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August 20, 2012
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Researchers Find Material for Cleaner-Running Diesel Vehicles
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Engineers at a company co-founded by a University of Texas at Dallas professor have identified a material that can reduce the pollution produced by vehicles that run on diesel fuel. The material, from a family of minerals called oxides, could replace platinum, a rare and expensive metal that is currently used in diesel engines to try to control the amount of pollution released into the air. In a study published in the August 17 issue of Science, researchers found that when a manmade version ... read more

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Future increases in US natural gas exports and domestic prices may not be as large as thought
Amid policy debate over potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States, a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy predicts the long-term volume of ex ... more
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Nigeria to expand natural gas production
The Nigerian government said it will greatly expand the country's natural gas production. ... more
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'Endless' pipe seen for oil, gas industry
Aerospace materials and a process to make endless pipelines for the oil and gas industry could transform pipeline construction, a U.S. researcher says. ... more
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SOCAR talks energy with Kyrgyz leaders
Azerbaijan state energy company SOCAR revealed this week it recently hosted top-level energy discussions with Kyrgyzstan officials on economic development. ... more
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Xiamen Airlines in talks to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAXs
Xiamen Airlines is in talks with US planemaker Boeing to purchase 30 737 MAXs, a company official said on Friday - an order worth up to $3.2 billion at list prices. ... more
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Japan should fortify islets defence: senior politician
Japan should strengthen its coast guard to defend disputed islands, the ruling party policy chief said Saturday, a day after Tokyo deported pro-Beijing activists who had sailed there. ... more
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UC Discoveries Could Help Quiet The World's Cities
They're sleek. They're fast. They're powerful. And, they are deafening. Furthermore, those Top Gun military jets need to be up in the air in the wee hours - over land - to simulate their landings on ... more
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Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill
Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area. ... more
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Hong Kong Airlines considering cancelling A380 order
Hong Kong Airlines said Thursday it was considering cancelling a $3.8 billion order for 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos, which would deal a blow to the under-pressure European airplane maker. ... more
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Japan to deport pro-China island activists: reports
Japan was readying to deport 14 people it arrested after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island, reports said Thursday, in what was being seen as an attempt to defuse a growing row. ... more
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UC Research Promises Quiet Cars - Even When Hitting Unexpected Bumps in the Road
All noise is not necessarily equal - especially when it comes to sound minimization in automobiles. For instance, automakers have long used sound-absorbing materials (passive control) in the design ... more
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Asbestos found in Chinese-made cars in Australia
Some 23,000 cheap Chinese-made cars were Wednesday recalled in Australia after asbestos was found in their engines, with unions demanding to know how they came to be in the country. ... more
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Kenya searches for Uganda chopper crash victims
Kenyan emergency teams searched for a third day Wednesday for four personnel still unaccounted for after three Ugandan military helicopters crashed at the weekend, officials said. ... more
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New process doubles production of alternative fuel while slashing costs
A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. University of Illinois scientist Hao Feng has found a way around the bottleneck that has frustrated ... more
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Japan arrests 14 pro-China activists over island landing
Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed Wednesday on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to further destabilise fractious ties. ... more
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Nextant debuts business jet in Brazil
U.S. manufacturer Nextant Aerospace is taking its innovative 400XT remanufactured business jet to the home turf of Brazilian rival Embraer, this week's Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Sao Paulo. ... more
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Major advance made in generating electricity from wastewater
Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which ... more
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Ban calls for South China Sea dialogue
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on South Korea and Japan to begin constructive talks to resolve their competing claims to the Dokdo Islands. ... more
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Venezuelan petrol to China up 60% since February: officials
Venezuelan oil sales to China have jumped by 60 percent since the start of the year, the country's oil minister said in an interview published Wednesday. ... more
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Bahrain's Gulf Air to resume flights to Iraq, Iran
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom's official BNA news agency said on Wednesday. ... more
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Japan arrests five men on disputed island: police
Japanese police on Wednesday arrested five men, a spokesman said, after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island in the East China Sea. ... more
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Oman Takes Flight
A new C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman conducts a test flight at the Lockheed Martin facility here. This is the first of three C-130Js on order for Oman and is scheduled for del ... more
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US warns against 'divide and conquer' in China sea
The United States on Tuesday warned against any attempt to "divide and conquer" in the tense South China Sea, and voiced hope that Beijing and Southeast Asian nations would reach an accord this year. ... more
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Japan's Isuzu plans China, India truck plants: report
Japan's Isuzu Motors will spend 30 billion yen ($382 million) to build new factories in China and India to tap rising demand for pickup trucks in the fast-growing markets, a report said Tuesday. ... more
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Penn team and colleagues create a cheaper and cleaner catalyst for burning methane
As the world's accessible oil reserves dwindle, natural gas has become an increasing important energy source. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which has the advantage of releasing le ... more
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Taiwan to seek fewer new US fighter jets: reports
Taiwan plans to slash the number of advanced fighter jets it has been seeking from the United States from 66 to 24, apparently due to budget constraints, reports said Monday. ... more
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Malaysia urges ASEAN to unite over South China Sea
Malaysia's foreign minister urged Southeast Asian countries on Sunday to settle their overlapping claims in the South China Sea before bringing them up with Beijing. ... more
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Ukraine eyeing Chinese gasification tech
Ukraine indicated this week it will seek access to Chinese coal gasification technologies as a way to wean its power plants from Russian natural gas. ... more
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Iraq gives Total ultimatum over Kurdish oil deal
Iraq on Sunday gave French energy giant Total an ultimatum to either end its dealings with the autonomous Kurdistan region in the north or to sell its stake in a giant southern oilfield. ... more
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Environmentalists oppose Shell drilling
Environmental organizations urged the Obama administration not to allow oil giant Shell to begin planned exploratory drilling in arctic seas off Alaska this summer. ... more
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Iraq oil and gas law is UN 'priority': special envoy
Passing a much-delayed oil and gas law in the Iraqi parliament is a top priority, and the UN has put together an internal taskforce to tackle the issue, special envoy Martin Kobler told AFP on Monday. ... more
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