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A Prehistoric Forest Emerges From A Farmer's Pond
Houghton MI (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Dennis Myllyla thought he'd struck a fine bargain with the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT would get fill for nearby highway construction by dredging a pond on his farm near Arnheim, Mich., and Myllyla would get the pond. Neither Myllyla nor MDOT expected to find a prehistoric forest too. But that's exactly what they uncovered, about 15 feet down. "We ran into logs, lots of logs. It ... more Australia risks breaching Kyoto: expert 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Australia's new government must move quickly to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol or risk breaching the pact, an expert warned Wednesday. Labor leader Kevin Rudd was swept to victory in a landslide on Saturday on a mandate that included signing up to the UN-backed Kyoto process to limit carbon pollution, a policy he flagged as his first priority ... more Environmental concern grows in China over mining: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Concern is growing in China that rapid investment in mines, spurred by a global spike in metal prices, will have devastating environmental consequences, state media said Wednesday. The ecological damage is particularly acute in small mines, the Beijing Business Today newspaper reported. This is because of "reckless and disordered" digging, and low market entry barriers, meaning even comp ... more Whale Groups Appreciate Volunteer Aid To Manage Vessel Strikes 
East Falmouth MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007With three reported whale deaths by ship strike last summer, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and other New England-based conservation groups have been faced with increased management pressures. Meeting the challenge are local volunteers-collaborating with researchers and federal authorities-to give whale protection added buoyancy. In the mission to protect cetaceans, collaborati ... more More than a billion trees planted in 2007: UN 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2007More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday. The Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the mass tree planting, inspired by Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, will help mitigate effects of pollution and environmental deterio ... more |
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Cape Town (AFP) Nov 28, 2007China and Brazil will give Africa free satellite imaging of its landmass to help the continent respond to threats like deforestation, desertification and drought, the two countries said Wednesday. A land imaging satellite launched by the two governments at a cost of some 100 million dollars in September, would relay images, updated monthly, to four ground stations for dissemination to Africa ... more Massive Canadian Oilfield Could Be Exploited Using New UK System 
Bath, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A new method developed in Britain over the past 17 years for extracting oil is now at the forefront of plans to exploit a massive heavy oilfield in Canada. Duvernay Petroleum is to use the revolutionary Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) system developed at the University of Bath at its site at Peace River in Alberta, Canada. Unlike conventional light oil, heavy oil is very viscous, like syr ... more National Fuel Cell Center Launched With NSF Award 
Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007The University of Massachusetts Amherst will create a new research center focused on the cutting edge of hydrogen fuel cell science, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced, awarding a three-year, $1.5 million grant to the Fueling the Future Chemical Bonding Center. The center is one of only three in the nation funded through the NSF's chemistry program that focuses on renewable ener ... more Analysis: IMF wants eye on Nigerian budget 
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Nov 28, 2007 Nigeria should keep a close eye on its multibillion-dollar oil industry if it wants to preserve its increasing, albeit still fragile, economic growth, according to the International Monetary Fund. "An immediate challenge is to manage Nigeria's oil revenues and saving to preserve macroeconomic stability," said the IMF in a statement released after Monday's meetings with Nigerian Finance ... more Humanoid teaches dentists to feel people's pain: researchers 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Japan's future dentists may soon be able to better appreciate patients' pain by training on a humanoid robot that can mumble "ouch" when the drill hits a nerve. The robot, resembling an attractive young woman with long black hair and a pink sweater, also can listen to instructions and react to pain by moving her eyes or hands. A group of robot and computer makers presented the high-tech ... more |
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Fuel cells can be expensive and they typically don't last as long as their internal combustion counterparts. Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute's (GTRI) Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies believe that understanding how and why fuel cells fail is the key to both reducing cost and improving durability. Center director Tom Fuller has been trying to solve what h ... more ITER signs 80 mln euros deal with Japan 
Cadarache, France (AFP) Nov 28, 2007The head of a project aimed to test whether nuclear fusion, the massive energy source that drives the sun, can be a viable power source on earth signed an 80-million-dollar supply contract with a Japanese firm Wednesday. Kaname Ikeda, the Japanese head of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built here, signed the deal with the head of Japan's Atomic Energy Agenc ... more Japan looks at everyday use of robots 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2007Japan, which has taken the lead in developing a generation of high-tech if quirky robots, is now getting down to reality by looking at what humanoids can actually do for people. Some 200 companies and more than 50 organisations from Japan and abroad are taking part in the 2007 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, one of the world's largest robot shows. At the last event two years ago ... more Google investing hundreds of millions in green energy 
New York (AFP) Nov 27, 2007Google announced Tuesday it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ways to make "green" energy less costly than that from pollution-spewing coal. The Google initiative is dubbed "REC," using a play on computer code to symbolize "renewable energy less than coal." "I know it seems a little bit geeky, but it is a good description," Google co-founder Larry Page said of the name while ... more Galileo: Europe's answer to GPS 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 27, 2007The European Union's Galileo satellite navigation system, which is supposed to be up and running by 2013, aims to break Europe's reliance on the US military-run Global Positioning System. Although Galileo has already suffered numerous setbacks, the EU still has high hopes that it will spur the development of numerous new technologies that will make the wait well worthwhile. Satellite nav ... more
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