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Proposed Wind Power Grid To Make Wind Power More ReliableStony Brook NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2010 The energy needs of the entire human population could potentially be met by converting wind energy to electricity by means of wind turbines. While offshore wind power resources are abundant, wind turbines are currently unable to provide steady power due to natural fluctuations in wind direction and strength. However, offshore wind power output can be made more consistent by choosing project development locations that take advantage of regional weather patterns and by connecting wind power generato ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 12, 2010Ukraine pledged Monday to dispose of its stocks of highly enriched uranium by 2012, as the United States vowed to work with the nation still haunted by the Chernobyl accident over two decades ago. The surprise announcement came in a joint statement after US President Barack Obama met for the first time with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who took office in the former Soviet republic ... more  
London (AFP) April 12, 2010Oil prices diverged on Monday after spiking early on in reaction to a weaker dollar and signs of improved Chinese demand for crude, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, fell 32 cents to 84.60 dollars a barrel after rallying above 85 dollars early on Monday. Brent North Sea crude for May was up 12 cents to 84.95 dollars a barrel in afternoon Lond ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2010A low-cost water purification technique published in Current Protocols in Microbiology could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The procedure, which uses seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree, can produce a 90.00% to 99.99% bacterial reduction in previously untreated water, and has been made free to download as part of access programs under ... more |
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Brazil moves slum residents after killer rainsRio De Janeiro (AFP) April 11, 2010 Brazilian authorities evacuated thousands of shantytown residents Sunday so their houses could be demolished after heavy rains that killed 224 people last week threatened further landslides. Rio mayor Eduardo Paes said residents of the Morro de Urubu favelas (shantytowns) were being evacuated starting Saturday ahead of demolitions planned for Monday. The mayor decreed late last week that residents could be forcibly removed from their neighborhoods, perched precariously on hillsides. "There i ... read more |
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