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| A ‘Bold’ Step to Capture an Elusive Gas Falters The Bush administration’s plan to build a commercial-scale coal-fire plant that would emit no carbon dioxide — also known as the FutureGen project — was scratched. nytimes.com |
Pentagon declares satellite shootdown a success WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon declared on Monday that its mission to blast apart a defunct spy satellite with a missile fired from a Navy warship had been a success. feeds.reuters.com |
Researchers Show Off Laser-Guided Robot ATLANTA (AP) -- The El-E robot looks like something you'd see in a Hollywood sci-fi flick: It's got two lenses spaced together just like eyes and a slender 5 1/2-foot-tall body. It spurts out wacky catch phrases when it accomplishes its goals.... hosted.ap.org |
Cities Go Dark in Worldwide Green Effort SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Lights dimmed and flickered out in New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday as the two countries became the first to launch Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change.... hosted.ap.org |
Nanotech still holds huge untapped potential for the industry Alpha Galileo: Finland is a forerunner in nanotechnology, and the fast-growing field has already produced strong results. The 70 million euro Tekes FinNano programme, currently in its third year, has launched companies and new business throughout the country. Applications of nanotechnology are in widespread use in the key areas of Finnish industry. nanoforum.org |