Etleboro English http://english.etleboro.com/ Latest news from Etleboro English Etleboro English RSS info@etleboro.com info@etleboro.com it Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:15:04 -0600 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Low-Carbon Electricity is Needed To Power Plug-in Hybrids http://english.etleboro.com/?read=8454 Carnegie Mellon University's Constantine Samaras and Kyle Meisterling report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming, but the benefits are highly dependent on how the electricity system changes in the coming decades.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=8454 Brown warned that cannabis decision may face legal challenge http://english.etleboro.com/?read=8453 Gordon Brown's decision to overturn the advice of his own group of drug experts by pressing ahead with a tougher policy on cannabis could face a high court challenge from campaigners. As the report from the 23-strong Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) recommending that cannabis should remain a class C drug was delivered yesterday to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, it was widely reported that Gordon Brown would ignore its findings.  ]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=8453 Medvedev wants more Russians online http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7752 A third of Russia’s citizens will soon have access to the Internet. That’s according to Dmitry Medvedev, who was speaking at the 12th Internet Forum, held in Moscow region.]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7752 Online Legal Research Revolution http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7749 was a day that may forever change the course of online legal research. On that day, the nonprofit Public.Resource.Org published 1.8 million pages of federal case law online, free of copyright or other restrictions. The release included all U.S. Supreme Court cases and all federal circuit decisions since 1950.]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7749 Brain Scientist Shedding Light On Learning, Memory http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7748 Neurons spoke to Dr. Joe Z. Tsien when he was a sophomore college student searching for some meaningful extracurricular activity.]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7748 Duma limits access to strategic assets for foreigners http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7746 The State Duma has passed the third and final reading of the bill “On rules for foreign investment in commercial organizations of strategic importance for Russia’s national security.”]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7746 Brain Scientist Shedding Light On Learning, Memory http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7610 Neurons spoke to Dr. Joe Z. Tsien when he was a sophomore college student searching for some meaningful extracurricular activity. He had stopped by the lab of a brain researcher at Shanghai’s East China Normal University. The room was dark except for a light shining on the brain. “You could hear this pop, pop, pop, pop,” says Dr. Tsien, brain scientist who recently came to the Medical College of Georgia from Boston University. “At that moment, I got interested in the brain.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7610 Portable Hydrogen-generating Power System Could Lighten Soldiers Load http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7609 Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are developing a portable, hydrogen-generating power system to power everything from laptops to communications gear for soldiers in the battlefield]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7609 Medvedev urges steps to protect small businesses http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7608 Russia’s President-elect Dmitry Medvedev proposed to ban inspections of small businesses without a decision by a court or prosecutor’s office. “Controlling agencies should not be allowed onto small businesses’ premises unless there is a decision by a government agency or prosecutor’s office, or a court,” he said at the State Council Presidium meeting in the Siberian city of Tobolsk today. The members of the meeting, chaired by Medvedev, are discussing measures to support small businesses in Russia, including the removal of administrative obstacles and the introduction of tax incentives. ]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7608 Ultimatum for Italy in cheese dioxin scare http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7607 Brussels yesterday increased pressure on Italy to provide details about the scale of a potential crisis over links between cheese and cancer, warning that buffalo mozzarella could be banned across the EU. The European commission demanded more information from the Italian authorities on carcinogenic dioxins found in buffalo mozzarella made in the Naples area, and set the Italian government a deadline for compliance.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://english.etleboro.com/?read=7607