Venezuela sanctions don't extend to oil
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2015 -
While an official in Caracas said sanctions are an act of war, a top U.S official said the measures will have no direct impact on oil revenue for Venezuela.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday that sanctions seven Venezuelan officials for human rights offenses. A White House spokesman said the Obama administration is "deeply concerned" by the culture of political int ...
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Mid-IR frequency combs enable high resolution spectroscopy
Ghent, Belgium (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
A frequency comb source is a light source with a spectrum containing thousands of laser lines. The development of these sources has been revolutionary for fundamental science. It has allowed the construction of a link between the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum and the radio frequency part. As such, it has allowed researchers to determine optical frequencies with an unprecedented pr ...
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Four years on, Japan's tsunami victims frozen in their tragedy
Minamisoma, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2015 -
In cold drizzle Takayuki Ueno combs a desolate winter beach for the bones of his three-year-old son, unable to move on in his grief until he finds the remains of a boy killed by Japan's monstrous tsunami four years ago.
Only the ageing of his daughter, born six months after disaster struck, marks the passage of time for a man who can find no closure until he finds the bodies of the dead - o ...
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Researchers snap-shot fastest observations of superconductivity yet
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
An international team of researchers has used infinitely short light pulses to observe ultrafast changes in the electron-level properties of superconductors, setting a new standard for temporal resolution in the field.
The scientists - from the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and other institutions - liken the new technique to the development ...
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AVX releases new guide for medium and high power film capacitors
Greenville SC (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
AVX Corporation has released a new interactive product selector guide for its medium and high power film capacitors, which are well-known for their self-healing technology and safe, reliable, long lifetime performance.
Organized by function and featuring interactive links to product catalogs, datasheets, technical papers, application notes, and other resources, the new product selector gui ...
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High performance, lightweight supercapacitor electrodes of the future
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
As a novel energy storage device, supercapacitors have attracted substantial attention in recent years due to their ultra-high charge and discharge rate, excellent stability, long cycle life and very high power density. Imagine charging your cell phone in just a few seconds or fueling up an electric car in but a few minutes, which are both part of the promising future that supercapacitors could ...
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Toward Methuselah - long-living lighting devices
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Valencia have reported important advances in the development of next generation lighting technologies in the journal "Chemical Science".
Lighting technology is in a state of change. The old-fashioned light-bulb, which was more efficient at converting electricity into heat than light, is currently being replaced by fluorescent devices and it is e ...
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