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Vaccine For Ebola Virus
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2008One of the world's deadliest diseases, caused by the Ebola virus, may finally be preventable thanks to US and Canadian researchers, who have successfully tested several Ebola vaccines in primates and are now looking to adapt them for human use. Dr Anthony Sanchez, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia is presenting an overview of Ebola vaccine development ... more US firms brace for new squeeze on high-tech visas 
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2008Facing another squeeze on a visa program for skilled workers, US business leaders are stepping up efforts to raise the limits, arguing that the nation is running short of the talent it needs to remain competitive. A broad coalition of businesses, especially in the tech sector, are warning that the quota of 65,000 for the so-called H-1B visa program on April 1, is likely to be filled the first ... more Fresh Tibet protests reported as diplomats visit 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 29, 2008Tibet's government-in-exile reported fresh mass protests in Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats visited the tense city following recent deadly unrest over Chinese rule. As EU foreign ministers called for an end to violence, the exiled Tibet body said "thousands" had joined demonstrations in Lhasa, although a spokesman stressed details were hard to confirm. ... more Neurons Hard Wired To Tell Left From Right 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2008It's well known that the left and right sides of the brain differ in many animal species and this is thought to influence cognitive performance and social behaviour. For instance, in humans, the left half of the brain is concerned with language processing whereas the right side is better at comprehending musical melody. Now researchers from UCL publishing their work in the open access ... more Preschool Kids Do Better On Tasks When They Talk To Themselves 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Parents should not worry when their pre-schoolers talk to themselves; in fact, they should encourage it, says Adam Winsler, an associate professor of psychology at George Mason University. His recent study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly showed that 5-year-olds do better on motor tasks when they talk to themselves out loud (either spontaneously or when told to do so by an adult) ... more |
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Hanoi (AFP) March 27, 2008The Mekong River, the world's 12th largest waterway crossing six countries, may soon be tamed by a cascade of mega dams, but critics say the plan will harm the fish stocks millions of people rely on. Plans for a series of Mekong mainstream dams have been made and scrapped several times since the 1960s, but now, with oil above 100 dollars a barrel, the projects look more appealing than ever ... more No Laughing Matter - Bacteria Are Releasing A Serious Greenhouse Gas 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Unlike carbon dioxide and methane, laughing gas has been largely ignored by world leaders as a worrying greenhouse gas. But nitrous oxide must be taken more seriously, says Professor David Richardson from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, speaking today at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International ... more Plastic bags spawn cottage industry in Ivory Coast 
Abidjan (AFP) March 30, 2008They may be the scourge of cityscapes and the countryside and the bane of environmentalists, but discarded plastic bags have spawned a growing and lucrative cottage industry in Ivory Coast. Thousands of men and women dubbed "manan-ferela" -- bag washers in the local Malinke language -- spend their days collecting and washing the sacks, which are recycled into brand new plastic objects "Made ... more Tibet religious official sacked: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2008Tibet's top official for minority and religious affairs has been sacked, Chinese state media said Sunday, becoming the first apparent political casualty of the unrest in the Himalayan region. Danzeng Langjie, director of Tibet's Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs Commission, has been "removed" from his post, according to a statement posted on the website of the Tibet Daily newspaper. ... more Negotiators gather to push new UN climate treaty 
Bangkok (AFP) March 30, 2008Negotiators from up to 180 countries began gathering here on Sunday for talks aimed at reaching the most ambitious treaty yet for sparing the Earth from the worst ravages of global warming. The five-day talks, starting Monday, follow marathon negotiations in December on the Indonesian island of Bali where the world set a 2009 deadline for thrashing out a landmark pact to battle climate change ... more |
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Puerto Princesa, Philippines (AFP) March 28, 2008The state-run Philippine National Oil Company said Friday it has allocated 26 million dollars to establish plantations for jatropha -- a crop intended for biofuels. The PNOC-Alternative Fuels, the arm of the state company looking at finding alternative energy sources, said 1.1 billion pesos had been set aside but so far only 80 million pesos had been spent -- mainly ... more Outside View: A Russia-Japan nuclear pact 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 27, 2008 Paris is in shock: Nuclear giants Atomenergoprom and Toshiba have decided to form an alliance in civilian nuclear power operations, including power plant construction and fuel production. The two companies signed a framework agreement last week, under which the Russian company will enrich uranium produced in Kazakhstan, while Toshiba will produce nuclear fuel and undertake the designing ... more Westinghouse Wins Contract To Provide Fuel Supplies To Ukraine 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Westinghouse Electric has announced it has won a five-year contract to provide nuclear fuel supplies to three Ukrainian reactors beginning in 2011. Ukraine relies on nuclear power generation for nearly 50 percent of its energy requirements. The genesis of Westinghouse's introduction into the Ukrainian nuclear fuel marketplace was an award in 2000 by the U.S. Government for the development ... more UQM Technologies Delivers Motor For Use In Fuel Cell Powered Switch Locomotive 
Frederick CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2008UQM Technologies has announced that it has delivered a PowerPhase 100 motor to Vehicle Projects for use in a fuel cell powered switch locomotive under development by a consortium including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, the U.S. Department of Defense, and led by Vehicle Projects of Denver, Colorado. The UQM motor provides up to 55 kW of continuous power to drive the twin ... more New protest planned against rail tunnel through Italian Alps 
Chiomonte, Italy (AFP) March 30, 2008A multi-billion-euro project to bore a tunnel through the Italian Alps to create a high-speed rail link between Turin, Italy, and Lyon, France, will face a new protest on Sunday. In Chiomonte, in northwestern Italy's Susa Valley, diehard opponents of the project will line up to buy a symbolic square metre of land each along the route of the planned rail line. More than 1,250 activists in ... more
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