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NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed EarthPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2010 NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface caused by a major earthquake - the magnitude 7.2 temblor that rocked Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest on April 4. The data reveal that in the area studied, the quake moved the Calexico, Calif., region in a downward and southerly direction up to 80 centimeters (31 inches). A science team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., used the JPL-developed ... read more |
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Taiwan, China expect to sign trade pact next week: source
Taipei (AFP) June 23, 2010Taiwan and China are expected to sign a major trade pact when their top envoys meet on the mainland next week, a source said Wednesday. Taiwan's top negotiator Chiang Pin-kung will seal the deal with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin in the city of Chongqing in southwest China from June 28 to 30, a well-placed source told AFP. This will be the fifth meeting between the two since Taiwan ... more China's Hu Jintao in Canada ahead of G20 summit
Ottawa (AFP) June 23, 2010Chinese President Hu Jintao touched down in the Canadian capital Wednesday for a three-day state visit ahead of a G20 summit in Toronto, live television footage showed. Hu is scheduled to meet Thursday with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss a range of issues of mutual interest and address opportunities to strengthen bilateral ties. The Chinese leader arrived just hours after a 5.0 ... more 'Cycle powered by compressed air proposed
Lucknow, India (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 Scientists in India say they have conceptually designed a motorcycle engine that uses compressed air, rather than gasoline, to generate power. The researchers - Bharat Raj Singh and Onkar Singh of the SMS Institute of Technology in Lucknow, India - said their new, cleaner motorcycle engine would use compressed air to turn a small air turbine, generating enough power to run for up to 4 ... more |
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Mexico To Build 180 Million Dollar Cogeneration Power PlantVillahermosa, Mexico (SPX) Jun 23, 2010 Subsidiaries of Spain-based Abengoa and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, will invest US$180 million to develop the largest cogeneration power plant in Mexico. The 300-megawatt gas-fired facility with a total project cost of US$640 million will be located at the Nuevo Pemex gas processing complex, owned by Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica, a subsidiary of Mexican state oil company Pemex. Located near Villahermosa, Tabasco, the plant will supply Nuevo Pemex with power and steam under a 20-year s ... read more |
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