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Unveiling The Underwater Ways Of The White Shark
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008It's hard to study a creature when you only catch fleeting glimpses of it. Up until recently, that was one of the big stumbling blocks for marine biologists and ecologists, but advances in electronic tracking technology have allowed them to peer farther across, and deeper under, the surface of the oceans than ever before. Satellite tracking systems and acoustic sensors are giving researcher ... more LSU Researchers Challenge Analyses On Sustainability Of Gulf Fisheries 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Louisiana's coastal fisheries produce approximately 25 percent of the total catch by weight in the lower 48 states. With such a substantial portion of the nation's economy dependant on the state of these waters - particularly the Gulf of Mexico region - it comes as no surprise that these fisheries are heavily monitored and scrutinized by researchers across the globe. While some recent ... more Kuwait dust storm disrupts port, air traffic 
Kuwait City (AFP) Feb 19, 2008A blinding dust storm hit Kuwait on Tuesday, forcing the closure of the Gulf emirate's three ports and disrupting air traffic, officials said. Winds blowing at a speed of up to 40 kilometres (25 miles) an hour caused the storm, the second in four days in this desert oil-rich emirate, reducing visibility to below 300 metres (yards) at Kuwait airport. Issam al-Zamel, head of operations at ... more 72 dead as cholera follows floods in Mozambique 
Maputo (AFP) Feb 19, 2008At least 72 people have died of cholera and other intestinal diseases brought on by floods that have ravaged central Mozambique since the beginning of January, medical staff said Tuesday. "Of the 450 cholera patients we have treated in areas affected by the floods, eight have died," global humanitarian organisation Doctors without Borders said in a statement. "This figure is added to the ... more UN warns of locust swarm menacing Horn of Africa 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Feb 19, 2008A gathering swarm of locusts threatens Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Tuesday. "In Ethiopia, we've had reports over the last few days of young locusts gathering in a five square kilometres (two square miles) swarm east of the Rift Valley on the high plateaux of the Oromo region ... and in the south ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Chinese authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, a day after confirming a 22-year-old man in central China had died of the deadly virus. The agriculture ministry said 132 poultry had died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a village outside the regional capital Lhasa and about 7,700 birds had been slaughtered to bring the outbreak under control. It ... more Ancient Mystery Solved 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Geologists at the University of Leicester have solved a puzzle found in rocks half a billion years old. Some of the most important fossil beds in the world are the Burgess Shales in the Canadian Rockies. Once an ancient sea bed, they were formed shortly after life suddenly became more complex and diverse - the so-called Cambrian explosion - and are of immense scientific interest. ... more Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection 
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The process of natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, a new study finds. Scientists at Stanford University have shown for the first time that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different rate than other cultural attributes. Speeded or slowed rates of evolution typically indicate the action of natural selection in analyses of the human genome. ... more Germany presents plans for IAEA-supervised enrichment plant 
Vienna (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Germany presented to the UN atomic watchdog Tuesday proposals for an international nuclear fuel bank to meet growing international interest in atomic energy, while reducing the risk of such technology being misused for proliferation purposes. Under the plan, entitled the Multilateral Enrichment Sanctuary Project, countries interested in nuclear technology for purely peaceful purposes ... more Vietnam to cut coal exports to China nearly in half: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Vietnam, the biggest supplier of coal to China, will cut exports to its giant neighbour nearly in half in 2008 to meet rising demand from its own power plants, state media reported Tuesday. Vietnam will reduce sales to China to 13 million tonnes this year, the 21st Century Business Herald said, citing an unnamed Vietnamese government official. Previous reports in the Chinese media said ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Global Energy has announced that the Company is currently in negotiations with joint venture partners in Germany and Poland for the construction of plants that would convert municipal solid waste materials into mineral renewable energy using technology developed by Dr. Christian Koch through his company AlphaKat GMBH. Each of these projects has received the necessary environmental permits ... more Biomass Energy Project Files For Interconnection To New England Power Grid 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Laidlaw Berlin has announced that it has filed an application with the operator of the New England power grid, ISO New England, for the interconnection of its Berlin, New Hampshire, biomass energy project. "This is yet another significant milestone in the development process of the project," said Michael Bartoszek, CEO. Separately, Laidlaw announced that the 30 day appeal period in ... more Assessing The Feasability Of A Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline 
Tulsa OK (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Magellan Midstream Partners and Buckeye Partners have announced they have begun a joint assessment to determine the feasibility of constructing a dedicated ethanol pipeline. The proposed ethanol pipeline system would safely and efficiently deliver renewable fuel ethanol from the Midwest to distribution terminals in the northeastern United States. The proposed pipeline could have the ... more Analysis: Kazakhstan rules oceans 
Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2008Awash in oil revenues, the Kazakh government is now to spend some of its lucre on a pressing defense need that its military planners have overlooked since independence in 1991 -- a navy. In a military development largely unnoticed in the West, Kazakh Defense Minister Daniyal Akhmetov said last October, "This is a very serious issue. We have a blueprint for developing the navy. We have ... more AE Biofuels Builds Integrated Cellulose Ethanol Commercial Demonstration Plant 
Cupertino CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008AE Biofuels has announced that it has begun construction of an integrated cellulose and starch ethanol commercial demonstration facility in Butte, Montana. The plant will use proven patent-pending Ambient Temperature Cellulose Starch Hydrolysis enzyme technology to optimize process conditions for multiple feedstocks. Non-food ethanol feedstocks used by the facility are expected to ... more
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