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Clovis-Age Overkill Didn't Take Out California's Flightless Sea Duck
Eugene OR (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Clovis-age natives, often noted for overhunting during their brief dominance in a primitive North America, deserve clemency in the case of California's flightless sea duck. New evidence says it took thousands of years for the duck to die out. A team of six scientists, including Jon M. Erlandson of the University of Oregon, pronounced their verdict in the Proceedings of the National Academy ... more Indigenous people can offer climate change solutions: IUCN 
Geneva (AFP) March 14, 2008Honduras' Quezungal farmers have an age-old trick to protect their crops from hurricanes -- planting them under trees whose roots would anchor the soil, thereby holding the crops steady. Not just these farmers, but many indigenous people around the world are sitting on a treasure trove of traditional knowledge that could be mined as the world seeks adaptation strategies to deal with climate ... more Mozambican government seeks urgent food aid after cyclone 
Maputo (AFP) March 17, 2008The Mozambican government has made an urgent appeal to the UN World Food Programme to help more than 60,000 people left destitute when cyclone Jokwe hit northern and central parts of the country. "The government has made an urgent appeal to the WFP for food to feed people who were affected by cyclone Jokwe," Joao Ribeiro, the deputy national director of Mozambique's government-run national ... more New Portrait Of Earth Shows Land Cover As Never Before 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 18, 2008A new global portrait taken from space details Earth's land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, presented the preliminary version of the map to scientists last week at the 2nd GlobCover User Consultation workshop held in Rome, Italy. Earth's land cover has been charted from space before, but this map, which will ... more Brazil, Germany To Develop Night-Vision Radar Satellite 
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Mar 18, 2008Brazil and Germany have signed an agreement to develop a night-vision radar satellite to observe the Amazon region, the National Space Research Institute said Sunday. The INPE plans to build the Multiple Application Synthetic Aperture Radar with the help of the German Space Center over 18 months, in the second satellite project undertaken by the two nations. The 500-kg satellite ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) March 17, 2008The World Health Organisation warned Monday that more new tuberculosis cases are slipping through the detection net, as countries fail to keep up with rapid progress made in earlier years. "After some years of good trends for tuberculosis control, 2006 documents a slowing of progress -- the rate at which new cases were detected increased only slightly compared to recent years," WHO director ... more AETE Announces One Dollar Ethanol 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2008The Alternative Energy Technology Center ahs announced its plans to produce ethanol for the U.S. market at less than $1 per gallon. AETE will refine biomass into fuel products using its exclusive technology. Most new automobiles built in the U.S. by General Motors and other manufacturers are equipped to run on 85% ethanol. To fuel these cars ethanol production must be expand significantly. ... more Pepsi Center Makes Green Effort From Top To Bottom 
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 18, 2008There's virtually no part of Pepsi Center's arena operation that can't be considered for an environmentally friendly makeover and arena officials have begun showing off a number of them -- from giant air circulating fans in the building's roof, to the Zamboni that cleans the hockey rink's ice. "There's a significant challenge in retrofitting a building this large, but these are the right ... more India govt, allies to hold US nuclear deal talks in April 
New Delhi (AFP) March 18, 2008India's government said Monday it would hold more talks in April with its communist allies in a bid to move forward with a contentious nuclear pact with the United States. Next month's talks will focus on a draft deal worked out between New Delhi and the International Atomic Energy Agency that is essential to concluding the deal with Washington. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee ... more GE Unit Invests In Texas And Illinois Wind Projects With Invenergy 
Stamford CT (SPX) Mar 18, 2008GE Energy Financial Services is partnering for the third time with leading global wind power developer Invenergy Wind, by investing in Illinois and Texas wind farms that will produce emissions-free electricity equivalent to taking 96,000 average US cars off the road. Together, the two projects will produce nearly 250 megawatts of power. GE Energy Financial Services is investing in the ... more |
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King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Maxwell Systems is proud to announce Maxwell Systems Quest Earthwork 7.5, the latest release of its powerful earth-measuring software. This version of Maxwell Systems' cut and fill program contains a significant new enhancement-the incorporation of machine control capabilities. "Quest Earthwork 7.5 enables Maxwell Systems' sitework customers to use our software in conjunction with today's ... more Alanco StarTrak Announces ReeferTrak Partnership With SkyBitz 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Alanco Technologies has announced that its StarTrak subsidiary has forged a partnership with SkyBitz to deliver a StarTrak ReeferTrak cold chain wireless management platform that utilizes the SkyBitz satellite communications network. SkyBitz has placed an initial order for 500 ReeferTrak devices for their fleet customers, while both companies will offer this new service to their respective ... more Modernized GPS Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-19M, is the sixth in a line of eight GPS IIR satellites that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems, Valley Forge ... more thincSoft Announces Expanded Integration With Oracle Technology And Applications 
Seattle, WA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008thincSoft has announced an expanded integration with Oracle technology products and solutions. Building on successful implementations of thincVIew integrated with Oracle database, thincSoft has expanded its integration with Oracle products and solutions to include: Oracle WebCenter, Oracle Spatial 10g, Oracle Coherence, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Data Warehouse, and ... more US firm, CEO admit weapon, nuclear-linked export violations 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008A US company and the Indian head of an international firm have admitted to violating laws on export of weapons technology and nuclear power testing equipment to India, the US Justice Department said Thursday. Decade-long US sanctions over illegal Indian nuclear tests prohibit US-based companies from exporting certain goods and services to India. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian CEO of ... more
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