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Solar power gets $46 million boost from US Energy Department.
The U.S. Energy Department awarded $46.2 million in research grants to improve solar energy technologies and reduce costs to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour by...
Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica.
(This July 12 story corrects name of vessel in eighth paragraph and year it sank) By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - One of...
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Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to take off in coming decades, says a...
Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica
(This July 12 story corrects name of vessel in eighth paragraph and year it sank)
By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the biggest icebergs...
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