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Study: Electronics revolution now in sight Gaithersburg, Md. (UPI) Mar 20, 2008 
U.S. scientists say they've set the stage for the "evolutionary link" between today's microelectronics and future devices made from organic molecules.
National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers said they have demonstrated a single layer of organic molecules can be assembled on the same kind of substrate that is used in conventional microchips.
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Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Mar 20, 2008 U.S. scientists have discovered thin films of "metamaterials" can reduce the size of resonating circuits that generate microwaves. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers said the use of metamaterials -- man-made composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic properties -- is a step toward substantially shrinking the size of electronic devices ... more Russian nuclear giant teams up with Toshiba: statement 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian nuclear energy giant Atomenergoprom and Japanese industrial corporation Toshiba signed a preliminary cooperation agreement on Thursday, Russia's nuclear ministry said in a statement. "Today's event symbolises the start of large-scale cooperation between two leading companies... in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy," Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's nuclear agency, was ... more Analysis: Nigeria's labor woes 
Labor unrest appears to be on the horizon in the Niger Delta as Nigeria's oil workers have threatened to walk off the job. The country's leading petroleum union, PENGASSAN, has threatened to walk off the job in protest of ExxonMobil's recent decision to fire 100 union workers. ExxonMobil officials have since denied any wrongdoing, saying that those employees let go were given g ... more Outside View: Gazprom, Ukraine price rows
Moscow (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 A long gas squabble ended with Gazprom's recognition of Ukraine's main demands. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom announced on March 13 that it came to terms with Ukraine on gas supplies for 2008. In turn, Gazprom received only minor concessions from Ukraine -- an opportunity to settle accounts for January and February supplies through middlemen who will then leave the scene. Althoug ... more Analysis: Can biotechnology save ethanol? 
Some experts have questioned the feasibility of Congress's new biofuels mandate, but emerging biotechnologies may boost the industry above and beyond expectations. Traditional corn ethanol has received a bad rap in the popular press lately due to concerns increased production and conversion of corn into fuel may increase emissions and raise food prices. Not everyone agrees with ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2008 Growing demand in Asia, political instability and the falling dollar have all been blamed for high oil prices, but many, including OPEC, increasingly see speculators driving the price of crude. Rising oil prices, which climbed from just above $10 a barrel in the late 1990s to around $100 now, can be attributed to "political tensions and speculation rather than supply shortages," Abdulla ... more Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help US Economy 
New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 20, 2008A national policy to cut carbon emissions by as much as 40 percent over the next 20 years could still result in increased economic growth, according to an interactive website that reviews 25 of the leading economic models used to predict the economic impacts of reducing emissions. "As Congress prepares to debate new legislation to address the threat of climate change, opponents claim that ... more A thirsty planet looks for solutions to water shortage 
Paris (AFP) March 19, 2008A world without fresh water would be a world bereft of humans, and yet one in five people lacks regular access to this most basic of life-sustaining substances. By 2025, fully a third of the planet's growing population could find itself scavenging for safe drinking water, the United Nations has warned ahead of World Water Day on Saturday. More than two million people in developing countries ... more New Study On Impacts Of Wind Energy Development In The USA 
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Texas Christian University, FPL Energy, and Oxford University have announced the formation of a groundbreaking partnership and research initiative to better understand the ecological and socio-economic impacts of wind power development. The five-year research initiative includes three primary focus areas, including wind turbine impact on birds and bats; wind turbine ecological impacts; and ... more |
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Rosemead CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Southern California Edison has filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission to enhance renewable energy operations. If approved, the Renewable Integration and Advancement Program would fund and develop innovative systems and technologies to enhance safe and reliable energy deliveries as more intermittent renewable resources come on line to meet the state's ... more Renewable Industry Association Asks Congress To Direct DOE To Follow New Law 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2008The Geothermal Energy Association has urged the House Appropriations Committee to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to begin implementing legislation creating a new advanced geothermal research program passed by Congress in December. Unfortunately, the Department of Energys (DOE) budget submission for FY 2009, does not appear to implement the new research initiative authorized by ... more Greenpeace goes prehistoric to protest coal-fired plant in Germany 
Berlin (AFP) March 19, 2008Activists from environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday placed a steel dinosaur in front of the Hamburg offices for energy giant Vattenfall to protest plans for a new coal-fired power plant. Some 30 protesters also displayed a banner saying "We are stopping dinosaur technology" and dumped three tonnes of coal in front of the company's offices. The steel dinosaur weighed one tonne and ... more Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction 
Hartford, Conn. (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 A consortium of Eastern U.S. states will auction carbon emissions allowances this fall in an effort to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. The Hartford (Conn.) Courant said bidding on Sept. 10 will start at $1.86 a ton, with subsequent auctions held quarterly. Power plant operators in the 10 member states will have until the end of 2011 to acquire enough credits to account for ... more
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