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Japan urges legal action against anti-whaling activists: ministry
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Japan urged Australia Tuesday to take legal action against two anti-whaling protestors who climbed aboard a Japanese whaler in Antarctic seas last week, a foreign ministry statement said. The activists, from the US environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, were held on the Japanese harpoon boat for two days after they delivered a letter protesting the slaughter of whales. ... more Naples under 3,500 tonnes of garbage as strike endures 
Rome (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Just over 3,500 tonnes of uncollected garbage still clogged the streets of Naples on Tuesday -- slightly down from 7,100 tonnes last week, when the army first began intervening in the strike. The southern Italian city and surrounding region has been under mounds of rubbish since landfill sites reached capacity and garbage collectors refused to continue their work. At the origin of the es ... more Bank of China denies subprime worries as trading suspended 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Trading in Bank of China was suspended here Tuesday pending a major announcement, but the bank denied reports that it would post massive losses over assets linked to US subprime mortgages. The suspension came after Hong Kong media reported China's third-largest bank could announce a significant writedown in 2007 on its 7.95 billion US dollars of investments in subprime-related securities. ... more Weather network expands into 10 states 
Fort Collins, Colo. (UPI) Jan 22, 2008Colorado State University's Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is beginning its 10th year with the addition of 10 new states. The program involves thousands of volunteers who document the size, intensity, duration and patterns of precipitation by taking simple measurements at their homes. Each volunteer is asked to read a rain gauge each day at the same time and ... more Giant genome sequencing project announced 
Boston (UPI) Jan 22, 2008A U.S.-British-led international consortium has announced the "1000 Genomes Project" to produce the most detailed map of human genetic variation to date. The project will involve the sequencing of the genomes of at least 1,000 people from around the world to create the most medically useful human genetics picture ever produced. Major support for the effort will be provided by the ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2008The rise of human-generated pollution in the global atmosphere is forcing a change in ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, in turn affecting our region's weather systems. In new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, CSIRO's Dr Wenju Cai and Mr Tim Cowan found that the changes in ocean circulation in turn influence our weather systems and are partially responsible for a sou ... more Newly Discovered Active Fault Building New Dalmatian Islands Off Croatian Coast 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 23, 2008A newly identified fault that runs under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the famously beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to a new research report. Geologists had previously believed that the Dalmatian Islands and the Dinaride Mountains had stopped growing 20 to 30 million years ago. From a region northwest of Dubrovnik, the new fault runs ... more China electricity supplier warns of power crisis: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 23, 2008China's biggest electricity provider has asked the government to help ensure coal supplies and avert a looming power crisis, state media reported on Wednesday. The State Grid Corp issued the call for help after stockpiles of coal, which provide about 70 percent of China's power needs, had dwindled to a week's supply in recent days, the China Business News said. The supply crunch was caus ... more France's Areva ready to bid for two reactors in South Africa 
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2008A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva is preparing to bid for two third-generation atomic reactors to be built in South Africa, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday. Areva, construction and communication conglomerate Bouygues and electricity giant EDF have teamed up with South African engineering firm Aveng for the project, with a formal offer to be made to Pretoria at the end of ... more Corruption fuels China mine disasters: minister 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Corruption is a key factor in the frequency of horrific accidents in China's notoriously deadly coal mines, the country's top workplace safety official said Tuesday. "Graft and trading power for money still exist among a small number of government employees," Li Yizhong, minister of the State Administration of Work Safety, told reporters when asked to explain the reasons for the accidents. ... more |
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Troy NY (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man. The material, a thin coating comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light and one day could be used to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of solar energy conversion, infrared sensors, and other devic ... more Kite-powered ship to cross Atlantic: designers 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 22, 2008The world's first cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite was to set sail on Tuesday from Germany to Venezuela, the company behind the project said. The MS Beluga SkySails is pulled along by a computer-controlled kite attached to the bows of the ship, assisting the engines and reducing fuel consumption by up to 35 percent depending on the prevailing wind conditions. The 160-square-m ... more Bentley Expands Portfolio Of Software To Improve Performance Of Buildings 
Exton PA (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Bentley Systems announced that it has acquired Hevacomp, Ltd., a Sheffield, England-based leading provider of building services design software dedicated to improving the performance of buildings. Included in its portfolio is software for energy analysis, heating and cooling load calculations, pipe and duct sizing, and electrical system design and product catalogs. Hevacomp is at the foref ... more Life From The Abyss 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2008Nigel Mason is director of research at the Centre of Molecular and Optical Science at the Open University in the UK. One of the Centre's main focuses of study is on Astrobiology, specifically on determining how simple molecules such as methane, ammonia or water found in the interstellar medium can be transformed into the building blocks of biochemistry. In this interview with Astrobiology ... more Walker's World: China or Russia? 
Washington (UPI) Jan 21, 2008It was a relief for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to have been feted in Beijing over the weekend when his opinion poll ratings back home were plunging and his country's relationship with Russia was dropping just as fast back into a chill reminiscent of the Cold War. Enriched and emboldened by its oil and gas wealth, the Russia of President Vladimir Putin is acting like a bully. It ... more
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