Stately Elizabeth cruises into port
The Queen Elizabeth, Cunard’s newest luxury liner, pulled into the Port of Los Angeles on Saturday, bringing with it musicians, its own theater company and an old-world air.
Linc Energy acquires more UCG coal exploration acreage in Alaska
Linc Energy Ltd has acquired the grant of 181,414 acres of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) coal exploration licences in Alaska from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority following a competitive bidding process.
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Viewpoints
I’m revisiting the wheel-off issue because it’s clear that we’ve not addressed it.Not even close,it seems.
Researchers determine Agave is a high-yielding bioenergy crop
Scientists found that in 14 independent studies, the yields of two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel feedstocks, such as corn, soybean, sorghum, and wheat. Additionally, even more productive Agave species that have not yet been…
Alaska railroad CEO expects economic upturn
Alaska Railroad Corp. CEO Christopher Aadnesen says he’s expecting the railroad’s economic recovery that began during fiscal 2009 to continue through the current fiscal year.
STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications
Example of micro fibers produced with 20 wt % AB (ammonia borane) in water as core solution, showing smooth (nonporous) and cylindrical (noncollapsed) fibers; from a 2010 paper by the scientific team. Credit: ACS, Kurban et al. Click to enlarge.
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Technip launches Vertiwind floating wind turbine project
Technip, in association with Nénuphar, Converteam and EDF Energies nouvelles recently launched the Vertiwind project to test a pre-industrial prototype of a vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine. The partners of the project are Seal Engineering…
Burg trucker foils kidnapping
A Wheelersburg man reportedly helped rescue a woman in Oregon after she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted in December.
Man Struck, Injured By NJ Transit Train
New Jersey Transit says a man was critically injured early Saturday when he was struck by a train in northern New Jersey.
Media
Round two in the war of words on SCR. It’s now the lone holdout’s turn to tell its side of the story.