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President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday expressed concern that Russia's trade with its major partners had dropped by around a third since the economic crisis. "Unfortunately, the scale of our bilateral trade has started to fall. Trade volumes have dropped by approximately one third since the start of the year with all our trading partners," he said at a meeting with Russian officials in this Far ... read more 
Astana (AFP) May 21, 2009Kazakhstan on Thursday put forward a former industry and trade minister to head the Central Asian state's nuclear power firm, Kazatomprom. Prime Minister Karim Masimov told reporters in the capital Astana that Vladimir Shkolnik was the government's choice to head the key state company, making his confirmation a virtual certainty. "We will recommend that Vladimir Sergeyevich (Shkolnik) he ... more
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Lehigh Valley PA (SPX) May 22, 2009Photovoltaic manufacturers that are just getting started, or who are looking to lower their materials costs, can follow the road map laid out by Jeff Handelman, Air Products' PV general manager, at this year's Thin Film Solar Europe. Jeff's presentation - "From MW to GW: Taking Thin Film PV Large!" - details Air Products' ability to serve the growing silicon thin-film PV industry through ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2009The US Senate on Thursday vote to preserve 108 billion dollars in financing for the International Monetary Fund to help it deal with the global economic crisis, as part of a war funding bill. Senators rejected on a 64-30 vote an amendment proposed by Republican Senator Jim DeMint to strip the IMF funding from a supplemental 91.3 billion dollar defense bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghan ... more 
Sydney (AFP) May 21, 2009Two looters were shot dead as a wave of attacks on Chinese-owned shops spread in Papua New Guinea, bringing the death toll to four, reports said Thursday. The two men were killed and three others were wounded as a mob tried to raid an Asian-owned store in Wabag, capital of Enga province, in the early hours of Tuesday morning police said. "The men tried to break in and were met by those ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2009China confirmed Thursday that it will demand rich nations cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 in upcoming global climate change negotiations. In a position paper published for negotiations to be held in Copenhagen in December, China -- one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases that cause global warming - did not commit to any legally binding red ... more |
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La Jolla CA (SPX) May 22, 2009Synthetic Genomics and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology (ACGT) have announced completion of a first draft, 10X assembly of the jatropha genome. The completed jatropha genome represents another significant milestone in the ongoing joint venture between ACGT and SGI announced in 2007. The partners previously announced completion of the oil palm genome in 2008. ACGT is a wholly owned subs ... more 
Waltham MA (SPX) May 22, 2009PerkinElmer has announced a major expansion of its EcoAnalytix biofuels analytical solutions portfolio. The Company has expanded its biodiesel and bioethanol portfolio to include nine analyzers and systems, crossing six technologies: ICP-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), infrared (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and liquid ... more 
Richland WA (SPX) May 22, 2009Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and efficiently. In new research, chemists have successfully converted cellulose - the most common plant carbohydrate - directly into the building block called HMF in one st ... more 
Belfast, UK (SPX) May 22, 2009Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper. Dr Hector Rodr�guez and Professor Robin Rogers from the University's School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering worked along with The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa ... more |
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