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Two dead as western US lashed by snow, rain: officials
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 6, 2008Heavy snow and rain pounded the western United States for a third day Sunday as state officials confirmed two fatalities from the storms that have pummeled the region. California was drenched with up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rainfall in some regions as mountain communities in the east of state and neighboring Nevada were blanketed by nearly six feet (two meters) of snow in places, National We ... more Universal flu shot in clinical trials 
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Jan 3, 2008U.S. and British researchers are testing a new universal flu vaccine developed to tackle influenza pandemics. The British company Acambis said Phase I clinical and pre-clinical data suggest the firm's M2e-based universal influenza vaccine, Acam-Flu-A, has the potential to provide protection against strains of Influenza A. The vaccine targets the M2e peptide, which is found unchanged on ... more Intel severs alliance with One Laptop Per Child 
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 4, 2008Computer chip giant Intel said Friday it has severed its alliance with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative aimed at getting computers into the hands of children in developing countries. Intel said it parted ways with OLPC after the non-profit group insisted the US firm abandon its own low-cost laptop, the Classmate PC. "We are still very much in alignment with the mission and obje ... more Australian climate changing, experts say 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 6, 2008Australia experienced one of its hottest years on record in 2007, and climate experts have warned that the higher temperatures are likely a taste of things to come as weather patterns change. The country has already kicked off 2008 with a spate of extreme weather -- several cities, including Perth and Melbourne, have suffered summer heatwaves, while bushfires have raged on the east and west ... more It's raining iguanas after Florida cold snap 
Miami (AFP) Jan 4, 2008An unexpected cold snap this week sent thermometers plummeting in Florida and heat-hungry iguanas dropping from tree branches like autumn leaves, scientists and witnesses said. Passersby in Bill Baggs and Crandon parks in Key Biscayne, south of Miami, were seen picking up the seemingly lifeless lizards from the ground beneath trees and setting them in the sun, where after a brief warm-up, mo ... more |
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Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 07, 2008MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic. The researchers found that a virus's ability to infect humans depends on whether it can bind to one specific shape of receptor on the surface o ... more Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record 
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 07, 2008NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by launching and operating three long-duration flights within a single Antarctic summer. Having three long-duration balloon science missions flying simultaneously is a record-setting event. But of greater significance is the increase in science that can be accomplishe ... more Analysis: Uzbek and Tajik energy 
Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2008In the Soviet Union, many commodities were subsidized for Soviet consumers, including energy, which was provided either free or at costs far below world prices. The practice still continues in most post-Soviet states, with Russian consumers receiving natural gas and electricity at rates far below world prices, while in Turkmenistan, citizens receive free natural gas and electricity and it cost ... more Analysis: Nigeria's Delta vows crackdown 
Miami (UPI) Jan 4, 2008Hoping to curtail the rising violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, one governor has threatened to arrest the family members of militants accused of attacking oil and gas operations. Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State said authorities would arrest the parents of suspected militants in an effort to force them to lay down their arms. The threat came a day after a band of militants storme ... more Analysis: China and Turkmen energy 
Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2008Before the 1991 Soviet collapse, Russia dominated the economies of the other 14 republics. In the decade and a half since, Western companies have been angling to acquire a piece of the former Soviet Union's energy assets. In the last few years, however, China has become an increasingly important regional player, and in a nasty Christmas present for both Washington and Moscow, on Dec. 28 China ... more |
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Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Earth Biofuels announced that its subsidiary, Applied LNG Technologies, has begun receiving regular deliveries of the output of renewable liquefied natural gas ("LNG") produced from a landfill site in Orange County, California. Per the terms of a prior agreement, ALT has the first right to purchase one hundred percent of the nameplate capacity (5,000 gallons per day) production of the LNG facili ... more Tri-State Biodiesel To Provide Biodiesel Fuel To NYC Mobile-Grocer FreshDirect 
New York NY (SPX) Jan 07, 2008New York NY (SPX) Jan 07, 2008 New York City's first biodiesel company, Tri-State Biodiesel, is proud to announce that it will be filling FreshDirect's delivery trucks with clean-burning biodiesel blended fuel. The biodiesel fuel, which is made primarily from waste cooking oil collected from New York City restaurants, will be phased in to FreshDirect's fuel supply over the course of the next 2 ... more Red Dust In Planet-Forming Disk May Harbor Precursors To Life 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2008Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. In a study published in the current ... more ViaSat Signs Distribution Agreements With Rockwell Collins And ARINC 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2008ViaSat has signed new distribution agreements with Rockwell Collins and ARINC to supply business jets with ViaSat airborne broadband terminals and satellite services. The agreements maintain the four-year relationship with ARINC SKYLink and add Rockwell Collins eXchange as a distribution partner for ViaSat. Under these new agreements, Rockwell Collins has ordered additional airborne broadb ... more Looking Back And Looking Forward 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 03, 20082007 has been another year of scientific discovery. Every one of the science missions in operation has produced new results in many fields of astronomy. The International Heliophysical Year has been marked by a number of science observations from ESA's fleet of Sun monitoring spacecraft. Alongside the serendipitous observation of a new periodic comet, SOHO observations of coronal mass ejections ... more
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