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 June 05, 2007 |
| FLORA AND FAUNA + Komodo Dragon Mauls Boy To Death In Indonesia  Jakarta (AFP) Jun 04, 2007 - A rare Komodo Dragon has mauled a boy to death on an island that is part of the Komodo national park in eastern Indonesia, police said Monday. Mansur, nine, was defecating in a bush area on Komodo island on Saturday when he was attacked by a Komodo Dragon, Manggarai barat district police chief Buce Hello told AFP. "The Komodo attacked him, bit him and tossed him around, and only released him aft ... moreAFRICA NEWS + Africa The New Terrorwar Battlefield  Washington (UPI) June 04, 2007 - Recent attacks by al-Qaida affiliates in North Africa reflect the new challenges facing U.S. intelligence experts and threaten a blowback effect from Iraq. Preoccupied in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has not had the resources or energy to focus on counter-terrorism efforts in North Africa. That attitude is changing, however, as recent attacks in Morocco and Algeria suggest that the re ... moreFLORA AND FAUNA + Cells Re-Energize To Come Back From The Brink Of Death  Memphis TN (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - The discovery of how some abnormal cells can avoid a biochemical program of self-destruction by increasing their energy level and repairing the damage, is giving investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital insights into a key strategy cancer cells use to survive and thrive. The finding offers an explanation of how abnormal cells that have cheated death once by disabling the main suici ... moreFARM NEWS + GM Field Trials Uunderestimate Potential For Cross-Pollination  Exeter UK (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - Field trials could be underestimating the potential for cross-pollination between GM and conventional crops, according to new research by the University of Exeter. The research team recommends a new method for predicting the potential for cross-pollination, which takes account of wind speed and direction. The research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and published ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + Global Warming House Committee Visits Greenland  Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - While most Americans are enjoying the beach or barbeque at this time of year, Chairman Edward Markey of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the Select Committee on an international fact-finding mission on global warming impacts and solutions during Memorial Day weekend. The bipartisan delegation arrived in Gr ... more | CLIMATE SCIENCE:  ICE WORLD:  FARM NEWS:  FLORA AND FAUNA:  |
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| TIME AND SPACE + How To Rip And Tear A Fluid  University Park PA (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - In a simple experiment on a mixture of water, surfactant (soap), and an organic salt, two researchers working in the Pritchard Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at Penn State have shown that a rigid object like a knife passes through the mixture at slow speeds as if it were a liquid, but rips it up as if it were a rubbery solid when the knife moves rapidly. The mixture they study shares propertie ... moreENERGY TECH + A Sound Way To Turn Heat Into Electricity  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessing solar energy and cooling computers and radars. "We are converting waste heat to electricity in an efficient, simple way by using sound," says Orest Symko, a University of Utah physics professor who leads the e ... moreENERGY TECH + China Cool On Two-Degree Warming Limit  Beijing (AFP) Jun 04, 2007 - China said Monday it would not back efforts to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, which UN experts have warned is the threshold-level to stop the worst impacts of climate change. "Whether or not we can set a limit on a two-degree (3.6 Fahrenheit) rise in temperature I'm afraid still lacks a lot of scientific evidence and dependable and feasible research," China's top economic planner M ... moreENERGY TECH + GE Investing To Expland Wind Energy Portfolio  Sweetwater TX (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric, has agreed to invest in its biggest wind farm, the 241-megawatt Sweetwater 4 facility, along with a sister project in Texas. The announcement was made today at Universal Studios California at GE's "Green is Universal" exhibition, a celebration of GE customers' improvements in operating and environmental performance. GE Energy Financ ... moreENERGY TECH + Great River Energy Issues RFP Seeking Renewable Energy Resources  Elk River MN (SPX) Jun 05, 2007 - Great River Energy has issued a request for proposals for renewable energy resources (RFP) and other power generation resources with low or no net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Great River Energy is subject to the Minnesota Renewable Energy Standard, which requires electric utilities to supply an increasing percentage of their energy sales from renewable energy, reaching 25 percent by 2025. ... more | SOLAR DAILY:  ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  |
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