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Good Thinking Extends Reach Of Prosthetic Arms
Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Motorized prosthetic arms can help amputees regain some function, but these devices take time to learn to use and are limited in the number of movements they provide. Todd A. Kuiken, M.D., Ph.D., a physiatrist at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and professor at Northwestern University, has pioneered a technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), which allows a prosthetic arm t ... more Electronic Nose Could Detect Hazards 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007A tiny "electronic nose" that MIT researchers have engineered with a novel inkjet printing method could be used to detect hazards including carbon monoxide, harmful industrial solvents and explosives. Led by MIT professor Harry Tuller, the researchers have devised a way to print thin sensor films onto a microchip, a process that could eventually allow for mass production of highly sensitive gas ... more Researchers Successfully Simulate Photosynthesis And Design A Better Leaf 
Champaign IL (SPX) Nov 12, 2007University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics the process of evolution. Theirs is the first model to simulate every step of the photosynthetic process. The research findings appear in the October issue of Plant Physiology, and wi ... more Heavy storms sink fourth vessel off Ukraine 
Kiev (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Storms off Ukraine's coast Sunday sank a ship carrying scrap metal as high winds in the area smashed a Russian oil tanker and sent two other cargo vessels to the bottom, a maritime official said. "There were 17 people on board... The ship sank near Khersones. Two crew members were found on the shore and sent to a hospital in Sevastopol" on the country's Crimean peninsula, Alexei Lyashenko fr ... more One Laptop Per Child: the dream starts to deliver 
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass produced in China as US nonprofit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise. The first of the XO laptops being built at a Quanta Computer facility in Changshu are destined for Uruguay, marking a milestone for the charity group founded by Nicholas Negroponte in Massachusetts two years ag ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Meteorologists' jaws dropped as Hurricane Humberto slammed the Texas shore early morning September 13, 2007. At first just a nameless tropical depression, the storm marshaled 85 mph winds and heavy rains in the blink of an eye, demanding its identity as a category one hurricane. "It made the transition from tropical depression to hurricane within 24 hours right before landfall. It was a record b ... more The Antarctic Free-For-All 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Russia's 53rd Antarctic Expedition began in the small hours of November 6. The "Akademik Fyodorov" research vessel is sailing to the Antarctic in bad political weather that threatens to deteriorate into a geopolitical tornado. On October 17 the Guardian, a British newspaper, cited Foreign Office sources as saying that the U.K. government might lodge a legal claim with the UN's commission on the ... more Global warming: Oceans could absorb far more CO2, says study 
Paris (AFP) Nov 11, 2007The ocean's plankton can suck up far more airborne carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously realised, although the marine ecoystem may suffer damage if this happens, a new study into global warming says. The sea has soaked up nearly half of the CO2 that has been emitted by fossil fuels since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The gas dissolves into surface waters and is then transported ... more Japanese nuclear reactor shut after incident 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 10, 2007A Japanese company said Saturday it shut down a nuclear reactor after detecting a problem, but there was no radioactive leakage. Tohoku Electric Power Co., based in the northern part of the largest Japanese island of Honshu, said it urgently halted reactor number three at its Onagawa plant in Miyagi prefecture, north of Tokyo, at 3:19 (0619 GMT). An inspection had detected a rise in the ... more Iraqi Crew Works To Expand Electrical Generation 
Baghdad, Iraq (SPX) Nov 12, 2007The Qudas electric generation facility in northern Baghdad is getting two new gas turbines that will add 200 megawatts of power to the national grid. A crew of more than 150 Iraqis is involved with the $160 million project, and this month the team is placing 1,000 cubic meters of concrete to create the pedestals where the new turbines will be located. The contractor expects to have the new turbi ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende proposed that Russian and Dutch companies headed by Royal Dutch Shell should jointly develop the richest gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula located above the Arctic Circle. Although the Yamal Peninsula is in the sphere of strategic interests of Russian state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom, the Dutch initiative may appeal to the Russian authoritie ... more Analysis: Pakistan unrest hurts pipelines 
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 On Nov. 3 Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in Pakistan. In his "Proclamation of Emergency," Musharraf began with the country's rising troubles from rising militancy and terrorism, beginning by telling the nation, "There is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, ro ... more Autodesks Architecture Solutions Simplify Sustainable Design For China Project 
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 11, 2007At thGreenbuild Conference and Exposition,Autodesk has announced that its architecture and design visualization solutions have recently facilitated the design of several green projects around the world, including the Wuhan Blue Sky Prototype for China. Autodesk software allows designers to better understand and leverage how a building's design can reduce the amount of resources it will consume. ... more Plutonic And GE Close Half Billion Dollar Financing Deal For 196MW Run-of-River Hydroelectric Project 
Vancouver BC (SPX) Nov 11, 2007Plutonic Power Corporation and a Canadian affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has announced that a $470 million senior secured credit facility for the Toba Montrose General Partnership has been closed with a syndicate of financial institutions. This complements the $190 million in equity and other financial instruments that closed last week and completes funding for constru ... more China coal mine death toll rises to 35 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2007The number of miners killed in a coal mine gas leak in southwest China has risen to 35, after rescuers found the bodies of the last missing workers, state media reported Sunday. The last three missing miners' bodies were found on Saturday and early Sunday in Qunli coal mine in Guizhou province, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the local rescue centre. Investigations showed the gas le ... more
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