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Exxon believes algae produce over 2,000 gallons of fuel per acre

Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report

Technology / Energy

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 9

Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.


Nokia seeks gold in mobile payments startup Obopay

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is making a large investment in a California-based startup that wants to make the mobile phone the credit card of the developing world.





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Exxon upgrades lithium car batteries

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say they've developed a plastic film that will make it easier for automakers to use lithium-ion batteries in electric cars and trucks.


Exxon Valdez oil spill still being studied

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, scientists say the oil spill might have been worse than thought.


Microsoft keeps dividend, opens investor question

Technology / Business

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 13 cents, the same as last quarter.


Arctic governments and industry still unprepared for oil spills 20 years after Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated a vast stretch of the Alaskan coast, governments and industry in the Arctic would be unable to effectively manage a large oil spill, according to a new report by World ...


Hope to get a swine flu shot at work? Not likely (AP)

Hope to get a swine flu shot at work? Not likely

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Plan on getting your swine flu shot at work? Don't count on it. The new vaccine will be rationed initially to groups most at risk of contracting the virus or developing complications - children and ...


Bioavailable contaminants come from the Exxon Valdez oil catastrophe

Bioavailable contaminants come from the Exxon Valdez oil catastrophe

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe. This clearly disproves the theory that natural coal ...


Results show math, science aren't out of reach

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The conflicting data coming out about schools can make your head swirl. Too few kids ready for college. Too few students mastering their subjects. Too many teens trailing their global peers in math and science.


Impacts of fossil fuels on fish and people

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NOAA scientist John Incardona will tell a scientific detective story that uncovers a previously unrecognized threat to human health from a ubiquitous class of air pollutants.Incardona's presentation delves into how one type ...


Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Some 18 years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, the oil continues to cause environmental problems along some of Alaska's shoreline. To ...


Tech Shares Rise, Offset Worries About Housing

Technology / Business

created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.S. technology stocks rose on March 26, pulled higher by positive broker comments on companies such as Dell, but renewed signs of weakness in the housing market snapped a five-day winning streak for the Dow.



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