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Chirac To Lead Signing Ceremony On International Fusion Test Reactor Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2006 
French President Jacques Chirac is to lead a signing ceremony Tuesday to develop a new breed of experimental nuclear fusion reactor that mimics the energy-producing process powering the sun, officials said. The event in Paris will see representatives from China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States setting pen to paper to formally set up the structure of the 10-billion-euro (12.8 billion dollar) reactor. The facility -- originally called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor but now known officially by its initials ITER -- is to be built in Cadarache, in southern France, over a decade starting 2007.
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Largest Superconducting Magnet Ever Switched On
London UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2006The largest superconducting magnet ever built has successfully been powered up to its operating conditions at the first attempt. Called the Barrel Toroid because of its shape, this magnet is a vital part of ATLAS, one of the major particle detectors being prepared to take data at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator scheduledto turn on in November 2007. Sprucing Up Gazprom's Frigid Fields In Siberia 
Vyngayakhinsk, Russia (AFP) Nov 19, 2006For an hour, the helicopter flew over a frozen wasteland where gas flares were the only sign of human life, before landing in a swirl of snow on a deserted track. A few hundred meters away lay the giant Vyngayakhinsk gas deposit run by Russian behemoth Gazprom in a corner of western Siberia where temperatures fall to minus 60 degrees Celsius in deep winter. New Technology Harnesses Ocean Energy From Florida's Gulf Stream 
by Staff WritersDania Beach FL (SPX) Nov 21, 2006 Florida Atlantic University has been selected by the Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board to receive $5 million to establish The Florida Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology. Ranked in second place, FAU is among six Florida universities that have been selected out of 32 proposals submitted to the Board. This new center will be FAU's second Center of Excellence-its first Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology was established in 2003. |
Why Russia Has A Gas Shortage
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2006Russia controls 29 trillion cu m of proven gas reserves and over 1.2 billion metric tons of gas condensate. This is about one third or one fourth of the world's total reserves, depending on which estimate is used. Policy Makers, Networking Agencies Told To Get Their Act Together For Nanoscience 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Nov 20, 2006N-A-N-O, the four letters that have conjured up much excitement, hope and even fear for the past few years, were the theme of discussion for a recent two-day conference in Brussels that brought together some 400 experts, including concerned groups, policy makers and researchers from across Europe. The purpose of the conference was to delve into how the continent could take the lead in all things 'nano.' Universities Receive US-German Grant To Study The Nanostructure Of Ferroelectric Domains 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2006Five universities in the U.S. and Germany have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) to study ferroelectric materials at a scale of length at which they have not previously been investigated. The three-year, $1.2-million Materials World Network grant will support research and student exchanges involving Lehigh, Florida and Penn State and the Universities of Bonn and Paderborn in Germany. It is led by Volkmar Dierolf, associate professor of physics at Lehigh. |
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Kyoto Countries Set 2008 For Talks On Further Carbon Cuts
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 17, 2006The 168 members of the United Nations' pact for cutting greenhouse gases will launch negotiations in 2008 over the next round of pledges for tackling global warming, a worldwide conference on climate change decided here on Friday. The negotiations will determine action for curbing carbon pollution from 2013 to 2017, after Kyoto's present commitment period expires in 2012. Kyoto Protocol Lurches Towards Next Decade 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 19, 2006Herding cats is never one of the easiest tasks in life, yet that is what lies ahead in the campaign to deepen cuts in carbon pollution next decade under the UN's Kyoto Protocol. A 12-day conference on climate change ended here Friday by setting 2008 for launching a review of the Protocol with the goal of accelerating reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) after the treaty's current pledges run out in 2012. Zambia Biggest Copper Mine Resumes Operation After Closure Over Pollution 
Lusaka (AFP) Nov 18, 2006Zambia has lifted a ban on the country's largest copper mine, imposed after its leaching plant polluted water supplies for over 50,000 nearby residents, an official said Saturday. The government allowed the Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) to resume full operations after it introduced new safety measures, said Edward Zulu, the head of the government's environmental law body. |
UCLA Chemist Provides Insight Into Periodic Table
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2006The periodic table of chemical elements hangs in front of chemistry classrooms and in science laboratories worldwide. Yet much was unknown about its history and evolution until now. "The moment I discovered there was this elegant, orderly chart that encompassed chemistry, I fell in love with the periodic table," said Eric Scerri, a UCLA chemist and author of "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance". Economic Leaders To Act On Energy Security But Not Climate Change 
Melbourne (AFP) Nov 19, 2006World economic leaders agreed on a strategy for coping with China and India's rapidly growing energy demands Sunday but rejected calls to address climate change caused by increased fossil fuel consumption. The Group of Twenty (G20) summit of finance ministers and central bankers said it had reached an agreement on ensuring energy and commodity markets could meet demand from the world's emerging economic giants. Russia,US Sign Protocol - Russia's WTO Accession 
Hanoi, Vietnam (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2006Russia and the United States signed Sunday a bilateral protocol on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. The document was signed by Russia's Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab at the APEC summit in Hanoi. |
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