Dash for gas gives Myanmar the bus stop blues (Reuters)

   Reuters - To cut down on costly imports of petroleum, of which Myanmar does not have much, its ruling generals want every vehicle in the country to run on natural gas, of which it has plenty.
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New Zealand PM: Japan whaler was threat (AP)

   AP - A Japanese whaling ship that drifted powerless for nine days near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground had posed a huge risk to the pristine Antarctic environment, New Zealand's prime minister said Monday.
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Chinese panda cub survives key 1st days (AP)

   AP - China's first panda cub of the year has survived the crucial first three days of her life, state media reported Monday.
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Fatal jaguar attack on zookeeper probed (AP)

   

AP - Officials on Sunday were trying to determine why a zookeeper killed by a jaguar had opened the door to the animal's enclosure when zoo policies ban staff members from entering exhibits when big cats are inside.

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Powerful tornado ravages Ark.; 40 hurt (AP)

   

AP - Dozens of homes and businesses looked like they were shredded by "high explosives," the Arkansas lieutenant governor said Sunday as he surveyed the damage a day after a powerful storm injured 40 people.

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Space probe makes Mars fly-by

   Europe's unmanned Rosetta space probe flies within 250km of Mars on its 10-year journey to land on a comet.
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Huge polar study about to begin

   The largest polar research programme for 50 years, by thousands of scientists, gets under way this week.
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Science gears up for Polar Year

   The largest polar research programme for 50 years, by thousands of scientists, gets under way this week.
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Nine die as snow, freezing rain sock US midwest, east (AFP)

   

AFP - At least eight people were killed as heavy snowfall blanketed the US midwest Sunday, and airports on the east coast reported delays of an hour and more.

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Snowy Monday in parts of Northeast (weather.com)

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Winter storm shifts sights eastward (weather.com)

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EUROGIA completes its energy portfolio by building a new partnership with Tenerrdis

   EUROGIA announced the start of an exciting new partnership agreement between this EUREKA energy Cluster and the French ‘Pôle de Compétitivité’ (competitiveness cluster*) Tenerrdis, which focuses on new energies. "EUROGIA has now widened its scope and opened itself to renewable energies and, for the first time, we have managed to build a programme that focuses on all sources of energy," said Gabriel Marquette, Chairman of EUROGIA.
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Tornadoes hit Ark. and 3 other states (AP)

   

AP - The weather cleared Sunday as authorities searched for people door to door after severe storms swept through southern Arkansas, shredding homes and businesses and injuring at least 27 people.

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New technique by CU-Boulder researchers opens door to tabletop X-ray laser

    A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder has developed a new technique to generate laser-like X-ray beams, removing a major obstacle in the decades-long quest to build a tabletop X-ray laser that could be used for biological and medical imaging.
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Brandeis and Brigham and Women's Hospital license technology for Gaucher's to Amicus Therapeutics

   Brandeis University and Brigham and Women's Hospital today agreed to grant a license option to Amicus Therapeutics for a jointly-developed novel pharmaceutical technology that could be instrumental in finding new treatments for Gaucher disease.
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Lower carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants possible with technology development

   A more economical technology for a 90 percent reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants is being developed by a chemical engineer and his colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the TXU Carbon Management Program.
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European space probe swings past Mars during eclipse (AFP)

   

AFP - The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has sent back "beautiful new images" of Mars after swooping over the surface of Red Planet overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Sunday.

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S.Africa should consider elephant cull: WWF (Reuters)

   Reuters - South Africa needs to consider restarting elephant culls because growing numbers of the mammal now threaten local habitats, the WWF conservation group has said.
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Mozambique hit by more flooding after cyclone rain (Reuters)

   

Reuters - Heavy rains from a cyclone sparked more flooding in Mozambique on Sunday, worsening a humanitarian crisis that has already killed 45 people and forced 140,000 from their homes.

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European space probe swings past Mars (AFP)

   

AFP - The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been sending back "beautiful new images" after swooping over the surface of Mars overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.

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Europe's space probe swings by Mars (Reuters)

   

Reuters - The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday, completing a key maneuver in its 10-year mission to meet a distant comet.

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Major storm shifts eastward (weather.com)

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Iran successfully launches a rocket (AP)

   AP - Iran said Sunday it successfully tested a rocket, apparently part of its drive to launch five satellites into orbit by 2010.
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Japanese ship moves away from Antarctica (AP)

   

AP - A Japanese whaling ship has begun moving away from Antarctica under its own power, an official said Sunday — 10 days after a fire left it crippled and laden with fuel near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground.

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