Study describes a tabletop source of bright, coherent X-rays
EurekAlert! Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:27 AM PDT
Producing tightly focused beams of high energy X-rays, to examine everything from molecular structures to the integrity of aircraft wings, could become simpler and cheaper according to new research. Today, in Nature Physics, researchers describe a tabletop instrument that produces synchrotron X-rays, whose energy and quality rivals that produced by some of the largest X-ray facilities in the world |
Carolina pioneering human waste-to-energy
UPI Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:26 AM PDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A North Carolina county's plan to burn human excrement for electricity is being watched nationwide, scientists said. |
Sarawak Cable has not cancelled plans to buy STSB
Business Times Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT
SARAWAK Cable Bhd (5170) has clarified that the company and Austin Corp (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd had on October 20 this year entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) and Syarikat SESCO Bhd (SSB) to buy a 75 per cent and 25 per cent equity interest in Sarwaja Timur Sdn Bhd (STSB) respectively. It has not cancelled its plans to buy STSB as reported in Business ... |
Committee holding home energy seminar
North Penn Life Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:14 AM PDT
Montgomery Township residents, if you’re interested in making your home more energy efficient, you’ll be able to learn a thing or two Wednesday night. |
Medvedev Bolsters Turkmen Energy Relations
The Moscow Times Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:10 AM PDT
Turkmenistan and Russia bolstered their natural gas relationship on Friday during a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, with both sides hedging their bets as the Chinese market grows and the European one shrinks. |
China's hunger for energy moves markets
Business Times Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:57 AM PDT
LONDON: China, the world's second largest economy and its number one energy consumer, is shaking up global commodities markets where its potent growth momentum is also powering a rise in metals prices. "China is now the largest energy consumer by our definition," Nobuo Tanaka, head of the International Energy Agency, said recently. "Probably half of the oil demand increase comes from China ... |
Chavez signs green energy deal with Portugal
Boston Globe Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:56 AM PDT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed agreements with Portugal on Sunday for the development of renewable energy projects which he expects will one day replace his country's dominant oil industry. |
OBITUARY: Marion Brown, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 79
All About Jazz Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:35 AM PDT
Marion Brown, a saxophonist whose lyrical, low-key style made him a distinctive presence in the high-energy jazz avant-garde of the 1960s and '70s, died Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 79. His death, in a hospice, was confirmed by his son, Djinji. Mr. Brown had been treated for a variety of illnesses in recent years and had been living in an assisted-living home in Hollywood, Fla... |
City to offer green bonusing
Abbotsford Mission Times Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT
The City of North Vancouver will be the first municipality in the province to give large new buildings a density "bonus" in return for energy-efficient design. |
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