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Iran seen as tightening grip on IraqBaghdad (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 Allegations by the top U.S. general in Iraq that two politicians who organized the blacklisting of 350 candidates for March 7 elections are linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards has heightened concern that Tehran is tightening its grip as U.S. forces withdraw. The growing Iranian interference in Iraq at such a critical time is also part of a much wider confrontation over Iran's controversial nuclear program and the conflict that it could trigger. U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno identified the ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2010Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons. The solar cell does all this using only a fraction of the expensive semiconductor materials required by conve ... more  
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Online rights advocates on Wednesday called on US regulators to investigate whether Google broke privacy laws when it launched its Buzz social networking feature for Gmail last week. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argued that the Internet giant "violated user expectations, diminished user privacy, contradicted Google's privacy policy, and may have violated federal wiretap l ... more  
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2010Life would sometimes be so much easier if we were quantum particles. For example, if we were trying to find our way out of a strange town allowing chance telling us which way to go at every intersection. As objects of classical physics, this would mean becoming more and more lost in the centre of the road network. If we were particles that obeyed the laws of quantum mechanics, we would soo ... more |
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EDF eager to prolong life of reactorsParis (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 French energy giant EDF is eager to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plants from 40 years to 60 years but the move could require massive investments. The head of France's nuclear safety authority, Andre-Claude Lacoste, this week warned that EDF would have to modernize most of its reactors to have their lifetime extended. Such a modernization, Lacoste told the Financial Times, "without doubt would require massive investment." EDF, which is 85 percent owned by the French gov ... read more |
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