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Arizona Geophysicists Detect A Molten Rock Layer Deep Below The American Southwest
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 21, 2007A sheet of molten rock roughly 10 miles thick spreads underneath much of the American Southwest, some 250 miles below Tucson, Ariz. From the surface, you can't see it, smell it or feel it. But Arizona geophysicists Daniel Toffelmier and James Tyburczy detected the molten layer with a comparatively new and overlooked technique for exploring the deep Earth that uses magnetic eruptions on the sun. ... more Banned Chinese GM Rice Protein Found In Dutch Shipment To Cyprus 
The Hague (AFP) June 20, 2007The Dutch food safety authorities reported Wednesday that a banned genetically modified rice protein was found in a shipment sent to Cyprus in March. The so-called BT63 rice is genetically modified to be resistant to certain bacteria but there are concerns about for the safety of the rice for human and animal consumption, the Dutch authorities said. In March Cyprus reported that it had ... more Wines Knocked Into Carbon Reduction 
Bordeaux (AFP) France, June 20, 2007The green genie, released from its bottle, has left little untouched, and wine is at the mercy of environmental and consumer trends as much as any other consumer product. At the Vinexpo wine and spirits fair, the world's largest, held in Bordeaux every second year, interest in organic wines and environmentally friendly packaging has reached new heights, driven particularly by demand from the ... more Polluted Chinese River Hospitalises 61 
Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2007More than 60 people had to be treated in hospital for a severe skin reaction after coming into contact with a polluted Chinese river, state media reported Wednesday. The victims, who had collected dead fish or washed their clothes in the Jindong River in eastern Anhui province on Tuesday, felt a burning sensation on their skin a few hours later, Xinhua news agency reported. The report ... more Indonesia Aims To Halve Haze-Causing Fires 
Jakarta (AFP) June 20, 2007Indonesia aims to halve the number of forest fires this year in an effort to tackle the choking haze which affects the region annually, a minister said Wednesday after Southeast Asian talks on the issue. Environment ministers from Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore and deputy ministers from Malaysia and Thailand held talks in Jambi on Sumatra island to track progress on mapping out plans to reduce ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2007Because coal will continue to provide a substantial portion of U.S. energy for at least the next several decades, a major increase in federal support for research and development is needed to ensure that this natural resource is extracted efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. ... more Senate Committee Proposal Important First Step To Commercialize Cellulosic Ethanol 
Washington (SPX) Jun 20, 2007The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today expressed thanks to the Senate Committee on Finance and to Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) for proposing the "Energy Advancement and Investment Act of 2007." Among its many provisions, the legislation contains a first-of-its-kind tax credit for small-scale producers (60 million gallons or less ... more Southern California Edison Selects APX For Capacity Bidding Program 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2007APX is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the technology and services provider for the Capacity Bidding Program (CPB) in California for Southern California Edison (SCE). The program is a successor of the California Demand Reserves Partnership program, and enables commercial and industrial customers to participate in demand response. APX had been the technology and services ... more Gas Prices Worry Americans More Than Terrorism Or Economy 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jun 21, 2007With fuel now averaging $3.00(1) per gallon nationwide, more American consumers declare themselves (highly) concerned about high gas prices (83%) than about terrorism (62%) or the economy as a whole (69%). These are findings from the inaugural National Analysts Worldwide "Foods, Fats and Fuels" study completed in March that surveyed a nationally representative sample of 502 consumers via the ... more Engineers Develop Higher-Energy Liquid-Transportation Fuel From Sugar 
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 21, 2007Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and combine it with water molecules and sunshine to make carbohydrate or sugar. Variations on this process provide fuel for all of life on Earth. Reporting in the June 21 issue of the journal Nature, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering Professor James Dumesic and his research team describe a two-stage process for turning ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2007Astronomers suspect the early Earth was a very harsh place. Temperatures were extreme, and the planet was constantly bombarded by cosmic debris. Many scientists believe that life's starting materials, or building blocks, must have been very resilient to have survived this tumultuous environment. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has learned that organic molecules believed to be among lif ... more Northrop Grumman Delivers First Production Stellar Navigation System To US Air Force 
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2007Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first of 31 production LN-120G stellar-inertial navigation systems for the RC-135 aircraft. Aided by the LN-120G, the Air Force can accurately pinpoint hostile targets detected by the RC-135 and transmit the information to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft and, ultimately, to fighter aircraft. ... more The Russian Roadmap For The CFE Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2007An emergency conference of the 30 signatories to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which met in Vienna on Russia's initiative, ended without adopting a statement because its participants failed to reach a compromise. Russia called for an emergency meeting in Vienna to try and speed up the ratification of the 1999 amended CFE treaty version by the U.S. and Europe. ... more Bird Flu Fears Reignited 
Toronto (UPI) June 19, 2007While the threat of a bird flu pandemic continues to hang over the world, authorities in the United Kingdom now believe a second strain of avian flu -- previously considered of little human risk -- does indeed pose a real danger to people. "When you have to hospitalize someone for respiratory illness in the U.K., where hospital beds are hard to allocate, then the person has a serious illness," ... more Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia In Ancient Turkey 
Nice, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2007The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, a geneticist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today. Professor Alberto Piazza, from the University of Turin, Italy, will say that there is overwhelming evidence that the Etruscans, whose brilliant civilisation flourished 3000 ... more
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