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 May 23, 2007 |
| FLORA AND FAUNA + Professor Helps Develop Techniques To Reduce Threat Against Honeybees  Morgantown, WV (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Bees swarm through the smoke as Professor James Amrine attempts to hook a pollen trap to one of the 20 beehives used for research at West Virginia University. Amrine, not wearing any protective garb, picks up the small, metal firepot and blows more smoke through a nozzle into one of the stacked, wooden boxes placed near the tree line. The smoke is designed to keep the bees from attacking. It cau ... moreEPIDEMICS + AIDS Remains Global Worry  United Nations (UPI) May 23, 2007 - The President of the U.N. General Assembly earlier this week opened a mandated review of efforts to stem the AIDS epidemic with some pretty sobering statistics and some advice on what to do about the continuing emergency yet voiced optimism the battle could be won. Sheikha Haya al-Khalifa of Bahrain, president of the 192-member assembly, said Monday since HIV/AIDS had been first discovered in 19 ... moreWHALES AHOY + Denmark Backs Greenland Request To Kill Some Humpback Whales  East Falmouth, MA (SPX) May 23, 2007 - At a press conference held May 14th, Greenland's Directorate of Fisheries and Hunting announced that it will seek new whaling quotas during the Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to be held in Anchorage, Alaska the last week in May. In a turn of events deeply troubling to conservationists, Greenland has decided to target humpback whales, and said that it has the backing ... moreABOUT US + Exercise Reverses Aging In Human Skeletal Muscle  Ontario, Canada (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Buck Institute faculty leads study showing 'genetic fingerprint' becoming younger in healthy seniors who did resistance training Not only does exercise make most people feel better and perform physical tasks better, it now appears that exercise - specifically, resistance training -- actually rejuvenates muscle tissue in healthy senior citizens. A recent study, co-led by Buck Institute fac ... moreEPIDEMICS + Lab Confirms Deadly Fish Virus Spreading To New Species  Ithaca, NY (SPX) May 23, 2007 - A lethal fish virus in the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways is approaching epidemic proportions, according to Paul Bowser, Cornell professor of aquatic animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), which causes anemia and hemorrhaging in fish, has now been identified in 19 species and poses a potential threat to New York's $1.2 billion ... more | FLORA AND FAUNA:  WATER WORLD:  EPIDEMICS:  SHAKE AND BLOW:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + EcoLEDs Announces Brightest Commercial LED Light Bulb Yet  Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Blair Argues For Nuclear Power As Government Publishes Proposals  London (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Departing Prime Minister Tony Blair put forth the case for a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain as his government was set to publish Wednesday proposals to secure the country's energy supplies. The proposals come after the government suffered a political blow in February when the British High Court ruled that a decision last year to approve plans for new nuclear power plants was ... moreENERGY TECH + Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South  New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007 - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + CO2 Emissions Increasing Faster Than Expected  Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels - the principal driver of climate change - have accelerated globally at a far greater rate than expected over recent years, according to a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper explains that the average growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions increased from 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s to a ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + China Sets Up Government Nuclear Power Technology Corporation  Beijing (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007 - China said Tuesday it had set up a government nuclear power technology corporation. The State Nuclear Power Technology Company, which was established by China's State Council and the country's four major government corporations, including China National Nuclear Corporation, is assigned to introduce and develop third-generation nuclear technology. Wang Binghua, the president of the new corp ... more | ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  TIME AND SPACE:  |
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