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Epic traffic jam in China? Where?Xinghe County, China (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 Can a monster traffic jam spanning dozens of miles and leaving drivers stuck for days really disappear overnight? For days, Chinese and foreign media have issued reports explaining how thousands of vehicles were trapped in an epic traffic jam stretching for more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) on a highway leading to China's capital Beijing. The bottleneck on the Beijing-Tibet expressway, which began on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks and was compounded by road ... read more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2010Scientists reported progress in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power portable electronic devices. They discussed development of the new materials for the battery's cathode, or positive electrode, at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), being held h ... more  
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 24, 2010Technologies for using laser energy to destroy threats at a distance have been in development for many years. Today, these technologies known as directed energy weapons are maturing to the point of becoming deployable. High-energy lasers, one type of directed energy weapon, can be mounted on aircraft to deliver a large amount of energy to a far-away target at the speed of light, resulting ... more  
Santiago (AFP) Aug 24, 2010Officials in Chile said Tuesday they have asked the US space agency NASA for assistance in keeping 33 trapped miners supplied with food. Health minister Jaime Manalich told reporters that the government contacted NASA "to learn from their experience in space" and to see if there are similar techniques they can use to provide nourishment to the mine workers. "The situation is very simila ... more |
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Malaysia activists hail Norway's blacklisting of timber firmKuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 24, 2010 Malaysian activists on Tuesday applauded a decision by Norway's state pension fund to blacklist timber firm Samling Global, which is accused of rampant environmental destruction in Borneo. Rights campaigners have also accused Samling of trampling on the rights of indigenous people, particularly the Penan tribe in Malaysian Borneo, who have mounted blockades against the firm to protect their ancestral land. Norway's state pension fund, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, accused Sa ... read more |
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