Poroshenko Ends Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Plant Construction
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2015 -
Kiev decided to scrap the agreement with Russia on the construction of two units of a nuclear power plant in Western Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a set of laws to terminate cooperation with Russia on the construction of two units at the Khmelnitskiy nuclear power plant, a statement on the presidential website said on Saturday.
In 2010, Russia and Ukraine s ...
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Greenpeace mulls bid for Swedish lignite group
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 6, 2015 -
An unexpected bidder emerged Tuesday for the German lignite mining operations of Swedish utility Vattenfall: Greenpeace.
State-owned Vattenfall has been pondering strategies for its lignite operations in eastern Germany, whose sustainability was questioned in a German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) study last year.
In a statement, Greenpeace said it had put in the bid to try to p ...
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Toyota unveils self-driving car
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2015 -
Toyota Tuesday unveiled a car that can drive itself along a highway, the latest foray by a major manufacturer into the world of automated vehicles.
The car, a modified Lexus GS, uses sophisticated sensors to navigate roads, merge lanes and overtake other vehicles.
The company hopes to make other cars with similar features available within five years, in time for Tokyo's hosting of the Ol ...
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Flipping molecular attachments amps up activity of CO2 catalyst
Upton NY (SPX) Oct 06, 2015 -
New research by chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators offers clues that could help scientists design more effective catalysts for transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) to useful products. The study, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, reveals how a simple rearrangement of molecular attachments on an iridium hydride cataly ...
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Fusion reactors 'economically viable' say experts
Durham NY (SPX) Oct 07, 2015 -
Fusion reactors could become an economically viable means of generating electricity within a few decades, and policy makers should start planning to build them as a replacement for conventional nuclear power stations, according to new research.
Researchers at Durham University and Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, have re-examined the economics of fusion, taking account of re ...
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Study sheds light on powerful process that turns food into energy
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2015 -
The way in which our cells convert food into fuel is shared by almost all living things - now scientists have discovered a likely reason why this is so widespread.
Researchers examined how cells make energy from food, by digesting simple sugars such as glucose in a series of chemical reactions. This process is almost the same for every kind of cell, including animals, plants, and bacteria. ...
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A micro-supercapacitor with unmatched energy storage performance
Varennes, Canada (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
A micro-supercapacitor made using a new electrode reached an energy density 1,000 times greater than existing electrochemical capacitors. With such a performance, comparable to current Li-ion micro-batteries, this energy storage device is a legitimate option for a range of applications from mobile electronics to wireless autonomous sensor networks.
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