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Refurbished computers aid Kenyan farmersKatumani, Kenya (UPI) Dec 26, 2009 Refurbished computers are changing the fortunes of farmers in central Kenya by accurately and instantly predicting the weather, officials said. The digital age arrived two years ago and since then has often meant the difference between a good crop and no crop at all, The Independent reported Saturday. "It's helping them to decide which crops to plant, which fertilizer to use and ... read more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Dec 22, 2009The search continues for a full moon-bright meteoroid likely to have landed in west suburban Beijing on Wednesday in what astronomers said could lead to one of the biggest discoveries in Beijing this year. Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16. The surveillance ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevadas - have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir. The findings, based on data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ... more 
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Dec 17, 2009Weeks after a devastating flash flood, residents of Jeddah fear that further heavy rainfall could bring a huge, brimming reservoir of raw sewage cascading onto Saudi Arabia's Red Sea capital. Until the November 25 flood submerged homes and roads, killing at least 120 people, every day a line of tanker trucks made their way from Jeddah, a city of 2.6 million with almost no municipal sewerage ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Dec 18, 2009NBA star and Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming urged China on Friday to say no to shark fin soup to stop the overfishing of some species amid growing demand for the delicacy. The Houston Rockets centre who recently bought his hometown's professional team, unveiled a television commercial aimed at wealthy Chinese which urges them to stop ordering shark fin soup. "We have species that need ... more  
San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Valero Renewable Fuels Company has announced that it has signed an agreement with ASA Ethanol Holdings, to buy two ethanol plants that had been previously owned by VeraSun Energy. ASA Ethanol Holdings is a company owned by a former syndicate of lenders to the facilities, agented by West LB AG, which acquired the plants through the VeraSun bankruptcy auction. The plants - located in Linden ... more 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Cetrel and Novozymes have announced a research partnership to turn sugarcane waste into green energy. Using Cetrel's know-how in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes' biotech expertise, the partners aim to enable sugar and ethanol production plants in Brazil to turn bagasse, the waste from sugarcane production, into biogas using enzymes. The biogas can be used to produce electricity for ... more |
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