Weatherford: The worst is over for the oil sector
Houston (UPI) Jul 28, 2016 -
Mirroring sentiments expressed by its peers, oilfield services company Weatherford said the market, particularly in North America, has bottomed out.
Weatherford, based in Switzerland with offices in Houston, reported second quarter revenue of $1.4 billion, down by almost half from last year. In North America, the company said revenue was down 26 percent year-on-year, though that was bet ...
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UK nuclear project delay is 'bonkers': trade union
London (AFP) July 29, 2016 -
British trade unions criticised the government on Friday for delaying its final decision on the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, seen by British media as backtracking on the project.
"Theresa May's decision to review the go-ahead on HPC is bewildering and bonkers," said Justin Bowden, the GMB union's national secretary for energy, about Britain's new prime minister.
"After years of pro ...
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Chinese scientists develop new metal 3D printing technology
Wuhan (XNA) Jul 26, 2016 -
Researchers with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central China's Hubei Province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing technology, sources with the university announced on Friday.
The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai'ou, leader of the 3D printing technol ...
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Improving safety of neutron sources
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 29, 2016 -
There is a growing interest in the scientific community in a type of high-power neutron source that is created via a process referred to as spallation. This process involves accelerating high-energy protons towards a liquid metal target made of material with a heavy nucleus.
The issue here is that scientists do not always understand the mechanism of residue nuclei production, which can onl ...
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France's EDF backs nuclear plan but UK delays
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2016 -
French energy giant EDF on Thursday approved a contested plan to build Britain's first nuclear power station in decades but the British government said it would wait before taking a final decision.
Britain's Business and Energy Minister Greg Clark said the government would review the nuclear project, shortly after EDF's board backed a project which critics fear could bankrupt the French util ...
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New nanoscale technologies could revolutionize microscopes, study of disease
Columbia MO (SPX) Jul 26, 2016 -
Research completed through a collaboration with University of Missouri engineers, biologists, and chemists could transform how scientists study molecules and cells at sub-microscopic (nanoscale) levels.
Shubra Gangopadhyay, an electrical and computer engineer and her team at MU recently published studies outlining a new, relatively inexpensive imaging platform that enables single molecule ...
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The hot attraction of gold
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Jul 29, 2016 -
Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers at Tohoku University recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by applying heat.
They discovered that an electron spin - the origin of magnetism - plays an important role in a material's functionality at a non-constant temperature, where the magnetization and the heat flow interact. A subsequent experiment co ...
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