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US scientists close to creating artificial life: study
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2008US scientists have taken a major step toward creating the first ever artificial life form by synthetically reproducing the DNA of a bacteria, according to a study published Thursday. The move, which comes after five years of research, is seen as the penultimate stage in the endeavor to create an artificial life form based entirely on a man-made DNA genome -- something which has tantalized sc ... more Global slowdown could impact China: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2008Global economic weakness may be about to do what China's own policy-makers have been unable to: pull growth in the world's fourth-largest economy down from its current dizzying heights. Government data published Thursday showed the Chinese economy grew by 11.4 percent in 2007, the fastest pace in 13 years, but cooled slightly towards the New Year, as the alarm bells over the US economy got l ... more Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks 
Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 25, 2008Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment. Their discovery could affect how certain sequences of sedimentary rock are dated, and how scientists might search for evidence of life on other planets. "We found microbes c ... more EU aims to adopt energy, climate laws by spring 2009: presidency 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 24, 2008The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... more Earth's Getting Soft In The Middle 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2008Since we can't sample the deepest regions of the Earth, scientists watch the velocity of seismic waves as they travel through the planet to determine the composition and density of that material. Now a new study suggests that material in part of the lower mantle has unusual electronic characteristics that make sound propagate more slowly, suggesting that the material there is softer than previou ... more |
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Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2008Climate change is occurring far faster than even the worst predictions of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change foresaw, Al Gore warned Thursday. New evidence shows "the climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding more rapidly than those on the pessimistic side of the IPCC projections had warned us," the former US vice president and climate campaigner told d ... more Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance 
Park City, Utah (AFP) Jan 23, 2008Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil. In his documentary film "Fields of Fuel," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week, he outlines the historical origins of and the political constructs that support petroleum use. As well, he presents the benefi ... more Philips Patents TU Eindhoven's Energy Return System 
Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 25, 2008An increasing number of private individuals supply their excess energy, from external energy sources (windmills and solar cells), to the electricity grid and only take energy from the grid when necessary. Dutch-sponsored researcher Haimin Tao examined how this externally generated energy can be better stored and transferred. Philips has acquired a patent for a part of the system. In a proj ... more Indian PM hopes nuclear talks with IAEA will conclude soon 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog on a pact allowing New Delhi to buy nuclear power plants and technology will be soon completed. Indian negotiators have held several rounds of talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since last month. The IAEA negotiations follow India and the United States signing a pact in 2006 reversin ... more Bush pushes US-Turkey nuclear cooperation 
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2008President George W. Bush has green-lighted a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Turkey, saying that private-sector proliferation worries have been addressed, the White House said Wednesday. Bush on Tuesday sent the US Congress a July 2000 agreement, signed by then-US president Bill Clinton, that would clear the way for transfers of nuclear know-how to Turkey's planned civilian atomic sec ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2008While most visitors to the rising petro-state of Kazakhstan are dazzled by the oil-fueled construction boom in Astana and the former capital, Almaty, an equally significant town is rising on the eastern shores of the Caspian. What is most extraordinary about Aktau is its youth; the town was only founded in 1961 as a small village, after large crude oil deposits were discovered nearby. T ... more Analysis: Yar'Adua eyes emerging Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Jan 24, 2008Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is hoping to transform his energy-rich country into a leading world player on the energy market and beyond during the next decade by improving the country's oil and gas production as well as its infrastructure. In a recent meeting with officials from General Electric -- led by GE Vice Chairman John Rice -- Yar'Adua said his administration recognized th ... more Meteor impacts can have subtle effects 
Lower Hutt, New Zealand (UPI) Jan 23, 2008A New Zealand study suggests meteor impacts with the Earth can produce effects of a more subtle and insidious kind than just catastrophic extinction. Researchers at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, said the shattering impact of meteors on rocks can produce increased groundwater-rock surface interaction, affecting the quality of groundwater tha ... more Asteroid to give Earth a close shave next week 
Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2008A huge asteroid will zoom past Earth next week at such a close distance that amateur astronomers should be able to spot it, specialists said on Wednesday. Measuring between 150 and 600 metres (yards) across, asteroid 2007 TU24 would inflict devastating regional damage were it to hit Earth, but there is no risk of any collision, they said. It will fly by on Tuesday, being around 534,000 k ... more Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Pass 75 Year Mark Of Combined On-Orbit Operations 
Denver CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2008The Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellite constellation, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has accumulated over 75 years of successful on-orbit operations. GPS provides essential services including situational awareness and precision weapon guidance for the military. ... more
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