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Cow-Powered Fuel Cells Grow Smaller And Mightier Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 22, 2007 
Cows could one day help to meet the rise in demand for alternative energy sources, say Ohio State University researchers that used microbe-rich fluid from a cow to generate electricity in a small fuel cell. This new microbial fuel cell is a redesign of a larger model that the researchers created a few years ago. The new cell is a quarter of the size of the original model, yet can produce ... read more
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Oil prices mixed on surprise jump in US crude reserves
New York (AFP) Aug 22, 2007World oil prices were mixed Wednesday as traders weighed a shock increase in crude reserves in the United States, the world's biggest energy consumer. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, slipped 31 cents to close at 69.26 dollars per barrel. The price had earlier fallen as low as 68.63 dollars, the lowest level since June 28. ... more Japan takes emergency step to meet power demand 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Japan's largest power company on Wednesday took rare emergency measures to address an imminent power shortage due to record heat and the suspension of an earthquake-hit nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the world's biggest private power company, implemented the emergency guidelines for the first time in 17 years, TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Yamato said. ... more Researchers Generate High-Speed Pulses Of Laser Light On Silicon, Speeding Data Transmission 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2007In the Sept. 3 issue of Optical Society of America's Optics Express, published online today, researchers announce that they have built the world's first "mode-locked silicon evanescent laser." Mode-locked evanescent lasers can deliver stable short pulses of laser light that are useful for many optical applications, including high-speed data transmission, multiple wavelength generation, remote ... more Analysis: Kurd oil law drives Iraq oil 
Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government will not wait for a federal oil law before it starts signing more contracts to explore what is thought to be sizeable reserves in its territory. The KRG has already signed a handful of contracts with small oil companies and, now that it has passed a regional law governing any underground oil and natural gas, it will not put development on hold while Baghdad ... more Analysis: Chavez heads to Namibia 
Miami (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Namibia next month, possibly hoping to secure a deal that would give his country's state-run energy company a leg up on other nations seeking untapped oil potential in Africa. Though Chavez spokesmen would not officially comment on the agenda of the Namibia visit in September, Energy Ministry officials have expressed an interest in a joint ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Japan will try to turn the millions of wooden chopsticks that go discarded each year into biofuel to ease the country's energy shortage, officials said Wednesday. Biofuels are seen as an alternative clean energy resource that can reduce dependence on Middle East oil and lessen the impact of global warming. Japan has virtually no natural energy resources of its own. ... more India to push ahead with IAEA nuke negotiations: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 21, 2007The Indian government indicated it would push ahead with a controversial Indo-US nuclear deal despite strong objections from its communist allies, the Press Trust of India reported on Tuesday. Asked whether India would open talks in September with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the next step towards implementing the deal, a spokesman of the ruling Congress party replied "our ... more Nuclear energy safety on top of ASEAN energy ministers' agenda 
Singapore (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Nuclear safety issues are expected to feature prominently in talks among Southeast Asian ministers here Thursday as more countries look to nuclear as an alternative energy amid soaring oil prices, diplomatic sources said. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) energy ministers will hold the one-day meeting -- first among themselves and then with counterparts from China, Japan and ... more IEA concerned about hurricane's impact on Mexico oil production 
Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2007The International Energy Agency is slightly concerned about the impact on local oil production when Hurricane Dean hits Mexico but believes its passage will not affect global oil markets, an IEA official said on Tuesday. "What could worry us a bit is that it will pass over Mexican production," William Ramsay, the deputy executive director of the IEA told French radio BFM. ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Japan's Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday plans to install a fuel efficiency gauge in all future new models in its latest effort to tap growing interest in energy-saving motoring. Nissan said that based on its own tests it estimates the gauge could cut fuel consumption by an average 10 percent as drivers improve their "eco-driving habits" in response to the real-time gauge readings. ... more China behind in pollution drive 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2007China has failed to meet its targets in cutting pollution this year as dirty factories continue to have free rein in pumping out discharges, authorities said in comments published Wednesday. However some progress is being made and pollution emissions are showing signs of easing, the China Daily reported, citing a joint study by the government's main environment and economic departments. ... more Rutgers Scientists Preserve And Protect Foods Naturally 
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Two items high on the list of public concerns are the need for greater food safety and a growing demand for natural or organic food products. Understanding this, chemists and food scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, joined forces to develop natural approaches to the prevention of food contamination and spoilage. The researchers employed natural antimicrobial agents d ... more Geologist Plans Volcano Safety For Ecuadorians 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 22, 2007A geologist at Washington University in St. Louis is doing his part to make sure that the small Latin American country of Ecuador follows the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Robert Buchwaldt, Ph.D., Washington University lecturer in earth and planetary sciences in Arts and Sciences, is the only scientist from America who sits on an international committee that is seeking ways to address the volcano ... more
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