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Brazil's leader calls on Africa to embrace biofuels production Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 15, 2007 
Brazil's President Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva called Monday on Africa to join a biofuels "revolution" to democratize access to energy across the continent.
"Brazil invites Burkina Faso and all of Africa to join the biofuels revolution. With biofuels we can democratize access to energy in Africa," Lula said.
The Brazilian leader spoke at an international colloquium on democracy and deve ... read more
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China's economic growth exacting too high a toll: Hu
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2007President Hu Jintao said Monday that China's blistering economic growth was taking too high a toll on the nation's environment and society, and promised steps to limit the impacts. "Our economic growth is realised at an excessively high cost in resources and to the environment," Hu said in a speech opening the five-yearly Communist Party Congress, China's most important political event. ... more Software Overcomes Problems Of Operating Research Tools Over The Internet 
Columbus OH (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Software under development at Ohio State University is helping scientists operate big-budget research instruments -- such as high-powered microscopes and telescopes -- over the Internet, more safely and efficiently than was possible before. The need for such remote operation is growing, and it's driven by the costs of doing research, explained Prasad Calyam, a doctoral student in electrical and ... more Novel Semiconductor Structure Bends Light Wrong Way - The Right Direction For Many Apps 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2007A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startling property may contribute to significant advances in many areas, including high-speed communications, medical diagnostics and detection of terrorist threats. The new subs ... more Increase In Ethanol Production From Corn Could Significantly Impact Water Quality 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2007If projected increases in the use of corn for ethanol production occur, the harm to water quality could be considerable, and water supply problems at the regional and local levels could also arise, says a new report from the National Research Council. The committee that wrote the report examined policy options and identified opportunities for new agricultural techniques and technologies to help ... more Biodiversity said to be key to healthy forests: study 
Chicago (AFP) Oct 15, 2007Forests planted with a diverse species of trees will be better able to withstand pest infestation than those that are sown plantation-style with just one species, a study released Monday said. A diversity of trees will support a greater range of insects than a single species, ensuring that there are more predators to keep down the numbers of a pest that, unchecked, could decimate a swath of ... more |
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Norcross GA (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Alcoa announced that products from two of its Building and Construction Systems businesses - Kawneer Company and Alcoa Architectural Products - are used extensively by a team from Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2007 Solar Decathlon now taking place in Washington, D.C. This week, 20 teams from colleges and universities from around the globe are participating in the competition to design, ... more Solar Power Powers Placer County Juvenile Detention Facility 
Roseville CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Solar Power has completed work on one of the region's largest photovoltaic ("PV") solar electric systems. The 400 kilowatt ("kW") system will provide a majority of the electricity required to power the 43,195 sq. ft. Placer County juvenile detention facility which can accommodate 27,375 bed-nights annually. "The primary goal of this system has been to eliminate our dependency on grid-sourced ele ... more Electron Solar Energy Expands To Include Installation Services 
Miami FL (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Electron Solar Energy announced that it has launched a professional installation program that provides its customers, spanning nearly 20 countries, with custom fabrication and installation services on all solar panel systems. President and CEO of Electron Solar Energy Christopher Quinn, said, "By providing an end-to-end supply chain for the incorporation of solar paneling for electricity, we exp ... more Yes Solar Solutions Launches National Retail Network 
Roseville CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Yes! Solar Solutions is launching a national network of retail energy outlets that are dedicated to providing homeowners and small businesses energy independence through photovoltaic (PV) solar electric systems. Yes! distributes its own brand of PV solar modules and related solar products, and offers a broad line of products for a variety of home and recreational applications through its retail ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2007October has brought welcome news. NASA administrator Michael Griffin, on a visit to Moscow, said he looked forward to Russians and Americans flying together to the Moon next decade. International projects, he said, were better paying than national ones. Meanwhile, Russian-American space cooperation has a history to celebrate. In May 1972, the two superpowers agreed to join forces for progress. S ... more Electromagnetic Wormhole Possible With Invisibility Technology 
Rochester NY (SPX) Oct 14, 2007The team of mathematicians that first created the mathematics behind the "invisibility cloak" announced by physicists last October has now shown that the same technology could be used to generate an "electromagnetic wormhole." In the study, which is to appear in the Oct. 12 issue of Physical Review Letters, Allan Greenleaf, professor of mathematics at the University of Rochester, and his coautho ... more US reassures Russia on bases, warns over arms sales 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 13, 2007US Defence Secretary Robert Gates reassured Russia on Saturday that the Pentagon will not put military bases in ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine, but he criticised Moscow for arms sales to US foes Iran and Syria. Speaking at the Military Academy of General Staff, at the end of a tense two-day visit to Moscow, Gates said there would be no US bases in either Georgia or Ukraine. The Pentagon w ... more Asking The Wrong Questions On Global Warming 
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2007Public discussion over global warming is often caught in a vortex of misinformation perpetuated by extreme forces who say it's all just a big hoax. This often causes the most relevant scientific questions to get lost, suggests Washington state climatologist Philip Mote, who has been working for years to understand climate changes brought about by human activity. What we should be talking about w ... more
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