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Honda plans low-cost hybrid in 2009 Chiba, Japan (AFP) Oct 24, 2007 
Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it planned to release a more affordable hybrid car by 2009, hoping to boost sales among consumers who now find eco-friendly vehicles too expensive.
Japanese automakers pioneered hybrid-engine cars such as Honda's Civic Hybrid, which save fuel costs and have proven to be major hits at a time of soaring oil prices.
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France aims for 'green revolution'
Paris (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Green campaigners, scientists and big business Wednesday hammered out plans to slash France's greenhouse gas emissions at a round-table aimed at launching an environmental revolution in Europe's third-biggest economy. President Nicolas Sarkozy was to conclude the two-day government summit on Thursday, outlining a raft of green measures in the presence of Nobel Peace Prize winning climate cr ... more Scientist seeks self-cleaning solar cells 
Gainesville, Fla. (UPI) Oct 23, 2007 A U.S. scientist, spurred by the features of moth eyes and cicada wings, is developing more efficient and self-cleaning solar cells. "Nature is an amazing innovator," University of Florida Assistant Professor Peng Jiang Jiang said. "What I'm interested in doing is mimicking the structure of some remarkable biological systems for real-world use." Jiang's research team is focusing ... more Outside View: Arctic oil competition rages 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 23, 2007 The Arctic is rapidly becoming a scene of "competition and conflict for access to natural resources." This is how it is defined in A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, a unified U.S. maritime strategy that explains the comprehensive role of the sea services in an era marked by increased globalization and change, presented on Oct. 17. The U.S. Senate was also urged ... more Change a Light Bulb U.S. bus tour ends 
New York (UPI) Oct 23, 2007 The 20-day U.S. Change a Light Bus Tour concluded Tuesday, with nearly 1 million citizens pledging to change light bulbs to help fight climate change. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Energy Department, which co-sponsored the tour, said if all pledges are fulfilled, people will switch 2.5 million incandescent lights to fluorescent blubs. That, said EPA officials, wo ... more Nissan hopes to launch 2,500 dollar car in India in 2010 
Chiba, Japan (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Nissan and Renault hope to start selling a car for about 2,500 dollars in India in around 2010 along with their local partner there, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday. "We have already practically decided all the attributes of the car," Ghosn told reporters at the Tokyo Motor Show. "We have the full intention to do it -- if it's feasible. Hopefully this is going to be 2010 in I ... more |
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Aboard The Airbus A380 (AFP) Oct 25, 2007After long delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns, the Airbus superjumbo -- the biggest airliner ever built -- took off on Thursday for its first commercial flight. The Airbus A380 left Singapore bound for Sydney, carrying a special group of passengers who bought their seats in an online charity auction, hoping to experience a bit of aviation history. "We are indeed honoured to ... more Analysis: Venezuela ups exports to China 
Miami (UPI) Oct 24, 2007 Venezuelan oil exports to China are on the rise at the same time sales to the United States are on the decline, the U.S. Department of Energy reported. Venezuela's state-run energy company PDVSA announced South America's largest oil exporter shipped an average of 197,000 barrels per day of crude oil and byproducts to China so far in 2007, El Universal newspaper reported Tuesday. ... more Global warming may be leading to higher rice yields in China: IRRI 
Manila (AFP) Oct 23, 2007Global warming appears to have led to higher rice yields in northern China while free trade, changing diets, and rapid urbanisation is leading to a decline in rice production elsewhere, officials from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said. Philippines-based IRRI has tracked a northward shift in rice-growing areas in China, which is home to a fifth of humanity and produces 35 ... more Healing The Wounds Of War: Novel Phytochemical Agent Enhances, Improves Process Of Wound Healing 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have identified a novel phytochemical agent that enhances and improves the process of wound healing in normal and immune compromised people. In an article published in the March 2007 edition of the Journal Planta Medica, Dr. Radha Maheshwari, professor of Pathology at USU, along with Anuj Sharma, graduate student and o ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2007Honda 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. "We are making si ... more 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 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
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