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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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Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2008A government advisory body on Friday urged Tokyo to take the lead in promoting nuclear energy worldwide as part of efforts to fight global warming. Japan is struggling to meet its obligations to slash greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol and is also being hit hard by high oil prices as Asia's largest economy has virtually no natural energy resources. The Atomic Energy Commission, wh ... more Russian environmental watchdog to check TNK-BP
Moscow (AFP) March 21, 2008Russia's environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said Friday it will check a subsidiary of TNK-BP just days after security services raided the company. osprirodnadzor will check Samotlorneftegaz, a subsidiary that operates in Western Siberia, along with six other companies, for environmental violations according to a statement on the agency's website. The inspections are set to take plac ... more Microsoft, Intel research parallel computing with US universities 
San Francisco (AFP) March 18, 2008Microsoft and Intel said Tuesday they are teaming with US universities to unleash the mighty potential of multi-core computer chips. Microsoft and Intel will jointly spend 20 million dollars over five years to fund Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A recent trend is to increase ... more 8th Continent Project Starts Colorado's First Aerospace Incubator 
Golden CO (SPX) Mar 20, 2008The 8th Continent Project, the world's most comprehensive effort to integrate space technology and resources into the global economy, has received a $150,000 grant from the Colorado Economic Development Commission to start Colorado's first ever aerospace business incubator - helping the state maintain its national ranking as the second largest private aerospace employer. The 8th Continent ... more |
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Oak Ridge, Tenn. (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 U.S. government scientists have found the increasing use of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks might substantially affect power distribution. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid electric cars and trucks will affect the nation's power grid depending on the time of day or night the vehicles are charged. In an ... more Israel slams Swiss-Iranian gas deal as 'unfriendly act' 
Jerusalem (AFP) March 19, 2008Israel on Wednesday slammed Switzerland for signing a deal with Iran's state gas firm, branding the move an "unfriendly act" hampering efforts to halt its arch foe's nuclear programme. The foreign ministry summoned the new Swiss ambassador, Walter Haffner, on the same day he presented his credentials, to express the Jewish state's "regret" over the deal, it said in a statement. "Switzerland ... more Marathon To Offer Only Ethanol Blended Gasoline At 16 Terminals 
Findlay OH (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Marathon Oil has announced that the Company will convert to 100 percent ethanol blended fuel (E-10 gasohol) at 16 of its Midwest terminals beginning May 1, 2008. Unblended gasoline products will no longer be available at the following terminals; Indianapolis (86th Street) and Muncie, Ind.; Louisville (Algonquin), Ky.; Detroit (Refinery Rack), Romulus, Niles (South), Bay City, Flint, Lansing and ... more Southern California Edison Requests Project To Advance Renewable Energy Operations 
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
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