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<title>NEWS - New software developed to help architects reduce unwanted noise in buildings</title>
<description><![CDATA[New soundmapping software developed by researchers in Cardiff Wales UK can help architects to design buildings with rooms that are specifically engineered to filter out background noise]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - US company develops ultraefficient gas engine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Transonic Combustion a startup company based in Texas USA has developed a car fuelinjection system that is capable of improving gasoline engine efficiency by over fifty per cent]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - European project to develop renewable energy and biobased strategies in the forestry sector</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new project funded by the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme FP7 intends to bring together a host of European countries to develop research agendas and action plans in relation to renewable energy biobased products and sustainable construction within the forestry industry]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Climate change will lead to fewer traffic accidents</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to researchers from the University of Gothenburg climate change could decrease the number of days with temperatures below zero degrees in the West Midlands UK It will also drastically reduce the number of traffic accidents  with the need for winter road maintenance estimated to decrease by just under 40 per cent]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Could a cars bodywork power its battery</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new 34 million project to develop special parts of car bodywork that could double up as its battery has been announced by Imperial College London and a host of European partners
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Aircraft safety inspection to reach new heights</title>
<description><![CDATA[If air travel is to grow as an industry passengers must have confidence in its approach to safety The AERONEWS project is at the forefront of research into the safety inspection of aircraft structures and Professor Koen Van Den Abeele certainly has some interesting views on the subject]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Challenging Silicon Valley in the RD marathon</title>
<description><![CDATA[BadenWrttemberg enjoys a worldwide reputation for quality manufacturing but it must be open to change to retain its status Klaus Haasis Managing director of MFG BadenWrttemberg says combining ICT and the applications industry is the key to promoting regional innovation]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Virtual environments can provide real benefits</title>
<description><![CDATA[In this exclusive article Doctor Andr Stork Head of Department for Industrial Applications at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research in Darmstadt writes about how the Improve project accelerates the development of display technology for virtual environments]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Understanding the complexities of Transport</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the development of the transport sector its important that social economic and environmental considerations are accounted for Dr Susan GrantMuller Rico Merkert and Nikolaos Thomopoulos of the PEAT project explain why their research in the sector is relevant to global policymakers]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - The house that EREC built</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Brussels the European Renewable Energy Council EREC have created a headquarters that functions solely through a mix of renewable energies It can 
be seen as a statement of intent and a working model of how a building can function through selfsustaining energies
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Transport vs the World   The escalating effect of transport on world climate</title>
<description><![CDATA[The transport sectors influence on global temperature is likely to increase strongly in the years to come according to a new study This raises a need for considerable cuts in European transport emissions By Silje Pileberg and Ragnhild B Skeie from CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Connecting for Construction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Director of the Henri Tudor Public Research Centre Eric Dubois describes a new IT service called CRTIWeb that has been created to make construction projects run smoothly and efficiently]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Flying by sunshine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two modern day adventurers Dr Bertrand Piccard and Andr Borschberg 
are developing a solar powered plane and intend to fly it nonstop around the planet and into the history books to prove that clean energy can achieve new heights
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Selfhealing surfaces</title>
<description><![CDATA[The engineers dream of selfhealing surfaces has taken another step towards becoming reality  researchers have produced an electroplated layer that contains tiny nanometersized capsules If the layer is damaged the capsules release fluid and repair the scratch]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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