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Limited Economic Impact But Chief Meteorologist Says China Unprepared For Weather
Guangzhou, China (AFP) Feb 4, 2008China's chief meteorologist admitted Monday the country was not prepared for the severe winter weather that has stranded millions of people struggling to get home for Lunar New Year. The blizzards and icy temperatures that have lasted nearly three weeks have left millions stuck at airports, train stations and bus depots across south, central and eastern China. "We didn't expect the snowy ... more Markets Of Biodiversity And Equity In Trade An Illusion Or Not 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 05, 2008Since the end of the 1980s, the idea has become predominant that the best way to ensure conservation of biodiversity was to create value for it in the framework of markets. The great upsurge in genetic engineering techniques at that time offered a glimpse of many possibilities for money-earning uses of natural substances by living-resource-based industries. In this context, the Convention ... more Walker's World: A recession election? 
Washington (UPI) Feb 4, 2008Is this a recession or not? Is the United States about to be plunged into an election campaign dominated by unemployment figures, home foreclosures and demagogic attacks on globalization and the loss of American jobs to low-wage economies? In a sense, it barely matters whether the U.S. plunges into what economists formally call a recession, which is when the gross domestic product turns ... more Penn Researchers Discover New Target For Preventing And Treating Flu 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 05, 2008Emerging subtypes of influenza A virus hold the potential to initiate a world-wide epidemic in the next few years, according to World Health Organization officials. However, almost all type A influenza viral strains have become resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two drugs that make up one of only two classes used to treat the flu. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School ... more Water Management For A New Century 
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2008Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability. But anthropogenic change of Earth's climate is altering the means and extremes of these factors so that this paradigm of stationarit ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Feb 4, 2008Sergei Kirienko was relieved of his post as head of Russia's atomic energy agency on Monday but officials said it was a technical change and that he would front up a new wider nuclear body. "Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov relieved Sergei Kirienko from his functions as head of Rosatom (and) moved him to another post," a statement on the government's website said. According to Kirienko's spo ... more Lithuania, Poland to sign power deal spurring nuclear plan 
Vilnius (AFP) Feb 4, 2008Lithuania and Poland said Monday they were poised to sign a deal linking their electricity supply grids, resolving a key sticking point in related talks on constructing a new nuclear power plant. "I have been invited to visit Warsaw on February 12. We plan to sign documents on the construction of the energy bridge between Lithuania and Poland during the visit," Lithuanian Economy Minister ... more No major damage to safety at Japan nuclear plant: UN team 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2008A UN expert said Friday there was no significant damage affecting safety at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan after his team entered a reactor for the first time since a major earthquake. But Philippe Jamet, leader of the 12 experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the incident showed the need to build plants to withstand bigger-than-expected earthquakes. ... more British plans for wind turbines contested by defence ministry: report 
London (AFP) Feb 4, 2008Britain's defence ministry has raised objections over proposals to ramp up the proportion of the country's energy produced by wind farms, because of concerns over the impact of the turbines on military radar, The Times reported on Monday. A spokesman for Britain's business ministry conceded there had been "issues" regarding potential sites for wind farms, and military radar systems. ... more Kelly Space Launches Eco-Friendly Wireless Lighting Control Technology 
San Bernardino CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2008Kelly Space and Technology, Inc. launched an eco-friendly wireless lighting control technology known as WiseLight. WiseLight automatically enables commercial and government municipal users to save energy and costs. This green energy saving system automates scheduling, monitoring and control of outdoor lighting applications such as recreational fields, parking lots, billboards and other venues. ... more |
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Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 05, 2008Using a tabletop laser, University of Rochester optical scientists have turned pure aluminum, gold. And blue. And gray. And many other colors. And it works for every metal tested, including platinum, titanium, tungsten, silver, and gold. Chunlei Guo, the researcher who a year ago used intense laser light to alter the properties of a variety of metals to render them pitch black, has pushed the sa ... more Bio-Crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel 
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 05, 2008CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil. The bio-crude oil can be used to produce high value chemicals and biofuels, including both petrol and diesel replacement fuels. "By making changes to the chemical process, we've been able to create a concentrated bio-crude which is much more stable than that achieved elsewhere in the ... more World Bank slashes 2008 China growth forecast 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2008The World Bank said Monday it had slashed its growth forecast for the Chinese economy in 2008 by 1.2 percentage points to 9.6 percent due to a weaker global outlook. The World Bank made the adjustment in its quarterly update on the Chinese economy, while also warning about growing signs of inflation. "The slowdown in the global economy should affect China's exports and investment in the ... more International Effort Takes Critical Steps To Accelerate Growth Of Global Biofuels Market 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2008The governments of the United States, Brazil and the European Union - the world's major producers of biofuels - have jointly released an analysis of current biofuel specifications with the goal of facilitating expanded trade of these renewable energy sources. Spurred by increased market demands, this report was solicited by the U.S. and Brazilian governments and the European Commission ... more E Coli A Future Source Of Energy 
College Station TX (SPX) Feb 05, 2008For most people, the name "E. coli" is synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, but a professor in Texas A and M University's chemical engineering department envisions the bacteria as a future source of energy, helping to power our cars, homes and more. By genetically modifying the bacteria, Thomas Wood, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has ... more
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