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Russian Tankers Heading For The Arctic Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2007 
Sovcomflot and Novoship, Russia's largest shipping companies, have estimated their total worth at $3.37 billion. Experts think that after the companies' merger happening by the end of this year, the new mega-company may become the world's third largest shipping company according to its assets and the second largest in terms of gross tonnage.
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SKorean firm exploring nuclear power plant in Philippines
Manila (AFP) Nov 5, 2007A South Korean company has opened exploratory talks with the Philippine government on the possibility of reactivating the country's mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant, a company official said. An official of the Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) has initiated talks with the Philippine government to reactivate the 2.3 billion-dollar plant which was closed in 1987 without generating one wa ... more Analysis: A 'super grid' for Europe 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 Europe's electricity grids are old and often not capable of providing trans-border, much less trans-continent energy security. Yet one German energy expert has come up with a visionary scenario that would overhaul the grids, increase energy security and at the same time help avoid climate change. Gregor Czisch's dissertation has rattled the energy world. Its main claim: Given the politi ... more GM-backed college students win US military's robot car race 
Victorville, California (AFP) Nov 4, 2007A robotic car built by private university students backed by General Motors was crowned champion on Sunday of a race sponsored by US military officials intent on putting the technology to work on battlefields by 2015. Engineering students from Carnegie Mellon University in the US state of Pennsylvania won a two-million-dollar prize for being rated the top finisher in a Defense Advanced Resea ... more EU debates common energy strategy 
Prague (AFP) Nov 5, 2007European representatives gathered Monday in Prague to discuss if a "nuclear energy renaissance" was feasible to cut the European Union's dependence on imported energy. "This discussion is necessary to confront our shortfall," Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said, calling on France, Finland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Italy and the Baltic countries to support a "nuclear energy renaissance." ... more China To Rule The World Economy 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2007The China-Russia Friendship Year is finishing early this month with great pageantry. Economic contacts underlying the galas are asymmetrical-Russia has silently accepted the role of China's sales outlet and raw material supplier. The two countries' political and business leaders are gathering in Moscow, November 6, for a second bilateral economic forum to take stock of mutual interests. Chinese ... more |
TIME AND SPACE
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New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Nov 06, 2007Rutgers University physicists have performed computer simulations that show how electrons become one thousand times more massive in certain metal compounds when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero - the point where all motion ceases. The models may provide new clues as to how superconductivity works and how new superconducting materials could be fabricated. In a paper posted to Scien ... more Heavier Hydrogen On The Atomic Scale Reduces Friction 
Argonne IL (SPX) Nov 06, 2007Scientists may be one step closer to understanding the atomic forces that cause friction, thanks to a recently published study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. The research, led by Robert Carpick of the University of Pennsylvania, found a significant difference in friction exhibited by d ... more New Computer Program Automates Chip Debugging 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 06, 2007Fixing design bugs and wrong wire connections in computer chips after they've been fabricated in silicon is a tedious, trial-and-error process that often costs companies millions of dollars and months of time-to-market. Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan say it doesn't have to be that way. They've developed a new technology to automate "post-silicon debugging." "Today's ... more NASA Selects Four Ames Projects To Advance Key Technologies 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Four projects that will advance key technologies to meet critical needs for NASA's mission will be led by Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The projects are part of NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program Seed Fund that addresses technology barriers with cost-shared, joint-development programs. The four Seed Fund projects at Ames are part of a total of 38 partnerships that span 30 state ... more |
SUPERPOWERS
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Villahermosa, Mexico (AFP) Nov 3, 2007Rescue workers and police were out in force helping flood victims in southern Mexico, as food shortages sent hundreds of hungry people on a looting rampage at a shopping center. Around 80 percent of the Belgium-sized state of Tabasco was flooded after seven rain-loaded rivers burst their banks in the flat, flood-prone region, in its worst natural disaster in decades. In neighboring Chiap ... more China dam plan threatens world's oldest irrigation system 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2007The world's earliest irrigation system is being threatened by a hydroelectric project to be built in southwest China, state press said Friday, citing critics of the project. A series of 10 small hydro plants to be built on the Botiao river in Sichuan province will destroy the natural ecology of the Dujiangyan irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage listed site, the China Daily reported. ... more Using Supercomputers To Make Safer Nuclear Reactors 
Troy NY (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is leading a $3 million research project that will pair two of the world's most powerful supercomputers to boost the safety and reliability of next-generation nuclear power reactors. The three-year project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, will call upon a diverse team of researchers and institutions to create highly detailed computer models of a new prop ... more PetroChina to debut Monday in Shanghai 
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 2, 2007PetroChina said Friday it will begin trade on the Shanghai bourse on November 5 after raising nearly nine billion dollars in the nation's largest ever initial public offering (IPO). China's biggest oil and gas producer said three billion shares of the retail portion of the issue, which are not subject to lock-up periods, will start trading Monday, according to a statement with the Shanghai S ... more
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