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Greener cars - a brief guide to the new terms Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 12, 2007 
The Frankfurt motor show this week is showcasing environmentally-friendly cars. Along with the new models comes a fleet of terms for the new, greener technology. Here are the main ones: BLUEMOTION: Volkswagen's name for the fuel-saving versions of its Polo, Passat and Golf models. The savings are made thanks to narrower tyres and lighter bodywork. BLUETEC: Mercedes uses Bluetec to ... read more
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North Korea gives experts full access to nuclear facilities: US
Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2007North Korea has given full access to experts from the United States, Russia and China on a rare visit to the reclusive nation to examine ways to disable its nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Wednesday. "They saw everything they had asked to see," said department spokesman Sean McCormack after the experts began surveying key nuclear facilities on Wednesday. The US team ... more Iranian FM, Russian nuclear chief hold talks on Bushehr 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 12, 2007Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Russia's nuclear chief, Sergei Kiriyenko, held talks in Moscow on Wednesday as the Islamic republic tried to salvage the stalled construction of its first atomic power station. Mottaki, who arrived in Moscow late Tuesday, met with Kiriyenko, the head of the state nuclear agency Rosatom, and Sergei Shmatko, chief of Russia's Atomstroiexport ... more Many roads lead to cleaner cars, GM and Toyota say 
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 12, 2007The world's biggest automakers, GM and Toyota, have taken different paths to building cleaner cars but agree there is no one route to lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. They also agree that making the technology affordable will be a challenge. Toyota "is five years in front of the rest of the world" in developing hybrid technolgy that combines electric and internal combustion ... more KC-30 Tanker's General Electric Power Plant Completes One Million Takeoff And Landing Cycles 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Sep 13, 2007The General Electric CF6-80E1 engine destined for Northrop Grumman's KC-30 Tanker recently completed one million takeoff and landing cycles, illustrating the engine's reliability on the A330 aircraft. The CF6-80E1 engine, produced by GE Aviation, was designed specifically for the Airbus A330-200 and -300 platforms and powers more than 140 aircraft in operation today with 18 operators worldwide. ... more NCAR Teams With United Airlines To Pinpoint Turbulence In Clouds: Research Can Help Reduce Delays, Injuries, Costs 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2007A new turbulence detection system now being tested is alerting pilots to patches of rough air as they fly through clouds. The system, designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and tested by United Airlines on commercial flights, is designed to better protect passengers from injuries caused by turbulence while reducing flight delays and lowering aviation costs. The ... more |
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Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2007Calm excitement filled the ground control station. Engineers stared intently at their computer screens as the pilot, sitting next to them, flexed his fingers on the controls. Ground crew tending the aircraft finished putting away their equipment. Preparations for the first flight of the unmanned X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft were complete. Years of research, design, construction ... more Three times more parking spaces than drivers in US: study 
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2007Urban dwellers will find this hard to believe as they drive around the block an umpteenth time hunting for a spot to park, but a study published Tuesday said parking spaces in the United States outnumber drivers by three to one. Not only that, but the study conducted by researchers at Purdue University in Indiana, also found that car parks are bad for the environment, as they tend to ... more Indian court says 'asbestos-laden' ship can be broken up 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 11, 2007India's Supreme Court gave permission on Tuesday for shipbreakers to dismantle a former French cruise liner, the Blue Lady, that environmentalists say is lined with toxic asbestos. The ruling follows a year of controversy over the fate of the ship, originally launched in 1960 as the SS France, that environmental groups said contained some 1,200 tonnes of cancer-causing materials. ... more Acid Rain Has a Disproportionate Impact on Coastal Waters 
Bell House MS (SPX) Sep 12, 2007The release of sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere by power plants and agricultural activities plays a minor role in making the ocean more acidic on a global scale, but the impact is greatly amplified in the shallower waters of the coastal ocean, according to new research by atmospheric and marine chemists. Ocean "acidification" occurs when chemical compounds such as carbon dioxide ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Sept 11, 2007South Africa said Tuesday that its recent conviction of a German involved in a global nuclear technology smuggling ring was a breakthrough that will help further efforts to stop proliferation. "As one of the first successful cases against those involved in the so-called AQ Khan network, South Africa has illustrated the value of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and of effective ... more Make energy-efficient technology mandatory, UN expert says 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 11, 2007The best way of tackling greenhouse gas emissions is for countries to pass laws that enforce the use of existing energy-efficient technology, a UN climate change expert said Monday. "Most of the technology needed to achieve significant reduction of greenhouse gases actually exists, doesn't have to be invented and actually is competitive commercially," said Marcel Alers from the UN ... more Iran FM to visit Russia 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 11, 2007Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is to leave for Moscow late on Tuesday amid delays to the completion of Iran's first nuclear power plant which is being built by Russia, the state run news agency IRNA reported. It quoted an unnamed informed source as saying that Mottaki is due to meet Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Duma President Boris Gryzlov and Russia's atomic energy ... more Japanese nuclear plant reports radioactive water leak 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2007A Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tuesday reported a small leak of radioactive water, amid growing public concern about the country's nuclear industry. About 200 litres (52 gallons) of water leaked from a tank in a building adjacent to a reactor facility at the Satsuma Sendai plant on the southern island of Kyushu, a spokesman for Kyushu Electric Power said. The leak was contained ... more
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