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New Window Opens On The Secret Life Of Microbes
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Nowhere is the principle of "strength in numbers" more apparent than in the collective power of microbes: despite their simplicity, these one-cell organisms--which number about 5 million trillion trillion strong (no, that is not a typo) on Earth--affect virtually every ecological process, from the decay of organic material to the production of oxygen. But even though microbes essentially ... more Scientists Discover How TB Develops Invincibility Against Only Available Treatment 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered a dramatic new twist in the battle against TB. They have identified how the killer bacterium makes itself immune to a key component of the only effective treatment against the disease. Earlier this month, a separate team of TB researchers at Leicester announced a new advance in their fight against the resurgence of TB in Britain. They ... more Toll in Burkina meningitis epidemic rises to 441 
Ouagadougou (AFP) March 13, 2008A meningitis epidemic has killed 441 people out of more than 4,000 cases reported in Burkina Faso since the start of January, the health ministry said Friday. The outbreak is centred along the border with Ivory Coast, where 44 deaths had been reported by February 20, a day before the two countries announced a joint health programme to tackle the epidemic. "Between January 1 and March 9 ... more Top Thai tsunami expert resigns over 'lack of support' 
Bangkok (AFP) March 13, 2008A top Thai meteorologist, tasked with issuing tsunami alerts to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, said Thursday he would quit, complaining of a lack of government support. Smith Dharmasaroja, the chief of the National Disaster Warning Centre, said he would tender his resignation to the science and technology minister. "We don't have enough support from the government," ... more Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Intense Laser Has Clean-Cut Advantage 
Columbia MO (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Many people equate lasers with a sci-fi battle in a galaxy far, far away or, closer to home, with grocery store scanners and compact disc players. However, an ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser, or UUL, with laser pulse durations of one quadrillionth of a second, otherwise known as one femtosecond, could change cancer treatments, dentistry procedures, precision metal cutting, and joint implant surgery ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2008The organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten generous helpings from outer space, according to a new study. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have discovered concentrations of amino acids in two meteorites that are more than ten times higher than levels previously measured in other similar meteorites. This result suggests that the early solar system was far richer in the ... more Earth's innermost core discovery confirmed 
Champaign, Ill., March 13, 2008U.S. geologists have created a three-dimensional model describing the seismic anisotropy and texturing of iron crystals within the Earth's innermost core. University of Illinois geologist Xiaodong Song and postdoctoral researcher Xinlei Sun discovered Earth's core, composed mainly of iron, consists of a solid inner core about 1,500 miles in diameter and a fluid outer core about 4,350 ... more 'Green' buildings could slash CO2 emissions: report 
Vancouver, Canada (AFP) March 13, 2008Basic changes in building design and construction could slash greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent in North America, said a joint Canada-US-Mexico report Thursday. The report, "Green Building in North America: Opportunities and Challenges," was released by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation at an environmental trade fair in this western Canadian city. Politicians and business ... more SC Johnson Commits To Additional Renewable Energy Source 
Racine WI (SPX) Mar 14, 2008The slow and steady churn of giant windmills at the Harvest Wind Farm in Michigan will help SC Johnson power 46 percent of its second largest North American manufacturing plant in Bay City, Mich. This initiative alone helps the company keep 29,500 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere annually. The energy saved is comparable to the energy needed to supply 1,800 average homes a year, and ... more ORNL Study Shows Hybrid Effect On Power Distribution 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 14, 2008A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all- depending on when people recharge their automobiles. A recent Oak Ridge National Laboratory study, featured in the current issue of the ORNL Review examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid electric cars and trucks will affect the power grid depending on ... more |
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Washington, March 12, 2008A Pentagon report says four key oil-related laws in Iraq are "stalled" in political gridlock while gains in oil and power production could be lost. The quarterly report to Congress, "Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq," released Tuesday, said the law commonly known as the oil law is the furthest along the political process -- it made it to Parliament but is stuck in the Energy ... more Japanese official speaks of potential Taiwan alert 
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008A senior Japanese defence official said Thursday that the officially pacifist country's military would go on alert if there was a serious incident in the Taiwan Strait. In a highly unusual remark for a Japanese official, Nobushige Takamizawa, director general of the defence ministry's defence policy bureau, said a contingency over Taiwan would be "a security matter for Japan." ... more Russia orders probe into Lake Baikal mill pollution 
Moscow (AFP) March 13, 2008The Russian prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater reserve, officials said Thursday. Local prosecutors in Irkutsk have been ordered "to check the legitimacy of the activities of the paper and pulp mill," said the prosecutors in a statement. The Baikal paper and pulp mill is owned by Basic ... more Compound Removes Radioactive Material From Power Plant Waste 
Argonne IL (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture created is made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium. Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have developed a compound that captures the radioactive ions ... more Bush administration tightens air pollution standards 
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2008The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it is tightening federal air pollution standards by setting more stringent ozone limits for the first time since 1997. "EPA today met its requirements of the Clean Air Act by signing the most stringent eight-hour standard ever for ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than a decade," the EPA said in a statement. ... more
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