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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the SkyGrenoble, France - Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. |
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Mona Lisa’s Identity Confirmed by DocumentHeidelberg, Germany - The mystery over the identity of the woman behind Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting has been solved once and for all, German academics at Heidelberg University announced on Tuesday. |
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Plastic fibres to bring cheap super-fast broadbandHomes and businesses across Europe may soon receive ultra-high-speed broadband over cheap plastic optical fibres |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Carbon windfall to go to clean energy: officialMilan, Italy - The European Commission wants to back alternative energy like wind and solar with the money it raises from sales of carbon emissions permits, which could reach billions of euros, a senior EC official said on Wednesday. |
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Dogs join lifeguard trainingOff Italian Coast, Italy - 'Sea dog' takes on a literal meaning with Italian life guards training canines to assist in life-saving rescues. |
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Italian Town To Fund Residents’ Weight Loss ProgramVarallo, Italy - While most folks with obesity issues would need to spend a considerable amount on losing weight, here's good news for people living in this northwestern Italian town. |
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The new 7 Wonders of the World are NamedLisbon, Portugal - As reported earlier today, the new 7 Wonders have been announced at a show in Lisbon tonight. |
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UN fund backs water projects to help rural poor in Syria and EthiopiaRome, Italy - The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced the creation of two new programmes designed to improve irrigation for needy Ethiopian families and to overcome water shortages and create jobs in north-eastern Syria. |
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Abroad by boardDevon, England, UK - A Devon man is set to make his first trip abroad -- on a skateboard. Sam Benson, 20, is planning to skate 2,500 miles across five European countries in 10 weeks. |
news from Europe
- Breeding success for Farne birds
- Cypriot leaders make further progress in reunification process - UN
- Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS
- Electric shock: East coast network by 2012
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
- UN rural development arm signs deal to help cut poverty in Moldova
- Berlin memorial for WWII Germans who helped Jews
- Climate laws to include planes
- Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gear
- The E: Mini’s New Electric Car
