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EcoLEDs Announces Brightest Commercial LED Light Bulb Yet Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007 
Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. ... read more
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CO2 Emissions Increasing Faster Than Expected
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2007Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels - the principal driver of climate change - have accelerated globally at a far greater rate than expected over recent years, according to a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper explains that the average growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions increased from 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s to a ... more Revamped, Renewed, Restarted: High Flux Isotope Reactor Back On Line 
Oak Ridge, TN (SPX) May 23, 2007The research reactor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever. After $70 million in renovations and more than a year of meticulous system checks, ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor was restarted this week, taken to 10 percent power, and reached its peak power of 85 megawatts Wednesday. "The restart has gone well," said Kelly Beierschm ... more Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South 
New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... more Blair Argues For Nuclear Power As Government Publishes Proposals 
London (AFP) May 23, 2007Departing Prime Minister Tony Blair put forth the case for a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain as his government was set to publish Wednesday proposals to secure the country's energy supplies. The proposals come after the government suffered a political blow in February when the British High Court ruled that a decision last year to approve plans for new nuclear power plants was ... more Universities Prepare As Physicists Plan To Pop Protons 
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) May 23, 2007The world's largest science experiment, a physics experiment designed to determine the nature of matter, will produce a mountain of data. And because the world's physicists cannot move to the mountain, an army of computer research scientists is preparing to move the mountain to the physicists. Thomas Hacker, a research assistant professor in Purdue University's Discovery Park Cyber Center ... more |
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Rome, Italy (SPX) May 22, 2007Wild relatives of plants such as the potato and the peanut are at risk of extinction, threatening a valuable source of genes that are necessary to boost the ability of cultivated crops to resist pests and tolerate drought, according to a new study released today by scientists of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The culprit is climate change, the researchers ... more Pollution And Chemicals Blamed For Massive Cancer Rate Risa Across China 
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2007Pollution and the excessive use of chemicals in foodstuffs are sending cancer rates soaring in China, where it is already the number one killer, state press said Monday. Cancer was the most lethal disease in both urban and rural areas last year, the China Daily said, citing a recent health ministry survey. According to ministry statistics, it has been China's leading killer since at least ... more A Not-So-Heavy Metal As Electrical Conductivity In Textiles Becomes Available 
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2007Movies and television have educated us more than we know. Thanks to detective thrillers, we understand about the drama of "wearing a wire." But a NASA-sponsored technology is paving the way for all of us to be "wearing a wireless." Metal wiring weaves a less-than-perfect web. Copper is the most common electrical conductor, but as with most metals, it can be heavy, expensive, and breakable. In co ... more Before Selling Carbon Credits Read This 
Madison WI (SPX) May 22, 2007Storing carbon in agricultural soils presents an immediate option to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and slow global warming. Farmers who adopt practices that store carbon in soil may be able to "sell" the stored carbon to buyers seeking to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Before farmers can sell carbon credits, however, they need to be able to verify that changing soil management has increase ... more |
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Athens GA (SPX) May 22, 2007A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines. "The exciting thing about our method is that it is very easy to do," said Tom Adams, director of the UGA Faculty of Engineering outreach service. " ... more UD Researchers Put Spin In Silicon To Advance New Age Of Electronics 
Newark DE (SPX) May 22, 2007Electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech have demonstrated for the first time how the spin properties of electrons in silicon--the world's most dominant semiconductor, used in electronics ranging from computers to cell phones--can be measured and controlled. The discovery could dramatically advance the nascent field of spintronics, which focuses on harnes ... more Pitt Researchers Create New Form Of Matter 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 22, 2007Physicists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a new form of matter that melds the characteristics of lasers with those of the world's best electrical conductors. The work introduces a new method of moving energy from one point to another as well as a low-energy means of producing a light beam like that from a laser. The Pitt researchers and their collaborators at the Bell Labs of ... more Political Geography Is A Changing World 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007An interview with Nikolai Zlobin, director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute (U.S.) Mr. Zlobin, what do you think about Russian-Armenian political and economic relations? I believe these relations reflect the current situation in the CIS and the character of the national leadership in both countries; their views on domestic foreign policy and th ... more
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