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New biorefinery finds treasure in Starbucks' spent coffee grounds and stale bakery goodsPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2012 With 1.3 billion tons of food trashed, dumped in landfills and otherwise wasted around the world every year, scientists have described development and successful laboratory testing of a new "biorefinery" intended to change food waste into a key ingredient for making plastics, laundry detergents and scores of other everyday products. Their report on a project launched in cooperation with the Starbucks restaurant chain - concerned with sustainability and seeking a use for spent coffee grounds and st ... read more |
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 Fueling the future with renewable gasoline and diesel A new process for converting municipal waste, algae, corn stalks and similar material to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel is showing the same promise in larger plants as it did in laboratory-scale devi ... more | .. |
 Genetically Engineered Algae For Biofuel Pose Potential Risks That Should Be Studied Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to independent studies of any environmental risks that could be linked to cultivating ... more | .. |
  UA Engineering Professor Uses Aerospace Materials to Build Endless Green Pipeline Mo Ehsani, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona, has designed a new, lightweight underground pipe he says could transform the pipeline construction industry. Instead ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Warning issued for modified algae Genetically engineering algae as a source of biofuel has potential risks to the environment that demand study, U.S. scientists warn. ... more | .. |
 Argentina unhappy over EU biofuels curbs Argentina's $2 billion biofuels export market is at risk from an EU trade dispute that has been complicated by Argentine seizure of local energy company Repsol YPF. ... more | .. |
 Australia sees China chance in Chevron gas exit Australian officials on Tuesday welcomed Chevron's decision to bow out of Woodside Petroleum's massive Browse liquefied natural gas project as a chance for Chinese investors to buy in. ... more | .. |
US says oil firms should respect Baghdad government The United States said Monday that oil companies should not bypass Iraq's central government after authorities in the autonomous Kurdish north signed dozens of deals with foreign energy firms. ... more |
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China's CNOOC H1 profit down 19% Chinese state-owned energy giant CNOOC Tuesday said its first-half net profit fell 19 percent year-on-year amid rising costs and a drop in production after the closure of a major oil field. ... more | .. |
Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over island row Anti-Japan protests broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing and Hong Kong on Sunday as authorities allowed thousands of people to vent anger over an escalating territorial row. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan's China Airlines boosts Auckland flights Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines said Monday it will boost its service from Taipei to Auckland, introducing daily flights from October in a bid to tap New Zealand's growing tourism market. ... more | .. |
Japan's island disputes show malaise: analysts Tokyo's seeming fixation with squabbles over the outposts of its former empire are symptomatic of a foreign policy drift as Japan struggles to find its place in the 21st century, analysts say. ... more |
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  Researchers Find Material for Cleaner-Running Diesel Vehicles 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 materi ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Nigeria to expand natural gas production The Nigerian government said it will greatly expand the country's natural gas production. ... more | .. |
 '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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SpaceX plans 11th test of Starship later this month from South Texas
Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Boeing Flies X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft - designated the X-48C - flew for the first time early this week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Embraer, Cobham ink KC-390 tanker deal Aviation manufacturer Cobham has received a $30 million contract from Brazil's Embraer Defense and Security to develop and supply the auxiliary fuselage fuel tank for the KC-390 tanker aircraft. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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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