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Scientists Call For Global Push To Advance Research In Synthetic Biology Oxnard CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2007 
With research backgrounds ranging from materials engineering to molecular biophysics, seventeen leading scientists issued a statement announcing that, much as the discovery of DNA and creation of the transistor revolutionized science, there is a new scientific field on the brink of revolutionizing our approach to problems ranging from eco-safe energy to outbreaks of malaria.
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Asia Urged To Innovate To Stay Competitive
Singapore (AFP) June 25, 2007From China to Singapore, Asia must nurture a culture of innovation if the region is to emerge as a formidable global player, the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia was told Monday. With the Cold War over, nations around the world are now in a race for knowledge, and technology can mean the difference in who remains on top, business leaders said. "Innovation comes from countries that h ... more Cooling Problem Halts Russian Nuclear Reactor 
Moscow (AFP) Jun 25, 2007Technicians shut down a nuclear reactor in southwest Russia Monday after a problem with the cooling system, but no increase in radiation levels was recorded, state-run nuclear power company Rosenergoatom said. "Personnel at the Kursk nuclear power station noticed a leak of cooling agent from a pipe in reactor number two," the statement said. "To avoid a malfunction" the reactor was stopped. ... more Ukraine To Move Away From Russian Design For Nuclear Plant 
Kiev (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007Ukraine's nuclear power utility Energoatom said Monday a new reactor it plans to build in the country's south will break with a long-standing tradition of using Russian design and technology. "We imagine this unit as one of a non-Russian type," the company's chief executive, Andrei Derkach, was quoted as saying in a press release. He said the design for a fourth reactor at the Soviet-era ... more Electricite de France In Running To Build Slovak Nuclear Plant 
Bratislava (AFP) Jun 25, 2007French state-owned electricity giant Electricite de France (EDF) is interested in building a new nuclear plant in Slovakia, the SITA news agency reported on Monday. "We would like to participate in the development of the electricity sector in Slovakia and to use our means and know how to develop new production capacity to ensure that Slovakia is self-sufficient as regards production," vice presi ... more Putin Pushes For Long-Term Energy Contracts For Black Sea States 
Istanbul (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the energy markets of Black Sea littoral states should be stabilized by long-term contracts. "A secure energy supply is an increasingly important factor for progress. In this context, we propose broader use of long-term contracts as a means of strengthening the stability of Black Sea energy markets," the president said at a summit of the 12 members of ... more |
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Fort Mcmurray (AFP) Canada, June 22, 2007The development of Canada's oil sands is laying waste to its great northern forest and western plains, say critics who point to skyrocketing greenhouse gas emissions, diverted rivers and razed backwoods. And the devastation can only get worse, they say, as energy companies pump billions of dollars into new projects to triple local oil production to some 3.0 million barrels per day within the nex ... more Mitsubishi And Areva To Bid For US Nuclear Power Plant 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 22, 2007Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Friday it and France's Areva have jointly bid for a multi-million-dollar research and development project on a US nuclear fuel cycle program. The United States is set to resume building nuclear power plants after a gap of more than two decades amid growing concern about high oil prices and greenhouse gas emissions. Under the plan, Japan's top heavy ... more Bangladesh To Build Nuclear Power Plant 
Dhaka (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Bangladesh's emergency government said Sunday it will build a nuclear power plant to meet electricity shortages that have sparked riots and hit the country's economy. The International Atomic Energy Commission, the global nuclear watchdog, had approved a government plan to set up a nuclear power plant, interim Energy Minister Tapan Chowdhury told reporters. "We have now got the approval fr ... more Singapore Sees Myanmar Nuclear Program As Unlikely 
Singapore (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Myanmar is unlikely to develop a nuclear programme as the military-run country already has enough domestic problems to overcome, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said Sunday. "I can't believe that a nuclear programme is high up on their list of priorities... They have enough problems of their own," Yeo said in response to a question at the World Economic Forum on East Asia. Russia a ... more |
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Chongqing, China (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Buy a factory in Brazil and move it to China. It is a plan that is as simple as it is sweeping in its sheer scale and ambition, and if anyone can do it, it must be Chinese billionaire Yin Mingshan -- assuming, that is, the Brazilian government will let him. "Brazil has told us we can buy the factory, but only if we agree not to move it," said 69-year-old Yin, the founder and chairman of Chongqin ... more dsIT to Supply First Underwater Surveillance System To Protect Oil Platform 
Givat Shmuel, Israel (SPX) Jun 22, 2007dsIT Solutions Ltd. (dsIT) has announced that it has received an order from NAFTOPORT Liquid Fuels Loading Company Ltd (Poland), a leading European oil terminal operator, for a Diver Detection Sonar (DDS) system. Naftoport operates an oil terminal and conducts reloading of crude oil at the Gdansk port. The company has a key role in supplying crude oil to Polish and German refineries and in expor ... more US Ready To Work On New Treaty To Replace START Treaty 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007The United States is ready to work together with Russia on a new nuclear security regime to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expiring in 2009, an assistant secretary of state said Thursday. Addressing a Senate session on strategic aspects of Russian-American relations, Daniel Fried said Washington favored transparency and predictability, and added that the sides were discussing ... more F-35 Lightning 2 Pushing Ahead On All Fronts 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2007With 11 test aircraft on the assembly line, nine nations signed onto the program's production and sustainment phase, one aircraft deep into flight testing and another nearing completion, the F-35 Lightning II program is meeting its schedule and budget targets, and is on track to begin deliveries to the armed services in 2010. "The Lightning II is a sophisticated machine and the program is ... more
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