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Don't just show off wealth, payback to society: Indian Prime Minister to industry

The Indian industry's success in wealth creation is worth celebrating, but showing off the riches through ostentatious parties is as good as insulting the less privileged and stoking social unrest, PM Singh said.

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Germany Urges Hedge Fund Supervision at G8 Meet

Germany has pressed for greater scrutiny of the hedge fund industry ahead of the Group of Eight industrialized nations (G8) meeting being held southwest of Berlin.

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Because You are "Green" Doesn't Mean You Have to Love Wind Farms

Industrial wind farms, like the Cape Wind project, are on the rise and along with them public protest and opposition. Is it anti-environnmental to even question much less object? Not at all. In fact, questioning wind power does not mean anti-environment and in fact the opposite is most often the case. Those that question are those that care or they wouldn't be involved in the debate at all.

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Top Ten Uses for Cape Wind Book

The David Letterman Show and all those interested in unbiased journalism should have a field day with this book written by admitted wind industry writer Wendy Williams and opinion based editor Robert Whitcomb.

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Vena Resources (Canada) Discovers New Uranium Targets in Lagunillas Peru

Vena Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VEM)(OTCBB:VNARF)(LIMA:VEM)(FRANKFURT:V1R) announces that the first comprehensive field visit to the Lagunillas area in Puno, Peru has provided positive results including the discovery of five large sedimentary formations, the largest of which indicates outcropping at least 1,000 meters long by 400 meters wide by 25 meters in height with scintillometer readings ranging from 800 to 3,000 cps.

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India shows good industrial growth

Demand for manufactured goods and improved mining output in India made country's industrial production grow by 11 percent in February, officials said. The industrial growth and a good agricultural harvest were expected to help the broader economy sustain the momentum seen in recent years.

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Nano-microscopy reveals collective transport of gold atoms in real-time

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer. This research illustrates the rapid progress that is currently being made by real-time nano-microscopy. Within 5 years this research area should be able to take the step from the laboratory to realistic conditions, and this will open up a wealth of possibilities for industry and the medical world.

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ORNL aids diesel parts manufacturers

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Temperature Materials Laboratory are helping diesel engine and parts manufacturers develop technologies to meet tough new emissions regulations that go into effect in 2007.

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