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Dash for gas a "risky" investment for UK, scientists warn
2013-03-18 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Large-scale investments in natural gas are "a risky option" given the uncertainty over future price fluctuations and the size of shale reserves, scientists will say today. In a new report released two days ahead of a Budget that is expected to include further evidence of the Chancellor's desire to accelerate gas investment, researchers say a more sensible course of action would be a "dash for smart gas", where natural gas is only used in the areas where it can deliver the greatest economic and...
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Cryptography scientists win 2012 Turing Award
2013-03-14 00:38:56| CNET News.com
Association for Computing Machinery bestows its award on Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali for pioneering technology in Internet security. [Read more]
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Scientists Improve Transgenic Enviropigs
2013-03-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A research team at the University of Guelph has developed a new line of transgenic 'Enviropigs'. The new line of pigs is called the Cassie line, and it is known for passing genes on more reliably.
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NRC claims that US nuclear is safer than ever are contested by scientists
2013-03-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman Allison Macfarlane has said that US nuclear power plants are now safer than ever after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, with these claims disputed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (U
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Canadian government gag order for scientists?
2013-03-10 14:38:13| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Canada's Harper Administration is allegedly restricting what environmental information government scientists can share with journalists, according to academics and media watchdogs. Host Steve Curwood learns more from Tyler Sommers, coordinator of Democracy Watch. Transcript CURWOOD: Canada's conservative government, which has been pressing the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, has come under sharp criticism for allegedly muzzling Canadian government scientists who talk...
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