Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Ireland’s State research ship, Celtic explorer, has embarked on an expedition to map a new underwater eco-system on the floor of the Atlantic sea. The joint British and Irish mission is led by Dr Andy Wheeler from University College Cork. It includes over 30 crew members and a National Geographic televison crew. Read More
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Germany’s energy agency is warning that one of the German reactors mothballed in the wake of Fukushima may have to be restarted to make up for possible power shortages this winter and next. Berlin is also using money earmarked for energy efficiency to subsidize coal-fired power plants. Read More
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Arctic Region attracts more and more attention every year. However, the seas of the Arctic – is not just the territory for industrial development, but the habitat of multiple species of mammals and fish. Head of the Marine Program of the WWF Konstantin Zgurovsky told on-air of the “Voice of Russia” radio broadcasting station about the bio-diversity
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Microsoft Corp. has entered into a licensing agreement with GeoVector Corporation, the world leader in Augmented Reality and pointing-based local search solutions for mobile devices. The non-exclusive multi-year agreement gives Microsoft rights to use concepts covered by GeoVector’s patents. “We are thrilled to have Microsoft join the growing number of GeoVector licensees,” said John Ellenby, GeoVector’s
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
IBM today announced the IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, a new solution designed to help cities of all sizes gain a holistic view of information across city departments and agencies. By infusing analytical insights into municipal operations through one central point of command, cities will be able to better anticipate problems, respond to
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Stock markets, war, your trip to the country: we rely on the Global Positioning System for an awful lot these days. Yet the entire network is controlled by eight men and women who − in every sense − carry the world on their shoulders. At 23 years old, Joshua Williams seems a little young to be
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
A large complex of small Christian churches has been gradually unearthed by Bulgarian archaeologists in downtown Sofia during continuing excavations at the construction sites of the Sofia Metro. During the excavations near the Serdica metro station and the TZUM department store in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital last summer, the archaeologists found the remains of a medieval church. Read More
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Following successful injection of 6 Globalstar-2 satellites into the targeted orbit by Russian Fregat upper stage, the control of the spacecraft was taken over by the customer. Soyuz-2.1a with Globalstars lifted off today at 06.27 MSK from Baikonur. Injection of the Globalstar satellites completed at 08.07. Flight qualified in 2000, Fregat is an autonomous and flexible upper stage
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Some 55% of land in the Netherlands is used for agriculture, according to new research from the national statistics office CBS. Despite the impression that the Netherlands is very built-up, only 8% of the country is occupied by buildings. Some 12% is woodland and 20% water. The rest is semi-build, roads and railways and recreational land,
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Seven towns in the Lake Constance region have combined efforts to run their own, independent energy company. Despite a few hurdles, they hope to create a trend that might challenge the power of Germany’s big providers. Regionalwerk Bodensee – a small energy company in the Lake Constance region of southern Germany – places a lot
