Biofuels are more hazardous than petrol

	Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk
...The latest scientific research reveals that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU. The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ail...
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	Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men
...Till now scientists have been aware of the fact that exposure to phthalates is linked to reproductive issues. Recently they have discovered that this chemical, found in nearly everything including plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, lubricants, paint and soaps, is strongly connected to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males. This scientific discovery was made by the University of Rochester Medical Center. Sci...
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	Now one blood group fits everyone
...to one O group and used furthermore. It is known that blood group of those who have A and B groups has sugar molecules that respond differently to other blood group. People AB blood group is the rarest one and their blood contains both antigens. Transfusion of the different than individual's blood group is a serious impact on the immune system and incompatibility may become crucial. Studying more than 2,500 bacter...
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	Phones should be redesigned, study says
...human health at risk. The scientists state that the recycling programmes do not help much either. Companies always find different ways to pass by laws and ship the cell phones overseas, where they are dumped. The chief of the study concludes that everything what we know about the cell phones should be redesigned. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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	Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage)
... had a normal level. This tragedy happened just two months after an explosion at the "Ulianovskaya" mine, where 110 miners found their death. Both the "Yubileynaya" and the "Ulianovskaya" mines are part of the "YuzhKuzbassUgol" union. A half of this union belongs to the metallurgic group "Evraz". After the Ulianovskaya blast, the upper mentioned Rostehnadzor threatened withdrawing the license for mining, because of ...
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	Robots Assist in Rescuing Disaster Victims
... Urban search and rescue robots are tested at a special 'Disaster City' training facility according to specific disaster scenarios. The robots will help rescue people in collapsed buildings and train wrecks. Scientists will test robot performance applying actual training scenarios for emergency responders. Test results are required for improving and developing new usage guides that allow to match specific kinds of robot...
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	Global Food Crisis to Make 100 Million People Starve
... More and more arable lands were turned into pasture for livestock and raising cattle is a profitable business. The rising oil prices push many countries to grow energy crops that can be used to make biofuels. Civil wars also lead to a high number of incapacitated people who cannot produce food but need it for survival. Robert Zoellick repeated his call for 500 million U.S. dollars from donor governments for a "New Dea...
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	Bombs to Become Safer for the Environment
...ustrial use, such as TNT or RDX have a toxic effect when detonated which is unsafe for the environment. This becomes even more hazardous, when incomplete or no explosion took place. These explosives are often unsafe to handle as their sensitivity to impact, friction and heat can be very high. German scientists developed explosive from the tetrazoles, a new class of materials, which makes nitrogen a main source of ene...
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	Scientists Create World's Fastest SuperComputer
...he supercomputer will be used for nuclear weapons research, but will have a numerous applications in medicine and science, engineering and other fields. It has a great potential to help in developing biofuels, new drug therapies and even vaccine for the HIV virus, solving global energy tasks and find a clue to the origins of the universe. The RoadRunner is now placed at the IBM research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y...
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	Forests to Be Destructed for Food
... With the growing demand for food, biofuels and wood, deforestation is almost inevitable, the Rights and Resources Initiative report says. According to the latest report, the 515 million hectares of extra land is needed by 2030 and only 200 million hectares is available now. The RRI report calls for reforming of land ownership in developing countries. "Arguably, we are on the verge of a last great global land grab,"...
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	China and Iraq Sign Strategic Oil Service Contract
.... It is worth mentioning that this is the first major oil agreement made between Iraq and a company from abroad. Hussain al-Shahristani, the oil minister of Iraq stated that big western companies are running out of time to wrap up the contracts they were negotiating for several years. He also mentioned that both parties involved in the deal had negotiated the terms of an earlier contract on the development of the Adha...
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