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Germany's biggest solar park inaugurated
Germany's largest solar park, and the world's second biggest, was inaugurated on Thursday on the site of a former Soviet military training ground in the east of the country.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Germany wants a million electric cars by 2020
The German government unveiled plans Wednesday to get one million electric cars zipping around the country by 2020, offering sweeteners to jump-start national giants like BMW and Volkswagen into action.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Asian competitors shadow German solar industry
Germany's solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts say, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Smoke-spewing Trabant poised for rebirth as electric car
Once the much-mocked symbol of drab communist East Germany, Trabant cars are revving up for a dramatic rebirth as electric cars -- 20 years after they drove through the fallen Berlin Wall to freedom.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Glaxo starts testing its swine flu vaccine
(AP) -- Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Germany shoots for the moon by 2015: official
An unmanned German mission to the moon is plausible by the middle of the next decade, the official in charge of space flight said on Wednesday, despite the financial crisis battering the country.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Europe's fastest supercomputer unveiled in Germany
A new supercomputer with the power of 50,000 home PCs -- the fastest in Europe and the third worldwide -- was unveiled on Tuesday in Germany.
May 26, 2009 |
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German 'science train': next stop Shanghai 2010?
How will we feed nine billion people in the future? Can we ever have a disease-free world? Can robots play football?
May 21, 2009 |
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Germany to Google: Erase raw street-level images
(AP) -- A data protection official for Germany said Wednesday that Google had yet to meet a key request that photos gathered for its panoramic mapping service be erased after they are sent to the United States ...
May 20, 2009 |
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German regulators fine Microsoft for price-fixing
(AP) -- Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Deadly bird flu virus found in wild goose in Germany
German authorities have discovered the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus this year, the European Commission announced Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Achtung, bunny's back in town
Hares, foxes and wild boar are increasingly migrating into Germany's cities, causing havoc and even sometimes endangering humans, a major wildlife organisation said on Monday.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Schwarzenegger, 'green' gadgets at giant high-tech fair
The world's biggest high-tech fair kicks off Tuesday hosting guest-of-honour Arnold Schwarzenegger and offering cutting-edge solutions promising to beat the economic crisis as well as climate change.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 01, 2009 |
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