Science Canada: 06/29/09

Prof gets $1.4M to boost diesel fuel efficiency
June 29, 2009
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=98aadab4-513a-4773-b456-6f490bc5db78

Key drug in fight against H1N1 virus still reliable, world health officials say after isolated case in Denmark
Jun 29, 2009
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shows-first-sign-of-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1201110/

Announcement marks a huge shift in policy for the McGuinty government, which had planned to spend $26-billion expanding and refurbishing its fleet of reactors
Jun 29, 2009
Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-suspends-nuclear-power-plans/article1200469/

Feature speeds up rate of atomic reactions in event of a coolant leak; regulators say they misjudged size of the problem
Jun 29, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/reactor-design-puts-safety-into-question/article1200130/

Remnants of Cold War are a regional and global threat, delegates from four ex-Soviet states urge at summit in Geneva
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/central-asian-leaders-plead-for-help-in-cleaning-nuclear-waste/article1201134/

President, reluctant to speculate about when senators might pass energy law, rolls out new standards for energy conservation in lighting systems
Jun 29, 2009
Jeff Mason
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/obama-gears-up-for-climate-bills-test-in-us-senate/article1201191/

U.S. energy secretary would have learned a lot from CAPP event
June 27, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+progress+missed+lesson/1739145/story.html

Half-tonne load of steel at facility falls 20 metres from crane
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/658118

Lawrence Cannon
June 29, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1743165

Water commission persuaded by demonstration with old smoke-eater
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ns-halifax-water-ozone.html

New technology lets B.C. research team study exotic creatures, in hopes of affecting policy protecting them
Jun 27, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deep-sea-coral-emerges-from-the-darkness/article1199528/

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