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The researchers fabricated the spintronics devices at the Nano fabrication laboratory at Chalmers University of Technology. From left: Saroj Prasad Dash, Venkata Kamalakar Mutta and André Dankert. Credit: Oscar MattssonResearchers at Chalmers University of Technology have discovered that large area graphene is able to preserve electron spin over an extended period, and communicate it over greater distances than had previously been known. This has opened the door for the development of spintronics, with an aim to manufacturing faster and more energy-efficient memory and processors in computers. The findings will be published in the journal Nature Communications

Read more at: http://m.phys.org/news/2015-04-graphene-future-spintronic-devices.html

Apr 09, 2015 — Today Intel announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne Leadership Computing Facility has awarded Intel Federal LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, a contract to deliver two next-generation supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory. Designed and built in partnership with Cray Inc., the system, to be called Aurora, will be based on Intel’s high performance computing (HPC) scalable system framework and Cray’s next-generation “Shasta” supercomputer. Aurora will be delivered in 2018 and have a peak performance of 180 petaFLOPS, making it the largest system currently procured worldwide. This contract is part of the DOE’s initiative to build state-of-the-art supercomputers at Argonne, Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories that will help advance U.S. leadership in scientific research and position it at the forefront of next generation exascale computing for years to come.

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/intel-selected-by-us-department-of-energy-to-deliver-nations-most-powerful-supercomputer-2015-04-09

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to extend a 6.5-percent export tax, currently set on platinum group metal ingots and sponge to other, related products, Interfax news agency quoted Vladimir Potanin, Norilsk Nickel’s (GMKN.MM) chief executive, as saying on Thursday.

Read more at: http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKBN0N024820150409?irpc=932

MOSCOW — OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel sees South African output of platinum group metals declining in the next several years as the Russian mining company leads investors in creating a $2bn palladium fund.

“Investments in a vast amount of projects in South Africa were delayed and it’s hard to expect an increase in output in the region,” Anton Berlin, head of strategic marketing at Norilsk, said in an interview on Monday.

Read more at: http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/europe/2015/04/07/norilsk-sees-africa-cutting-platinum-output-after-low-investment

The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in the UK is leading two new European research projects to develop advanced manufacturing technologies for the civil nuclear industry.
The projects will develop machining techniques to reduce the risk of component failure over a reactor’s lifetime, and investigate processes to create high-integrity reactor components from metal powder.

MELBOURNE, April 8 (Reuters) – Australia’s treasurer has told business representatives he would not allow Glencore Plc to merge with Rio Tinto due to concerns about losing tax revenue, a person familiar with his comments said on Wednesday.

Treasurer Joe Hockey said based on the tax implications he had seen from the treasury, he would not allow a Glencore takeover of Rio, Australia’s second biggest miner and one of its biggest taxpayers, the person said. He declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/08/rio-tinto-glencore-australia-idUSL4N0X52AS20150408

Carbon3D leverages a proprietary technology called continuous liquid interface production, or CLIP, which is similar to stereolithography, or SLA, in that a pool of UV-light-sensitive resin is selectively cured with a UV laser to build objects one layer at a time. But instead of pausing between layers like SLA does, which creates rougher surface finishes and reduces printing speed, CLIP controls the flow of oxygen to the resin, enabling it to continuously “grow” objects with an “animation” sequence that the UV laser follows during the printing process.

Read more at: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/05/the-future-of-3d-printing-just-arrived-3d-systems.aspx

Illustration of oil refinery (Photo source: Free Digital Photos)

Jakarta, GIVnews.com – China has expressed interest to invest an estimated US$ 63 billion in infrastructure and other projects in Indonesia.

China has expressed interest to work on projects such as power plants, seaports, high speed railways, industrial estates and shipyards, Franky Sibarani, Chairman of the Capital Coordinating Board (BKPM) said at his office on Wednesday (01 Apr.), Tempo.co reported.

Read more at: http://www.globalindonesianvoices.com/20042/china-to-invest-us63-billion-in-indonesia-bkpm-to-open-office-in-beijing/

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi have vowed to work for the target of raising two-way trade to 10 billion USD in 2018 from 5.4 billion USD last year, as agreed by top leaders of both countries.
Read more at:
http://m.english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/127286/vietnam–indonesia-determined-to-raise-trade-to–10-billion.html#