Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/12024550/Graphene-microphone-could-pick-up-sounds-beyond-human-hearing.html
#India’s #Economy picked up pace in the second quarter of the current fiscal, comfortably outpacing #China in the same quarter, but the stronger growth has dampened hopes of a rate cut when the Reserve Bank of India reviews its monetary policy on tomorrow.
#Solar chemical technology, flow #Batteries and solar paint are three examples of promising technologies motivating #BillGates as he announces a multi-billion dollar private sector coalition alongside top billionaires to accelerate clean energy innovation.
Read more at: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/29/the-energy-solutions-inspiring-bill-gates-as-launches-new-private-sector-coalition.html
The #WhiteHouse on Sunday released the details of an announcement, expected on Monday, about a plan by #BillGates to team with 19 governments and 28 billionaires from 10 countries to create a multibillion-dollar public-private coalition to fund clean- and #Renewable – Energy research.
The #Brazilian Government is planning to sue #BHP #Billiton and its partner #Vale for more than $7 billion over the deadly collapse of a mine dam.
The Brazilian Government is expected to file a civil suit today demanding $20 billion reais ($7.4 billion) in damages over the #Samarco mine disaster, Brazil’s Attorney General’s office said late on Friday.
#China’s #Nickel producers said on Friday they plan to slash output of refined metal and #NickelPigIron (#NPI), the first major coordinated move in the industry globally to lift prices out of their worst slump in more than a decade.
In an open letter, eight producers, including state-owned #Jinchuan Group Co Ltd, said they will cut production by 15,000 tonnes of metal next month and reduce their output next year by at least 20 percent from this year.
Read more at Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/china-nickel-idUSL3N13M3CD20151127#MwxrBlFMf28ei36O.99
Illegal levels of #Arsenic and #Mercury polluted the #RioDoce river in the days after a dam burst at an #Iron ore mine in early November in #Brazil’s worst ever environmental disaster, according to tests by a state water agency.
Read more at: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/26/brazil-dam-arsenic-mercury-rio-doce-river
#India’s busy #Fuel depots are providing another piece of evidence that #Asia’s third-biggest #Economy is starting to move faster in bridging the vast gap with a slowing #China.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-26/surging-fuel-consumption-shows-india-s-economy-picking-up-speed
Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/education/stem-awards/aerospace/12018354/new-horizons-in-3d-printing.html
An #Energy Sscientist from #Nanyang #Technological #University (NTU) in #Singapore has developed a new chip that is able to charge a #Smartphone in less than 10 minutes. He hopes it can eventually be used to charge almost anything, including #ElectricCars.
Read more at: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/singapore-scientist-develops-smart-chip-that-charges-smartphones-less-10-minutes-1530612
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