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Researchers Make Advances In Wind Energy Generation
Edmonton AB (SPX) Jul 19, 2005Engineers at the University of Alberta have created a wind energy generator that they hope people will one day be able to use to power their own homes. GlobeTel Announces Research Effort On Fuel Cells With Proton Energy Systems Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Jul 14, 2005 
GlobeTel Communications announced Wednesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sanswire Networks has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Proton Energy Systems, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems.DigitalGlobe Introduces DigitalGlobe CitySphere Product 
Longmont CO (SPX) Jul 14, 2005DigitalGlobe has introduced DigitalGlobe CitySphere, a product aimed at helping mappers, planners and geographic information systems (GIS) specialists to improve all geospatial applications with the rapid delivery of current, repeatable, high-resolution satellite imagery data. Shark Skin Saves Naval Industry Money Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 18, 2005 
Covering ship hulls with artificial shark skin could help ships sailing smoothly. The growth of marine organisms such as barnacles on ship hulls is a major cause of increased energy costs in the naval industry. Shark skin offers a structural design that prevents this so called 'bio-fouling'. |
More Than 660,000 Evacuated In China As Typhoon Bears Down
Beijing (AFP) Jul 18, 2005More than 660,000 people have been evacuated in the eastern Chinese coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian as Typhoon Haitang bore down on the region after pounding Taiwan with heavy winds and rain Monday. Hurricane Emily Hits Mexico Resorts; Death Toll Mounts 
Cancun, Mexico (AFP) Jul 19, 2005Hurricane Emily lashed beach resorts on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Monday, where thousands of tourists were evacuated or took refuge in shelters while the storm toll across the Caribbean rose to 10 dead. Spain Evacuates Dead Firefighters As Massive Forest Blaze Rages On Guadalajara, Spain (AFP) Jul 18, 2005 
Emergency workers on Monday evacuated the bodies of 11 volunteer firefighters who died at the weekend in a massive forest fire in central Spain, as the blaze seemed to gain new strength.Discovering An Ecosystem Beneath A Collapsed Antarctic Ice Shelf 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2005The chance discovery of a vast ecosystem beneath the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf will allow scientists to explore the uncharted life below Antarctica's floating ice shelves and further probe the origins of life in extreme environments. |
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South Africa To Convert Its Nuclear Research Reactor
Johannesburg (AFP) Jul 18, 2005South Africa is to convert its nuclear research reactor to use low enriched uranium instead of the highly enriched version utilised until now - the type which could be used in the making of a nuclear bomb. Solar Cars: NRCan And Canadian Universities Gear Up For Challenge 
Ottawa ON (SPX) Jul 18, 2005For the first time ever, a North American solar-car race will cross an international border. With support from the Government of Canada, competitors from across Canada and the United States will compete in the world's longest solar race. Cost Of Photovoltaic Concentrators Falling Fast 
Golden CO (SPX) Jul 19, 2005Solar concentrators using highly efficient photovoltaic solar cells will reduce the cost of electricity from sunlight to competitive levels soon, attendees were told at a recent international conference on the subject. |
Ferry-Linked Water Monitoring System Becomes New Model For United States
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jul 18, 2005Scientists who began monitoring surface water quality in the Neuse River in 2000 say their expanded effort has become a model for continuous ferry-based water assays throughout the nation. GE, Gen-Probe Form Alliance To Develop Biological Testing For The Water Industry 
Trevose PA (SPX) Jul 19, 2005GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies and Gen-Probe have announced that the two companies will work together on an exclusive basis to develop nucleic acid testing technologies that are designed to detect the unique genetic sequences of microorganisms in selected water applications. Identifying The 'Signatures' Of Protons In Water 
New Haven CT (SPX) Jul 18, 2005Free protons from acids associate with 1, 2 or 3 molecules of water and the structures can be identified by unique infrared laser spectrum signatures, according to a report in Science. |
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