IF I had a bumper sticker, it would say ‘CAM plants do it in the dark’,” says scientist Joe Holtum. “It’s odd, because you think: ‘Where do they get the energy from?’”
Being plants, what crassulacean acid metabolism species do is photosynthesis, but they do it with a nocturnal twist. Some are as familiar as pineapples [...]

£13m shed-size reactors will be delivered by lorry
John Vidal and Nick Rosen
guardian.co.uk, Sunday November 9 2008 00.01 GMT
The Observer, Sunday November 9 2008
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Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which [...]

By Alaric Nightingale
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — A cargo ship spilt 100 metric tons of heavy fuel after running aground off the north coast of Taiwan, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Chen Hsien-hung, chief of the Environmental Protection Administration.
The leak from the Panama-flagged Morning Sun on Nov. 10 is believed to be the worst such incident for [...]

Ecuador has signed an agreement with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas firm Petrobras to change a valid participation contract into one of service providing, Ecuadorian Mine and Oil Minister Derlis Palacios said Friday.
The amended contract will sharply raise Ecuador’s oil royalties from fields that produce 32,000 barrels per day — from 67 percent to 81 [...]