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A Crop Containment Strategy For GM Farms
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Plant geneticists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, may have solved one of the fundamental problems in genetically engineered or modified (GM or GMO) crop agriculture: genes leaking into the environment. In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Rutgers Professor Pal Maliga and research associate Zora Svab advocate an alternative and more se ... more US Loses Landmark Supreme Court Environmental Case 
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2007The US government must foot the bill for environmental clean-up costs paid voluntarily by a company hired on a federal contract, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a ruling that could expose the government to billions in claims, the nation's top court found in favor of Atlantic Research, which in the 1980s built rocket motors for the Pentagon at an Arkansas facility. Atlantic Research volu ... more Study Predicts Grim Future For European Seas 
Plymouth, UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Their models developed during a 2.5M euro EU-funded research project have predicted dire consequences for the sea unless European countries take urgent action to prevent further damage from current and emerging patterns of development. The project coordinator, Professor Laurence Mee, Director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth said "Europeans are just beginning to wake up to t ... more New Orleans Levee Report Completed 
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2007A report that recommends steps to reduce hurricane damage in New Orleans was released by an expert engineering panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The 84-page report, "The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why," targets the public and policymakers, and complements and synthesizes the thousands of pages released so far by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi ... more Scientists Propose The Kind Of Chemistry That Led To Life 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Before life emerged on earth, either a primitive kind of metabolism or an RNA-like duplicating machinery must have set the stage - so experts believe. But what preceded these pre-life steps? A pair of UCSF scientists has developed a model explaining how simple chemical and physical processes may have laid the foundation for life. Like all useful models, theirs can be tested, and they describe ho ... more |
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London (AFP) June 11, 2007Coffins shaped like a Rolls-Royce, a guitar or a ballet shoe are booming in Britain, where the latest unusual trend in funerals is for "green" burials, kind to the environment. Since 2000, Vic Fearn and Company have been making offbeat caskets which it markets under the title "Crazy Coffins". The firm recently expanded their range to include illustrated ones. "We didn't invent anything, th ... more Researchers Examine Carbon Capture And Storage To Combat Global Warming 
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2007While solar power and hybrid cars have become popular symbols of green technology, Stanford researchers are exploring another path for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Carbon capture and storage, also called carbon sequestration, traps carbon dioxide after it is produced and injects it underground. The gas never enters the atmosphere. ... more Tennessee Residents Favor Expanded Wind Energy 
Chicago (SPX) Jun 12, 2007A new poll in Tennessee indicates that residents support increased use of wind energy by a 12-to-1 margin, contrary to efforts by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) against wind energy. Sen. Alexander has been a frequent critic of the development of wind energy in the United States. "This poll clearly indicates the people of Tennessee support wind energy and they see it as a viable way to he ... more Energy Police To Monitor Beijing Power Use 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2007Beijing authorities have introduced "energy police" to enforce rules aimed at eliminating excessive power use, officials said Monday. A hotline has also been set up to encourage ordinary citizens to report breaches of power rules, officials with the newly formed "Beijing Energy Saving Police Brigade" told AFP. "Our main task is to help implement laws and rules, raise awareness on energy sa ... more Big Blue Goes Big Green In India 
Bangalore (AFP) Jun 08, 2007IBM said Friday it would supply technology to its Indian data-centre clients that will help them reduce energy costs, which make up almost half their total expense. IBM Global Financing, a unit of the technology giant, will provide clients with loans on easy terms so they can fund the hardware, software and services needed to build energy-efficient data centres, the company said in a statement.< ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 11, 2007National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers are organizing the fourth in a series of Response Robot Evaluation Exercises for urban search and rescue (US and R) responders to be held on June 18-22, 2007, at Texas A and M's "Disaster City" training facility in College Station, Texas. These events, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology ... more Saving Robots To Save Battlefield Lives 
Baghdad, Iraq (AFNS) Jun 11, 2007One arm and a visceral cavity, wide open with its contents scattered about, is the cost of saving Soldiers' lives. But the brain is intact. Despite the destruction, the remotely operated vehicle can be rebuilt and salvaged by Camp Victory's Joint Robotics Repair Facility. This is an all-volunteer workshop that keeps warfighters safe by ensuring the first line of contact with insurgents and their ... more Black Belt Putin Wrongfoots Critics 
Heiligendamm, Germany (AFP) Jun 10, 2007It was meant to be the summit where President Vladimir Putin took a drubbing, but in the end the Kremlin leader's critics were the ones counting their bruises. The Russian leader left the Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, leaving Western counterparts wondering how to handle his tough tactics. Putin was the centre of attention throughout the Group of Eight annual meeting. He r ... more Understanding What Causes Rain 
Delft, Holland (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Weather models are not good at predicting rain. Particularly in hilly terrain, this can lead to great damage arising from late warnings of floods, or even none at all. From June 1 to September 1, 2007 Delft University of Technology is participating in a major international experiment in Germany's Black Forest, to learn more about what causes rain. Aircraft and an airship are to be used alongside ... more Sediment Dredging Has Fallen Short Of Achieving Cleanup Goals At Many Contaminated Sites 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2007At many projects to dredge contaminated sediments from U.S. rivers and other bodies of water, it has not been demonstrated that dredging has reduced the long-term risks the sediments pose to people and wildlife, says a new report from the National Research Council. Many dredging projects have had difficulty meeting short-term goals for reducing pollution levels. Whether dredging alone can ... more
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