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.
The decision to create a powerful shipping holdi ... read more
SKorean firm exploring nuclear power plant in Philippines
Manila (AFP) Nov 5, 2007
A 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, 2007
A 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, 2007
European 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, 2007
The 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
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TIME AND SPACE
Delft University Of Technology Rotates Electron Spin With Electric Field
ENERGY TECH
Deal On Oil Pipeline Leg To China Won't Be Reached In Moscow
ENERGY TECH
Analysis: Chinese arms and African oil
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Rutgers Physicists Show How Electrons Gain Weight In Metal Compounds Near Absolute Zero
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Nov 06, 2007
Rutgers 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, 2007
Scientists 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, 2007
Fixing 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, 2007
Four 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
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SUPERPOWERS
Analysis: SCO military or economic pact?
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Massive pollution in Yangtze river can be reversed: scientists
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Cairo tries to escape life under a black cloud
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Hungry Mexico flood victims turn to looting
Villahermosa, Mexico (AFP) Nov 3, 2007
Rescue 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, 2007
The 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, 2007
Rensselaer 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, 2007
PetroChina 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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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Egypt seeks to head table of 'Arab nuclear family'
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Nuclear power a way to cut EU reliance on outside suppliers: Estonia
CAR TECH
US military spurs robot car creations with big money race
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