicts in Space'

+ Looking up a century ago, a vision of the future of space exploration

+ Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science

+ S. Korea's Chinese tourist slump endures despite pledges

+ Europe brings on charm and blue skies to lure Chinese tourists

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