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Sol-Gel Inks Produce Complex Shapes With Nanoscale Features Champaign IL (SPX) Oct 15, 2007 
New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features. The ability to directly pattern functional oxides at the nanoscale opens a new avenue to functional devices. Potential applications include micro-fuel cells, photonic crystals and gas sensors. The researchers describ ... read more
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German energy group RWE eyeing rival EWE: report
Berlin (AFP) Oct 13, 2007German energy group RWE wants to carry out a hostile takeover of EWE, the country's fifth biggest energy company, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel said Saturday in an advance copy of an article. "In recent weeks, there have already been the first contacts between the head of EWE, Werner Brinker, and (RWE's new chief executive Juergen) Grossmann," the magazine said in an article to be publishe ... more Analysis: E. Europe offers transit routes 
Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2007 In the increasingly fractious scramble for the Caspian's burgeoning oil and natural gas energy reserves, resource-poor but strategically vital Eastern Europe is positioning itself to provide both consumer markets and transit routes to Russia for the former Soviet states bordering the world's largest inland sea. It is a development where optimism may well collide with Russia's current ne ... more Nuclear reactors for sale: France vies for big stake in industry revival 
Flamanville, France (AFP) Oct 14, 2007On a strip of France's Channel coast, cranes, trucks and cement silos are hard at work preparing the world's most powerful nuclear reactor and showcase of French atomic savoir-faire. In two months, workers in Flamanville will pour the first concrete for the third-generation EPR, or European Pressurized Reactor, touted as the safest and cleanest addition to France's network of 58 nuclear reac ... more Storing Data On Atomic Roundabouts 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2007There are right-handed and left-handed yoghurts, right-handed and left-handed snail shells, and right-handed and (occasionally) left-handed screws. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now demonstrated the existence of right-handed and left-handed "magnetic vortices". Through their research, in collaboration with colleagues from Berlin and Geneva, they believe that this physical phenomenon ... more Analysis: Algeria faces attacks on energy 
Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2007 Attacks on French companies in Algeria by an Islamist group associated with al-Qaida are moving some of those companies to evacuate their employees, but a relatively quick response by security forces there and increasing global demand for the nation's oil and gas make it likely that energy production and export will be little affected by the violence. The energy business is crucial for ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2007A solid-state illuminator laser developed by Raytheon for the Missile Defense Agency has been fired successfully more than 50 times for periods of up to 90 seconds since in-flight tests began in January. The kilowatt-class illuminator, built for the agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program and fired from a heavily modified Boeing 747, is used to track a boosting ballistic missile. The project ... more Chinese loggers stripping Myanmar's ancient forests 
Nongdao, China (AFP) Oct 11, 2007In 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 ... more 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 |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Hong Kong's leader said Thursday tackling pollution in the territory was "a matter of life and death" and conceded that failing to do so would harm the city's competitiveness in the long term. Speaking following his annual policy address Wednesday, Chief Executive Donald Tsang pledged to improve air quality by the time he leaves office in 2012 and said he expected the full backing of China's ... more New Membrane Strips Carbon Dioxide From Natural Gas Faster And Better 
Austin TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2007A modified plastic material greatly improves the ability to separate global warming-linked carbon dioxide from natural gas as the gas is prepared for use, according to engineers at The University of Texas at Austin who have analyzed the new plastic's performance. Like a sponge that only soaks up certain chemicals, the new plastic permits carbon dioxide or other small molecules to go throug ... more Estonia completes secure storage facility for Soviet-era reactors 
Tallinn (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Estonian authorities said Thursday they had finished rebuilding a secure facility meant to prevent potential leaks from two mothballed nuclear reactors and radioactive waste left by the Soviet navy. The upgraded facility at a former Soviet military base in the Estonian coastal town of Paldiski is meant to provide safe storage for the next 50 years, after which the reactors are to be dismantl ... 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
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