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World's largest nuke plant closed for months Tokyo, Aug 10, 2007 
UN inspectors said Friday that the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan will be closed for months, weeks after being hit by an earthquake.
A mission from the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spent four days inspecting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant.
The giant facility northwest of Tokyo caught fire and leaked a small amount of radiation following a powe ... read more
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Conventional Plowing Is Skinning Our Farmlands
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. In fact, long-established practices appear to increase soil erosion to the point that it is not offset by soil creation, said David Montgomery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences. No-till ag ... more Medics fight disease after SAsia floods 
Dhaka, Aug 10, 2007 Medics in Bangladesh battled outbreaks of diarrhoea and cholera Friday as international aid began to flow in South Asia to help millions lacking water and food after the worst floods in decades. The death toll was well above 2,000 on Friday with 16 more deaths reported in Bangladesh, 19 in India's Bihar state and three more in Nepal. Monsoon rains have halted across much of the massive H ... more Man-Made Soot Contributed To Warming In Greenland In The Early 20th Century 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2007New research shows that industrial development in North America between 1850 and 1950 greatly increased the amount of black carbon--commonly known as soot-- that fell on Greenland's glaciers and ice sheets. The soot impacted the ability of the snow and ice to reflect sunlight, which contributed to increased melting and higher temperatures in the region during those years. This discovery may help ... more Climate Change And Permafrost Thaw Alter Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Northern Wetlands 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Permafrost - the perpetually frozen foundation of North America - isn't so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft. Permafrost serves like a platform underneath vast expanses of northern forests and wetlands that are rooted, literally, in melting permafrost in many northern ecosystems. But rising atmospheric temperatures a ... more New World Record For A Superconducting Magnet Set At National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2007A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet. The new record -- 26.8 tesla -- was reached in late July at the magnet lab's High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to realizing the National Research Council goal ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Japan's Toyota Motor will delay by one or two years the rollout of new high-mileage hybrids with lithium-ion batteries because of safety concerns, a newspaper reported Thursday. Toyota's decision was prompted by worries that the batteries could overheat, catch fire or even explode, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition, quoting unnamed Toyota executives. It said such fears ... more Quantum Analog Of Ulam's Conjecture Can Guide Molecules And Reactions 
Champaign IL (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Like navigating spacecraft through the solar system by means of gravity and small propulsive bursts, researchers can guide atoms, molecules and chemical reactions by utilizing the forces that bind nuclei and electrons into molecules (analogous to gravity) and by using light for propulsion. But, knowing the minimal amount of light required, and how that amount changes with the complexity of the m ... more Russia To Commission Second Unit Of China Tianwan NPP In Sept 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 10, 2007Russia's nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport confirmed Tuesday it will commission the second unit of China's Tianwan nuclear power plant in September. The company is building the Tianwan NPP in eastern China's port city of Lianyungang under a 1992 agreement. The plant features improved VVER-1000 reactors and K-100-6/3000 turbo generators. "Atomstroyexport will start commissio ... more Driving Changes For The Car Of The Future 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Casting technology developed by the Light Metals Flagship has given the Australian automotive industry a technical boost in the move to make lighter, more fuel-efficient cars. The technology, T-Mag, enables super-light magnesium alloys to be cast into high-integrity, high-strength automotive components. Low production costs make T-Mag castings cost-competitive with aluminium and steel automotive ... more |
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Kiev (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will grant Ukraine 330 million euros (about $460 mln) to secure the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive leaks, the emergencies ministry said. Under an agreement the bank signed with the ministry and the state company overseeing the plant on Tuesday, the funds will be allocated to build a giant protective shield over the fourth ... more Iraq Oil Deals Signed Under Saddam Up For Review 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007All contracts concluded by foreign oil companies with Saddam Hussein's regime and the Kurdistan authorities will be reviewed in line with Iraq's new legislation, the Iraqi oil minister said Wednesday. "A draft oil law stipulates that any contract concluded with the previous regime or the Kurdistan autonomy must be reviewed and brought in line with the new law," Hussain al-Shahristani said on arr ... more Changing The Rings: A Key Finding For Magnetics Design 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2007Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have done the first theoretical determination of the dominant damping mechanism that settles down excited magnetic states-"ringing" in physics parlance-in some key metals. Their results, published in the Physical Review Letters, point to more efficient methods to predict the dyn ... more Russian Hostages Freed In Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Aug 08, 2007Six Russian hostages held by militants in the Niger Delta were freed after more than two months amid gang violence in Port Harcourt that left at least 15 dead. The six Russians were taken hostage June 3 while working at an aluminum factory run by Russian firm UC RUSAL, the No. 1 producer of aluminum in the world. The captives were among the more than 200 people abducted so far this year by milit ... more
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