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China's bamboo could replace high-emitting plastics, but tech bottlenecks are stunting growth
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/12/2023
» It feeds one of the Earth's rarest species. It was the writing surface for some of the earliest books. It could prove essential in reducing vast amounts of carbon emissions - and China has more of it than anywhere else.
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US set to announce nuclear fusion breakthrough
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: The US Department of Energy is expected to announce Tuesday that its researchers have achieved a "major scientific breakthrough" regarding nuclear fusion, a technology seen as a possible revolutionary alternative power source.
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Whistle blows in Germany for world's first hydrogen train fleet
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BERLIN: Germany on Wednesday will inaugurate a railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, a "world first" and a major step forward for green train transport despite nagging supply challenges.
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Embracing Thailand’s top tech trends
Published on 05/08/2021
» Historically, periods of great technological advancement have also delivered correspondingly significant GDP growth. Over this decade, we’ll experience more technological progress than in the past 100 years put together, innovator Peter Diamandis wrote in his 2019 book, as a potent mix of technological advances reshapes a wide range of industries.
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Your food waste can power a thousand (or more) lightbulbs
Life, Published on 27/06/2018
» On a hot afternoon on the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) campus just north of Bangkok, Lukman Hakim walks up to the students' cafeteria to assess the volume of that day's food waste. Weeks of experience help him arrive at an estimate.
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Finland pining for post-Nokia economic champion
AFP, Published on 16/11/2016
» ÄäNEKOSKI (FINLAND) - Nokia was once the motor of Finland's economy, but since the demise of the company's mobile phone business the Nordic country has struggled to find a new engine for growth.
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World's top electric car makers 'talk collaboration'
AFP, Published on 16/06/2014
» Electric car-makers Nissan and BMW are keen to collaborate with rival Tesla after the US company agreed to share its patents with competitors, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Google offers big prize for small power box
AFP, Published on 24/07/2014
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google is offering a million-dollar prize for a breakthrough that would make solar or wind generated electricity more enticing for everyday uses.
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Solar plane aims for new world distance record
AFP, Published on 22/05/2013
» Solar Impulse, the first aircraft that can fly day and night fueled entirely by energy from the sun, embarked Wednesday on the second leg of its historic journey across the American continent.
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Electric cars slow to gain traction in Germany
AFP, Published on 28/05/2013
» Germany plans to have one million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, but so far that goal seems remote as the nation's motorists have shown little love for the quietly humming vehicles.
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