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Brazil invests in improved nuclear fuel

January 13, 2008 – 4:29 am

Enriched uranium
Catarina Chagas
11 January 2008
Source: SciDev.Net
Brazil has invested US$4.7 million in a project to develop a more efficient nuclear fuel, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced last month (24 December).
Brazilian Nuclear Industries (INB) — a national body controlled by the ministry and funded by public and private sources — will coordinate the project.
The fuel […]

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The Center for American Progress has a vision for a green economy

November 28, 2007 – 4:01 pm

Today, the Center for American Progress, a public policy think tank, released an economic blueprint that looks at the crises facing our country not as a reason for defensive hand-wringing but as an opportunity for technological innovation and social re-invention. It’s a refreshingly open-eyed assessment of the challenges before the U.S. at a time when […]

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Minding the gaps: time to make the connections

October 23, 2007 – 11:05 am

Lately, my mind has been obsessing over gaps …

The gap between the rosy colored fictions of global warming deniers and the the paint it black reality of the scientific evidence predicting dire consequences of continued inaction.
The gap between the real needs of our society and the upside-down priorities of our government’s funding choices.
The gap […]

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in carbon emissions, climate change, coal, coal plant, global warming | Comments (0)

China to share disaster expertise

October 1, 2007 – 4:17 am

scidev.net

Jia Hepeng
28 September 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] China will share its information, technology and expertise to forecast natural disasters and manage disaster response in other developing nations, a Chinese minister revealed.
Li Xueju, minister of civil affairs, made the remark this week (24 September) at a developing nations’ ministerial meeting on disaster response management, according to Xinhua news […]

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Simple and cheap: Nepal’s application of science

August 26, 2007 – 5:58 am

SciDev.net
16 August 2007

Village in Nagarkot, Nepal

Almost unnoticed, Nepal is developing simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don’t damage the environment.
Down a narrow alley in Kathmandu’s historic heart, through a low door, you enter Akal Man Nakarmi’s workshop. Nakarmi’s surname means ‘metalsmith’ and the soft-spoken craftsman’s ancestors crafted copper utensils […]

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