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Researchers Witness Overnight Breakup And Retreat Of Greenland GlacierWashington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2010 NASA-funded researchers monitoring Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier report that a 7 square kilometer (2.7 square mile) section of the glacier broke up on July 6 and 7. The calving front - where the ice sheet meets the ocean - retreated nearly 1.5 kilometers (a mile) in one day and is now further inland than at any time previously observed. The chunk of lost ice is roughly one-eighth the size of Manhattan Island, New York. Research teams led by Ian Howat of the Byrd Polar Research Center ... read more |
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Hoboken NJ (SPX) Jul 12, 2010The journal, NanoLetters, recently published an article highlighting the fascinating Nanogenerators developed by Dr. Yong Shi, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. The paper was entitled, "1.6 V Nanogenerator for Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using PZT Nanofibers." Dr. Shi's work focuses on miniature energy harvesting technologies that cou ... more  
Sydney (AFP) July 9, 2010Australia put its disputed Internet filter plan on hold for up to a year Friday to allow for an independent review of what content would be banned, in a move to mute controversy ahead of elections. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said that introduction of the "Clean Feed" filter would be delayed for consultations over what material should come under the initiative, which is to be admi ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2010Production at a Honda assembly plant in southern China has resumed after workers demanding pay hikes ended a two-day strike, media reports said Friday. The Japanese auto giant is one of a number of foreign companies hit by industrial action in China as increasingly frustrated workers express their discontent at low pay and poor conditions. The walkout halted production for part of Wednes ... more |
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China confirms Google's operating licence renewedBeijing (AFP) July 11, 2010 Beijing confirmed Sunday that it had renewed Google's licence to operate in China, the world's largest Internet market, after the company agreed to "rectify" its operations. Google's China website operator, Beijing Guxiang Information Technology Co. Ltd., was on a list of hundreds of companies whose licences were renewed that was posted on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's website. Google's licence number appeared on a list of companies that had passed the ministry's annual r ... read more |
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