Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Satelite navigation systems are at risk from criminals, terrorists or even just bored teenagers, with the potential to cause major incidents from maritime disasters to chaos in financial markets, leading experts warned on Wednesday. From maps on car dashboards and mobile phones, to road tolls, aviation and marine navigation systems and even financial exchanges, much of
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The climate of 2011 was dominated by two La Niña events: a strong event peaking over the summer of 2010–11 and a second La Niña which developed in late 2011. This contributed to record rainfall for Australia over a two-year period and cooler than average temperatures over most of Australia last year, particularly in the
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Oman represents one of the fastest growing power and water sectors in the Middle East region with electricity and desalinated water demand expected to increase until 2017 at an average growth rate of about 9% per year according to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company’s 7-Year Statement 2011-1017. To face the increasing demand, Oman
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Biomass accounts for less than 2pc of Ireland’s total final energy consumption, whereas it is nearly six times this figure (11.6pc) across the EU. And Ireland will be the last country in the EU to introduce elevated prices for renewables such as Renewable Energy Feed In Tariffs (REFIT). Read More
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The surface waters of the Danube River froze completely on Saturday near the port of Silistra, the first time in 20 years that Europe’s busiest waterway froze in Bulgaria, said the Danube exploration agency. The Danube was last totally sealed by ice in Bulgaria in the winter of 1984-1985, they said. Read More
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Smoke from forest fires and bush causes 339 000 deaths on average per year worldwide, according to a study presented Saturday at a scientific conference, experts predict a sharp increase of the fires in the future because of global warming. Read More
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Three years from now Saudi Arabia will have one of the most extensive rail networks in the world. It will rival grids in such advanced nations as Spain, France and Germany. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved billions of riyals in recent years for the construction of multiple projects to link cities
Monday, February 20th, 2012
This is the combined capability of the next stage of development, announced today, of two giant computers, HECToR and BlueGene/Q, based at the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF). It marks the next chapter in the UK’s supercomputing programme. The computers can deliver complex computer simulations across a range of scientific disciplines and are funded
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Just about every Finn has an unshakeable view on what is wrong with the airline Finnair and how the problems should be solved. Plans announced this week by Finnair raise some questions. We could ask Andrew Lobbenberg to answer some of them. Lobbenberg is an analyst at the British RBS bank, who monitors issues related to European airlines.
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Norway’s Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have confirmed that the Zafarani-1 well in Block 2 offshore Tanzania has encountered indications of natural gas in a good quality reservoir. They say in a press release that drilling operations are still on-going and it is too early to give any indication of size and commerciality. Read More
