Friday, October 14th, 2011
BP has revealed the story of North Sea oil will run for at least another 40 years after receiving the go-ahead for a major £4.5 billion project. The second phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands, forms part of £10bn being spent on four projects by BP and its partners from Shell,
Friday, October 14th, 2011
China has become one of the world’s biggest economic superpowers. The country is booming, and personal wealth and prosperity are on the rise – especially among the middle class. But that has its drawbacks, too. More goods, services and people are on the move, and China’s roads are becoming increasingly congested. Many cities and towns
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
In September, the European Parliament adopted the decision defining rules for access to the public regulated service (PRS), one of the five types of services which Galileo, the future European global satellite navigation system, will be offering. Read More
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Although there is no specific product standard for EMC in GNSS receivers, testing for immunity to electromagnetic interference has to be an essential part of the product development process. Any receiver designed for low-level signals will inevitably be susceptible to electromagnetic interference. And GNSS receivers inevitably are required to operate reliably in areas where they will
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
e-on software announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 10 product line – scheduled for release early November, 2011. Among other significant advances, this new release introduces a number of major enhancements such as spline and road tools, a new rock technology, streamlined terrain editing, a physical water shading engine along with significant improvements in
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
ORBCOMM Inc. today announced the successful launch of VesselSat1, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselSat1 launched from the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh near the Bay of the Bengal at 1:30 AM EDT. The satellite
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
The urban population was 8662,4 thousand people, rural population was 7347,2 thousand people. The urban population increased to 206,6 thousand people or to 2,4 %, and rural – to 821,7 thousand people or to 12,6 %. The share of the urban population in the country was 54,1 %, rural – 45,9 %, in 1999 their share was 56,4
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Kambambe Hydroelectric Dam, located in Kwanza Norte province, with an installed capacity of 180 megawatts, will start its operation in full from October 2012. This information was released, Wednesday in Luanda by the administrator of the production area of the National Electricity Company, José Carlos Neves, during the “Informative Morning” programme of the Radio Nacional de
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Our society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth’s land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch. Read More
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
On Wednesday, the German air force unveiled the latest addition to its fleet: the “Euro Hawk,” a state-of-the-art spy drone. The reconnaissance aircraft can fly non-stop for 30 hours in the stratosphere without having to refuel and its on-board sensors can penetrate clouds and sandstorms. Read More
