Taipei (AFP) Mar 15, 2005 - A core reactor at Taiwan's controversial fourth nuclear power plant will be installed Friday, marking a major milestone towards completion of the project, state-run Taiwan Power (Taipower) said Tuesday.
Switzerland (SPX) Mar 08, 2005 - The first superconducting magnet for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was lowered into the accelerator tunnel at 2.00 p.m. on Monday, 7th March.
Brussels (AFP) Mar 07, 2005 - The European Union on Monday gave Japan until June to reach a deal about who will host a revolutionary nuclear reactor, saying that otherwise it could press ahead with the project without Tokyo's support.
Halfmoon NY (SPX) Mar 07, 2005 - DayStar Technologies has unveiled LightFoil for high specific power applications. This proprietary alternative energy solution is the first of many highly anticipated Photovoltaic Foil products expected from DayStar.
Switzerland (SPX) Mar 02, 2005 - The largest superconducting solenoid in the world- able to generate a magnetic field 100,000 times stronger than Earth's - has finally been completed.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2005 - Rep. Christopher Cox (R-CA), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, announced that he has secured $2 million in the FY 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill for Irvine-based Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies
Dallas TX (UPI) Feb 28, 2005 - Bush administration officials say the world's largest and most advanced offshore oil platform displays the technology that will make it possible to tap into oil and gas reserves that were previously inaccessible.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2005 - Representatives of the United States, Japan and Europe will sign an agreement Monday that, in a best-case scenario, will lead to a future in which nuclear power is seen as a boon to the environment and less of a risk to world security.
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2005 - India is seeking to satisfy its growing ravenous thirst for energy by boosting its relations with Iran and Russia, a policy that may put severe limits on its growing strategic relationship with the United States.
London, UK (SPX) Feb 25, 2005 - Contrary to popular belief, hydroelectric power can seriously damage the climate. Proposed changes to the way countries' climate budgets are calculated aim to take greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs into account, but some experts worry that they will not go far enough, reports New Scientist.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 23, 2005 - China will kick off an ambitious plan to more than double its nuclear generating capacity when it accepts tenders next week for contracts to build four 1,000 megawatt reactors, state press said Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2005 - A new grassroots computing project dubbed Einstein@Home, which will let anyone with a personal computer contribute to cutting edge astrophysics research, was officially launched at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC on Saturday, February 19.
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Feb 17, 2005 - The industrial world's ravenous thirst for Middle East oil will grow even worse over the next quarter century, making the volatile and unstable region an even more dangerous magnet for conflicting great power rivalries.
Oyster Bay NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2005 - The embryonic automotive fuel cell industry - whether or not aided by governments - must invest some US$2 billion in creating a hydrogen fueling station infrastructure by 2012 if market expectations are to be met.
Moscow (UPI) Feb 11, 2005 - Russia's Natural Resources Ministry announced on Thursday that foreign companies would be banned from bidding for large strategic oil and metal deposits in 2005.
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2005 - Ultrathin superconducting wires can withstand stronger magnetic fields than larger wires made from the same material, researchers now report. This finding may be useful for technologies that employ superconducting magnets, such as magnetic resonance imaging.
