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Radical Engine Redesign Would Reduce Pollution And Oil Consumption West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 14, 2007 
Researchers have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine that could dramatically reduce oil consumption and the emission of global-warming pollutants. "We're talking about a major leap in engine technology that could be used in hybrid cars to make vehicles much more environmentally friendly and fuel stingy," ... read more
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Magnetic Computer Sensors May Help Study Biomolecules
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2007Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing, experiments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggest. As described in a recent paper, NIST researchers found that arrays of switches called "spin valves"-commonly used as magnetic sensors in the read heads of high-de ... more The Battle To Save The ABL 
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2007Democrats on Capitol Hill have declared war on the ambitious Airborne Laser anti-ballistic missile program, but the three giant aerospace contractors who are building the ABL are already fighting back. War was declared on Tuesday when the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives announced it was slashing $400 million from the $517 million ... more Key Arms Control Treaty On Verge Of Collapse Says Russian General 
Brussels (AFP) May 10, 2007Russia's top general said Thursday that an important Soviet-era arms treaty frozen by Moscow last month was "on the verge of collapse. Today I can say the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty is on the verge of collapse," General Yuri Baluyevskyi, the chief of Russia's armed forces, told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "But Russia did not want it," he said, following talk ... more Warming In Asia And Africa Threatens US 
Washington (AFP) May 09, 2007From the Niger delta to weather-blighted Somalia and teeming South Asia, global warming poses daunting risks and a knock-on threat to US national security, retired military brass and US senators warned Wednesday. Higher global temperatures, melting polar ice and rising sea waters endanger millions of people, and the US armed forces must be ready for a new age when strife in volatile regions is ... more Urban Poor Part Of Climate Change Equation 
United Nations (AFP) May 09, 2007With more than half of mankind already living in cities and towns, the urban poor must be part of any solution to climate change, a top UN official said here Wednesday. Addressing the opening session of the UN commission on sustainable development here, Anna Tibaijuka, executive director of the Nairobi-based UN Habitat agency, said that cities "are part of the problem and part of the solution to ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 11, 2007The California Solar Rebate program has snuck in regulations that makes ROI on solar harder to reach. The problems relates to forcing people who go solar to use Time-of-use metering. According the Los Angeles Times the rebate reservation requests have dropped 75% compared Q1 2006. My business has noticed a sharp increase in interest in solar, but more of the clients are scared to do it because ... more Self-Sufficient Danish Island Leads The Way In Clean Energy 
Samsoe, Denmark (AFP) May 10, 2007Battered by winds in the waters off eastern Denmark, the picturesque island of Samsoe has broken free of its dependence on oil and gas and, thanks to devoted residents, is now powered solely by renewable energies. A former Viking stronghold with rolling hills, small villages and vast golden fields of rapeseed, Samsoe touts itself as a model to follow in the fight against global warming. Th ... more Russia Sets Up Nuclear Energy Corporation 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 11, 2007The establishment of the state-owned holding Atomenergoprom under a recent presidential decree is a result of a large-scale reform of the nuclear sector, which began in 2006. It is the core asset that will carry out challenging plans aimed to raise the Russian nuclear sector to new highs. The Federal Agency for Nuclear Power (Rosatom), which proposed the idea and drafted the reform plan, a ... more Warsaw Energy Summit's Bleak Prospects 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 11, 2007The energy summit scheduled to take place in Warsaw on May 11-13 makes little sense. Poland, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, the so-called Five, planned to agree on the construction of the Odessa-Gdansk gas pipeline and other routes of energy supplies bypassing Russia. About two weeks ago Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko said it w ... more |
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Astana, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 11, 2007Moscow and Washington may sign an agreement to lift restrictions on Russian uranium supplies in June during the Russian nuclear chief's visit to the United States, the official said. Russia currently exports uranium fuel to the U.S. via a monopoly mediator, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), a special intermediary agent, under a conversion program called HEU-LEU. The HEU-LEU ... more New NASA Study Points To Extreme Summer Warming In The Future 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 10, 2007A new study by NASA scientists suggests that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern United States nearly 10Fahrenheit by the 2080s. "There is the potential for extremely hot summertime temperatures in the future, especially during summers with less-than-average frequent rainfall," said lead author Barry Lynn of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and C ... more Faster And Better Emergency Response Through Satellite Telecoms 
Paris, France (ESA) May 10, 2007When emergency teams are well informed and governments can coordinate their efforts, lives and property can be saved. The Health Early Warning System, a project supported by ESA, is intended to bring this benefit to Europe. Extreme natural phenomena like tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes have featured prominently in the news. So, too, has the rapid spread of new diseases such as SARS and avia ... more Methane May Allow Rockets To Go Beyond The Fringes Of Space 
Washington (ANI) (SPX) May 10, 2007Engineers at XCOR Aerospace say that methane gas can be better used as a fuel to power rockets in the future. Its abundance on several planets of the solar system, including Mars, holds promise of making interplanetary flights free from dependence on earthly fuels if spaceships have to travel to other planets in a timely fashion. "It's not as nice as kerosene. But it's available on Mars an ... more
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