Team From Japan Wins World Solar Challenge.The solar-powered race car from Tokai University was first to finish the 1,800 mile solar car race, the 2011 World Solar Challenge, from Darwin to Adelaide. The race this year was complicated on some stretches of the roads by obstacles like bushfires and wandering wildlife including kangaroos and camels. --NS
China Rare Earth Supplier Suspends Production. Inner Mongolia Boatoa Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-tech--China's biggest supplier of rare earths--has announced that it will stop production of the minerals for a month. With this, they hope to enervate a price slump in the costs of rare earths. China supplies 97 percent of the world's mined rare earths, but economic uncertainty of those economies of the U.S. and Europe--big buyers--have contributed to a drop in rare earth prices since June, AP reports. --NS
Messenger, Spotify For BlackBerry. Even as RIM announces plans for integrating their tablet and mobile operating systems, apps are still playing catchup for the BlackBerry on its OS. Two months after Facebook Messenger rolled out on Android and iOS, Facebook has now released their messaging app for the BlackBerry. Developers for Spotify have also released previews of the Spotify app for BlackBerry users. --NS
--Updated 4:45 a.m. EST
[Image: Kangaroo Crossing by Flickr user PicklesAddie]
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