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Engineers Perfecting Hydrogen-Generating Technology West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 29, 2007 
Researchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable generators.
The technology produces hydrogen by adding water to an alloy of aluminum and gallium. When water is added to the alloy, the aluminum splits water by attracting ... read more
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Germany FM warns over race for Arctic resources
Ny Alesund, Norway (AFP) Aug 28, 2007German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday warned that no nation should break the law to get its hands on the natural energy resources of the Arctic. "I very much believe that everybody should respect international law," Steinmeier told reporters as he visited the research station at Ny Alesund on Spitzbergen, a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean. "The North Pole is ... more Energy Department to aid biofuels creation 
Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy says it will allocate up to $33.8 million to support commercial production of cellulosic biofuels. The funding, officials said, will support development of enzymes -- a key step to enabling bio-based production of clean, renewable biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol. The funding, part of President Bush's Twenty in Ten Plan, seeks to displace ... more Seattle Green Building Programme Among Vendors Profiled Inside New Zero and Low Emission Buildings Report 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of Zero and Low Emission Buildings to their offering. Essential research for anyone involved in reducing one of the major sources of carbon emissions - the construction and property industry. Buildings make a large contribution to the energy consumption of a country. It is estimated that, of the total energy generated in the industrialised world ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2007Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Energy Focus Wins DARPATech 2007 Award For Excellence 
Solon OH (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Adding to a growing list of major technology and innovation awards, Energy Focus has announced that it has been awarded the 2007 DARPATech Small Business Innovation Research Award for Excellence. Dr. Anthony J. Tether, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), presented the award at DARPATech 2007, DARPA's 25th Systems and Technology Symposium, in Anaheim ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Duty on Russian oil exports could rise by up to $26, reaching $248-250 per metric ton as of October 1, in keeping with world market trends, a Finance Ministry official said Monday. The Russian government adjusts export duty on crude and petroleum products every two months, depending on changes in the Urals blend price on world markets. "The average oil price monitored from July to August 2 ... more Russia's Stroytransgaz Completes Gas Pipeline In Greece 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Russian pipeline-building company Stroytransgaz said Monday it had finished constructing a short natural gas pipe section in Greece, which extends an existing route from Alexandroupolis to Turkey. The new 53.7-kilometer (33-mile) section runs northwest from the city to Komotini. The new addition is a continuation of a pipeline built by Stroytransgaz in 1996-2000, and provides a link between the ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2007Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Analysis: Mideast held back by cheap fuel 
Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2007 Faced with high international oil and gas prices, some Middle Eastern countries are struggling to squirm out from under hugely popular, but economically crushing, energy subsidies. Nations across the region, from Iran to Egypt, have for years been burdened with fuel subsidies that sap national budgets, cut into economic investment in other sectors and interrupt serious reforms ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 27, 2007An important milestone has been achieved with the recent completion of the first centre barrel replacement for Australia's F/A- 18 Hornets. The centre barrel replacement program will allow the life of the Australian Hornet fleet to be extended to 2018 and potentially beyond. The F/A -18 Hornet is a key element of the air combat capability employed in the defence of Australia. Other users ... more Climate Change Goes Underground 
Madison WI (SPX) Aug 27, 2007Climate change, a recent "hot topic" when studying the atmosphere, oceans, and Earth's surface; however, the study of another important factor to this global phenomenon is still very much "underground." Few scientists are looking deep enough to see the possible effects of climate change on groundwater systems. Little is known about how soil, subsurface waters, and groundwater are responding to ... more Corals And Climate Change 
Virginia Key FL (SPX) Aug 28, 2007A modest new lab at the Rosenstiel School is the first of its kind to tackle the global problem of climate change impacts on corals. Fully operational this month, this new lab has begun to study how corals respond to the combined stress of greenhouse warming and ocean acidification. The lab is the first to maintain corals under precisely controlled temperature and carbon dioxide conditions while ... more Team Tracks Antibiotic Resistance From Swine Farms To Groundwater 
Champaign IL (SPX) Aug 24, 2007The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from waste lagoons into groundwater. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois report that some genes found in hog waste lagoons are transferred - "like batons" - from one bacterial species to another. The researchers found that this migration ac ... more
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