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QinetiQ Zephyr Used Sion Li-S Batteries in Record Unmanned Flight
07/30/2010 – 3:05 am PDT | No Comment

Sion Power’s proprietary lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries (earlier post) played a critical role in the QinetiQ Zephyr smashing the world record for the longest duration unmanned flight.
A result of an intensive joint development effort between …

GE to Demonstrate First Silicon-Carbide Solid-State Primary Power Distribution Technology Use under USAF Contract
07/30/2010 – 2:25 am PDT | No Comment

GE Aviation announced an R&D contract worth more than $7 million for the first solid-state primary power distribution technology using Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switches applicable to the latest and future United States Air Force …

LS9 Researchers Discover Microbial Biosynthesis Pathway for Hydrocarbon Fuel Components; Direct Sugar-to-Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels
07/30/2010 – 2:05 am PDT | No Comment

Researchers at LS9 have discovered an alkane biosynthesis pathway in cyanobacteria; i.e., a metabolic pathway that produces alkanes—the major hydrocarbon constituents of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel—in a direct, simple conversion from sugar.
When the newly …

EPA Denies 10 Petitions Challenging Its GHG Endangerment Finding
07/30/2010 – 2:05 am PDT | No Comment

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the …

Commodities Firm While Equities Fall
07/30/2010 – 1:40 am PDT | No Comment
Commodities Firm While Equities Fall

Commodities were generally firm after strong European confidence data and bigger than expected decline in initial jobless claims in the US. WTI crude oil price rebounded strongly and pared most of the losses made over …

Phil Flynn: Coming To America!
07/30/2010 – 1:35 am PDT | No Comment
Phil Flynn: Coming To America!

Everywhere from around the world, the crudes coming to America, every time that flag’s unfurledcrude is coming to America, got a dream to take it there, it’s coming to America. It’s coming to America and …

Nissan LEAF General Public Reservation Opens Today in Europe
07/30/2010 – 1:30 am PDT | No Comment

Reservations for the Nissan LEAF will officially open to the general public starting today in Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.
Nissan’s additional lead market for LEAF electric vehicle in Europe, the UK, has also confirmed …

Porsche Board OKs Development of 918 Spyder Plug-in
07/30/2010 – 1:05 am PDT | No Comment

The Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has approved the development of a production model based on the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in concept, introduced at the Geneva Auto Show and at …

X PRIZE Foundation Announces Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE
07/30/2010 – 12:45 am PDT | No Comment

The X PRIZE Foundation launched its sixth major incentive competition, the $1.4 Million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE.
The new prize was announced in Washington, DC by X PRIZE Chairman Peter H. Diamandis together with …

Top Money Market accounts
07/30/2010 – 12:18 am PDT | No Comment

With this economy showing a downward trend, everybody is looking for avenues to generate more money. Everybody is looking for that extra money that one can earn through sensible investments, which you can …