Image: Red Sea gateway from orbit
The city of Jeddah's seaport on Saudi Arabia's western coast is pictured in this image from the Kompsat-2 satellite.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2014
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Researchers develop industrial gasket with excellent sealing properties and electrical insulation
Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed an industrial-use sheet gasket by alternately laminating composite films of clay and polyimide and expanded graphite ...
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2013
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Norway abandons carbon capture and storage plan
Norway said Friday it was abandoning its much-touted plans to capture carbon dioxide and store it underground to prevent emissions from escaping into the atmosphere.
Environment
Sep 20, 2013
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Using heat to beat toxins
Researchers have developed a promising way to cleanse the environment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) – some of the most insidious toxins known to humans.
Environment
Sep 17, 2013
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China oil majors barred from expanding refineries
Environmental regulators have taken the unusual step of blocking China's two biggest oil producers from expanding their refining capacity after they failed to meet targets for reducing pollution.
Environment
Aug 30, 2013
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Finnish researchers develop quick test kit for detecting phenolic compounds in drinking water
Clean drinking water is a diminishing natural resource in developing nations and in many industrialised countries. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a simple and inexpensive test kit that detects phenolic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 22, 2013
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French firm agrees to a deal for Invensys
France's Schneider Electric is to buy industrial software firm Invensys for a 3.4 billion pound ($5.2 billion).
Business
Aug 1, 2013
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Aussie algae fuel green oil hope
Newly trialled native algae species provide real hope for the development of commercially viable fuels from algae, a University of Queensland scientist has found.
Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2013
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Starfish threatens famed Philippine coral reefs
A coral-killing starfish has begun infesting a channel of water in the Philippines famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world, the government said Friday.
Environment
May 31, 2013
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US House sends message on Keystone pipeline
US lawmakers agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama's approval for the $5 billion project.
Environment
May 23, 2013
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