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Honda sees future for fuel-cell cars Tokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2007 
Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday predicted a bright future for hydrogen fuel-cell cars, saying mass production of the next-generation, eco-friendly vehicles may happen within a decade.
"I would say there's no future for the auto industry without fuel cell cars," Takeo Fukui, the president of Japan's second-largest automaker, said at a conference in Tokyo on the auto industry.
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ASU Researchers Improve Memory Devices Using Nanotech
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Arizona State University's Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Best of all, it is cheap, made from common materials and compatible with just about anything currently on the market. "In using readily available materials, we've provided ... more Samsung claims most powerful memory chip 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 23, 2007South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has developed the world's most powerful memory chip, which could help create a memory card capable of storing 80 DVD movies. The company said in a statement it has developed the world's first 64-gigabit NAND flash memory product, which it called "a major leap forward" in flash storage. Up to 16 of the chips could be combined to make a 128 ... more Bus Scheduling Algorithm Picks Up the Slack 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2007A prizewinning paper by a USC Viterbi School engineer elegantly solves a basic transit scheduling problem, potentially meaning shorter waits for riders. The question: how much slack should be schedulers of a bus or tram line add to keep operations from bunching up? Maged Dessouky, a professor in the Viterbi School's Daniel J. Epstein department of Industrial and Systems engineering joined with t ... more Platinum-Rich Shell, Platinum-Poor Core 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now developed a new class of electrocatalyst that could help to improve the capacity of fuel cells. The active phase of the catalyst consists of nanoparticles with a platinum-rich shell a ... more Nuclear Power Worldwide: Status and Outlook 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Nuclear power�s prominence as a major energy source will continue over the next several decades, according to new projections made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has just published a new report, Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power for the period up to 2030. The IAEA makes two annual projections concerning the growth of nuclear power, a low and a high. The low pro ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Oct 23, 2007Nuclear power is to remain a major source of energy around the world in the coming decades, especially given the concerns over climate change and energy security, the UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday. "Nuclear power's prominence as a major energy source will continue over the next several decades," the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report, entitled "Energy, Electricity and ... more Third Maritime Surveillance System For Canada 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 23, 2007The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has received an order from Transport Canada for a third MSS 6000 Maritime Surveillance System. "We are very excited about ordering the third MSS 6000 as it is in line with our vision of having three of Canada's oceans protected with three similarly equipped aircraft," says Louis Armstrong, Program Manager for Transport Canada's National Aerial Surveillance Pro ... more Rise In Atmospheric CO2 Accelerates As Economy Grows, Natural Carbon Sinks Weakening 
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2007Human activities are releasing carbon dioxide faster than ever, while the natural processes that normally slow its build up in the atmosphere appear to be weakening. These conclusions are drawn in a new study in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 22-26. The report states that "together, these effects characterize a carbon cycle that is genera ... more China blocks US request for WTO panel on film, music imports 
Geneva (AFP) Oct 22, 2007China on Monday blocked a US request for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule on a complaint that Beijing restricts the import of cultural goods such as books, music and DVDs. The US asked that the complaint be investigated by the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body but China blocked the move, as it is allowed to do under the global trade body's rules. However, should the US renew its re ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 22, 2007 As Turkey's military bares its teeth across the border with Iraq, oil prices sit comfortably above the $80-per-barrel mark. Any incursion will likely not affect the work of Iraq's oil sector today but could stifle investment, especially in the KRG, and put Turkey's oil sector -- a vital transit route for the world's oil supply -- at risk. "It looks like the institutional investors are l ... more Toshiba to build nuclear engineering hub 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 22, 2007Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Monday it would develop a state-of-the-art nuclear engineering facility as it forecast demand will continue to grow for atomic power plants. Toshiba said it would start work on the building next year and expected it to be open by March 2009. The facility in Yokohama, near Tokyo, will include supercalculators and three-dimensional computers to allow interactive ... more Pitt Professor Says Harmful Byproducts Of Fossil Fuels Could Be Higher In Urban Areas 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 23, 2007Nitrogen oxides, the noxious byproduct of burning fossil fuels that can return to Earth in rain and snow as harmful nitrate, could taint urban water supplies and roadside waterways more than scientists and regulators realize, according to research published Oct. 20 in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The three-year study, led by Emily Elliott, a profe ... more Researchers Examine World's Potential To Produce Biodiesel 
Madison WI (SPX) Oct 23, 2007What do the countries of Thailand, Uruguay and Ghana have in common? They all could become leading producers of the emerging renewable fuel known as biodiesel, says a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. The ease of manufacturing biodiesel from vegetable oils and animal fats has made it one of the most promising, near-term alternatives to fos ... more
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