Daily Archives: July 9, 2010

Roving mobile processing plants to produce biofuels

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Biofuels are seen as a more environmentally friendly fuel source than petroleum-based fuels, but transporting the bulky biomass used to produce them is expensive because of their volume. It’s much more economical to transport the liquid fuel after it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature & Environment, Technology

Scientists discover antibodies that neutralize over 91 percent of HIV strains

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Research efforts to find individual antibodies that can neutralize HIV strains have been difficult because the virus continuously changes its surface proteins to evade recognition by the immune system. As a consequence of these changes, an enormous number of HIV … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Science

Otri reviews cooperation with Aga Khan Development Network

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Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri on Thursday reviewed with prince Amin Aga Khan cooperation relations between Syria and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and spheres of bolstering them in cultural, social and health fields. Talks also dealt with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aga Khan Development

Video Conference:The Director of Aga Khan Trust for Culture Mr. Luis Monreal

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Video-conference summary by the director of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), Luis Monreal, the IV International Congress on Cultural Heritage and Development Cooperation. The Congress, held in Seville from 16 to June 18, 2010, was organized by the Andalusian … Continue reading →

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FOCUS prepares disaster management teams in North America for the inevitable

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They strike suddenly — often with little or no warning — and are capable of overwhelming destruction. Natural disasters caused by landslides, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, avalanches, floods, wind and ice storms can occur in any part of the world — … Continue reading →

Posted in Focus Humanitarien