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US Oil production is climbing back up after a long 40 year decline Net Imports in 2009 and the first month of 2010 are back to the levels of 1999-1999 and heading towards 1997 levels. Net Imports of oil kept increasing until 2005 and have been declining since that time. Field production including crude oil …
(a) Split ring resonator for high-frequency metamaterials (outer ring diameter is 2.26mm). (b) Spiral resonator for radio frequency metamaterials (outer diameter is 6mm and has 40 turns). Metamaterials (so called because of their engineered electromagnetic properties) hold great promise for new applications in the megahertz to terahertz bands, as well as optical frequencies. Examples including …
A professor of horticulture at Penn State, Lynch believes that understanding plant root architecture may be the key to producing enough food to feed the world’s expanding population. The goal is the generation of new crop varieties and cropping systems adapted to the stressful soils of eastern and southern Africa. Correlated with genetic information, root …
1. Researchers at IBM have increased the efficiency of a novel type of solar cell made largely from cheap and abundant materials by over 40 percent. According to an article published this week in the journal Advanced Materials, the new efficiency is 9.6 percent, up from the previous record of 6.7 percent for this type …
excerpt from China’s edge in renewable energy by Keith Bradsher THE NEW YORK TIMES * China’s biggest advantage might be its domestic demand for electricity, which is rising 15 percent a year. To meet demand in the coming decade, according to statistics from the International Energy Agency, China will need to add nearly nine times …
All laboratory confirmed cases are an undercount of H1N1 deaths. Actual deaths are up to five times higher. Swine flu deaths at wikipedia Hurricane Katrina had 1836 confirmed deaths The Center for Disease control’s weekly update on H1N1 flu Since April 2009, CDC has received reports of 285 laboratory-confirmed pediatric deaths: 241 due to 2009 …