| October 12, 2007 |  |
Energy-Daily Advertising Kit |
|
Chinese loggers stripping Myanmar's ancient forests Nongdao, China (AFP) Oct 11, 2007 
In eight weeks the quiet narrow road that hugs Nongdao's sugarcane fields on the way to the ancient jungles of Myanmar will be overrun with Chinese trucks loaded down with illegal timber.
The large wheezing diesels will dump their logs in this southwestern border sawmill town where it will be processed, then shipped to Chinese furniture makers on the seaboard before being exported for Wester ... read more
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| Previous Issues | Oct 11 | Oct 10 | Oct 09 | Oct 08 | Oct 05 |
Fantastic Plastic Could Cut CO2 Emissions And Purify Water
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 12, 2007A new membrane that mimics pores found in plants has applications in water, energy and climate change mitigation. Announced in the international journal Science, the new plastic membrane allows carbon dioxide and other small molecules to move through its hourglass-shaped pores while preventing the movement of larger molecules like methane. Separating carbon dioxide from methane is important in n ... more Green Alga Genome Project Catalogs Carbon Capture Machinery 
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2007The genome analysis of a tiny green alga has uncovered hundreds of genes that are uniquely associated with carbon dioxide capture and generation of biomass. Among the 15,000-plus genes revealed in the study are those that encode the structure and function of the specialized organelle that houses the photosynthetic apparatus, the chloroplast, which is responsible for converting light to chemical ... more European Lead In Reading Past Climates From Ice Cores 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 12, 2007Climate change is a reality today, but how can we find out about the future dangers it poses" What we really need is a full record of the Earth's climate for several hundred thousand years, complete with samples of air from different epochs that can be taken to the lab for analysis. Incredibly, this record exists, in the icecaps of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and a European Science Foundat ... more Alternative Food Networks Connect Ethical Producers And Consumers, Leads To Healthier Eating 
London UK (SPX) Oct 12, 2007In the light of growing concerns about the separation of producers and consumers in our food system and the power of big supermarkets, new research funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provides valuable insights into the motivations and practices of consumers and producers involved in 'alternative food' networks, which include schemes as varied as organic vegetable boxes, commun ... more Rising exports push down US trade gap; China, oil deficit still high 
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2007The US trade deficit narrowed in August, as a jump in exports helped by a weak dollar offset higher costs for imported oil, government data showed Thursday. The lion's share of the month's 57.6 billion-dollar deficit came from oil imports and from China, but excluding those factors, the trade balance showed improvement. Adjusted for inflation, the deficit was the lowest since February 20 ... more |
FROTH AND BUBBLE
 ENERGY TECH  CIVIL NUCLEAR  |
Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Chinese and Japanese officials met in Beijing on Thursday for a fresh round of talks on resolving a dispute over rival claims in the energy-rich East China Sea, a government spokesman said. The Asian rivals, two of the world's largest energy importers, are locked in a long-running disagreement over the boundaries of their territorial waters and have held regular bilateral talks on the issue ... more Analysis: Nigeria looks for outside help? 
Miami (UPI) Oct 11, 2007 Nigeria's vice president has asked the United Nations to assist the government's efforts to stop the flow of illegal arms to the oil-rich Niger Delta, though he stressed Abuja did not want to internationalize the issue. Speaking to officials Monday, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck said U.N. help was essential to tackle the problems of arms coming into the delta and falling into the han ... more Chlamy Genome Holds Clues For Renewable Energy, The Environment And Human Health 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Oct 12, 2007University of Minnesota researchers contributed to a national effort to sequence the genome of an ancient, one-celled organism that will help advance research in a broad range of areas, from biofuels to restoring the environment to understanding a variety of human diseases. The organism, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, known affectionately as "Chlamy," has long fascinated scientists because it ... more Analysis: The Caspian's division 
Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2007 The eyes of Western energy companies will be focused next week on Tehran, where the second Caspian Sea Littoral States Summit will convene Oct. 16. The reason? Atop the meeting's agenda is a discussion of the final status of the division of Caspian waters among the five littoral states of Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, an issue that has bedeviled their relations ... more |
SPACEMART
 RAY GUNS  POLITICAL ECONOMY  |
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Determining how thousands of chemicals found in the environment may be interacting with the genes in your body to cause disease is becoming easier because of a new field of science called toxicogenomics. A new report issued today by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) recognizes the importance of toxicogenomics in predicting effects on human health and recommends the integration of toxicoge ... more For Japanese automakers, the future's green and groovy 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 10, 2007Forget horsepower, top speed and miles per gallon. The cars of the future are all about making drivers feel warm, fuzzy and less guilty about damaging the planet. Japanese automakers have taken the wraps off a clutch of futuristic new concept cars that put the emphasis on funky designs, low emissions and a new level of interaction between humans and their vehicles. Among them is Toyota M ... more Analysis: PDVSA to increase ranks 
Miami (UPI) Oct 10, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wants to increase the workforce of state-run petroleum company PDVSA by 35 percent in the coming year, a move some say is an effort to increase the government's hold on the country's oil and gas industry and win additional political support ahead of a key vote. Chavez said he would like to expand PDVSA's workforce from 75,000 workers to nearly 10 ... more By Taming the Physics Braggone Captures More Light Into The Solar Cell 
Oulu, Finland (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Optoelectronic materials supplier Braggone announced a new product line that greatly increases the efficiency of solar cells and allows manufacturing facilities to cost-effectively increase their capacity. By incorporating Braggone's unique materials into the manufacturing process, the costs of manufacturing solar cells can be dramatically reduced. Source: Braggone The basic building bloc ... more
|
SOLAR DAILY
 ENERGY TECH  SOLAR DAILY  |
| Previous Issues | Oct 11 | Oct 10 | Oct 09 | Oct 08 | Oct 05 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
