In December this year, Copenhagen will host the top UN climate meeting, at which a new international agreement needs to be reached. This past Friday, the Danish press reported that the driving force behind "Copenhagen," climate minister Connie Hedegaard's "right-hand man," has left his post as Denmark's chief negotiator, effective immediately. Friday's Danish headlines suggested he left in protest and in rage over internal disagreements, and that Becker is the victim of a power struggle between the prime minister's office and the climate ministry.
In December this year, Copenhagen will host the top UN climate meeting, at which a new international agreement needs to be reached. This past Friday, the Danish press reported that the driving force behind "Copenhagen," climate minister Connie Hedegaard's "right-hand man," has left his post as Denmark's chief negotiator, effective immediately.
Friday's Danish headlines suggested he left in protest and in rage over internal disagreements, and that Becker is the victim of a power struggle between the prime minister's office and the climate ministry.
The Dutch government has decided to build a new nuclear reactor for medical purposes. Two separate provinces are in the race to build a reactor to replace the one in the coastal town of Petten. The provinces of Zeeland and North Holland have both set aside a budget of 40 million euros for the development costs, licences and research. The government still has to decide on the location of the new reactor. The reactor in Petten produces isotopes which are used for treating cancer, cardiac problems and bone disease. It is 50 years old and has been having trouble with its cooling water system for a number of years. Repairs to the system have had to be postponed to guarantee a steady supply of isotopes as the Canadian Chalk Rivers reactor had to be shut down for repair after a leak. Now the Dutch reactor is due to close for repairs in March next year. Petten supplies 30 percent of the world's isotopes and the Canadian reactor produces about half of the world's medical isotopes. The Canadian reactor is due to start up again early next year.
The Dutch government has decided to build a new nuclear reactor for medical purposes. Two separate provinces are in the race to build a reactor to replace the one in the coastal town of Petten. The provinces of Zeeland and North Holland have both set aside a budget of 40 million euros for the development costs, licences and research. The government still has to decide on the location of the new reactor.
The reactor in Petten produces isotopes which are used for treating cancer, cardiac problems and bone disease. It is 50 years old and has been having trouble with its cooling water system for a number of years. Repairs to the system have had to be postponed to guarantee a steady supply of isotopes as the Canadian Chalk Rivers reactor had to be shut down for repair after a leak. Now the Dutch reactor is due to close for repairs in March next year.
Petten supplies 30 percent of the world's isotopes and the Canadian reactor produces about half of the world's medical isotopes. The Canadian reactor is due to start up again early next year.
There are millions of photo competitions. But very few of them deal with objects that are normally invisible to the naked eye. SPIEGEL ONLINE brings you the winners of this year's microscopic photo competition. It isn't uncommon for scientists to spend countless hours staring into a microscope. Only rarely, however, do they take pictures of what they see. And even then the images tend to be gray and amorphous, depicting malignant tissue or the activity of a particular protein inside a cell. For the uninitiated, such images are impenetrable. Yet the micro-world can also be a beautiful place, full of splendour that normally remains hidden to the naked eye. Capturing that beauty is the aspiration of micro-photographers, those who magnify the miniature and take pictures of the tiny. The images that result are often full of unfamiliar shapes and forms -- and surprisingly colorful. Only rarely is it possible to identify the subject being photographed.
There are millions of photo competitions. But very few of them deal with objects that are normally invisible to the naked eye. SPIEGEL ONLINE brings you the winners of this year's microscopic photo competition.
It isn't uncommon for scientists to spend countless hours staring into a microscope. Only rarely, however, do they take pictures of what they see. And even then the images tend to be gray and amorphous, depicting malignant tissue or the activity of a particular protein inside a cell.
For the uninitiated, such images are impenetrable. Yet the micro-world can also be a beautiful place, full of splendour that normally remains hidden to the naked eye. Capturing that beauty is the aspiration of micro-photographers, those who magnify the miniature and take pictures of the tiny. The images that result are often full of unfamiliar shapes and forms -- and surprisingly colorful. Only rarely is it possible to identify the subject being photographed.
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Belgium doesn't suffer from the sensitive calculations of Berlin's rulers. They've already decided yesterday not to phase out nukes, overturning the 2003 law. the utilities will only have to "forfeit" some €230M over five years. Why we can't stop global climate change with all this brainpower burnin' is beyond me.
The other link "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
This is a live video as we've learned, so if it becomes dark, it will be because it's night. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
