Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, “I love it.” Egon Müller, owner of the famed Scharzhof estate in Germany’s Saar Valley, made the comment at Riesling Rendezvous, a conference in Bellevue, Washington. Müller is elated because
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
SWEDISH SPACE CORP – This week two new antennas for satellite communication are being installed at Esrange Space Center. With these two new facilities we have 18 active antennas at our ground station for TT&C and data reception, for around 30 satellites in various orbits around the Earth. Read More
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
TIMES OF MALTA – Google will open a research and development centre in France aiming to lure young French IT engineers as part of a major investment programme, the internet giant said. Google boss Eric Schmidt met President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the plans that include “the opening of a new engineering centre in Paris and the
Monday, September 13th, 2010
The Cannon Power Group, a Del Mar, CA-based wind power developer,said it has closed a $547 million deal to provide electricity for 20 years to the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), a group of municipal utilities throughout the Los Angeles region. Cannon says the deal is believed to be the largest transaction of its kind.
Monday, September 13th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Experts in the transportation sector are excited about CargoBeamer, a new German transshipment technology designed to shift more truck freight to the railways. The innovative system could ease congestion on the roads and help the environment. Read More
Monday, September 13th, 2010
SCIENCE DAILY – A mathematical model that provides a more effective basis for biodiversity conservation than existing frameworks has been developed by a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read More
Monday, September 13th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Saudi Arabia has outlined plans for its first attempt to earn credits on the international carbon market, after similar efforts by the UAE and Qatar. The project at a landfill site outside of Medina would generate slightly more than €2 million (Dh9.3m) a year at current carbon prices by keeping emissions of
Monday, September 13th, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Business secretary Vince Cable announced this week that he wants to “ration” British science, potentially eliminating the 46% of UK research that is not defined as world class. My immediate reaction was: you must be crazy. Cable’s narrow interpretation of quality is an astonishing insult to the thousands of British scientists who help
Monday, September 13th, 2010
NATIONAL POST – After spending two weeks huddled in tents on a remote and increasingly frigid Arctic Ocean shoreline, Parks Canada scientists have ended their HMS Investigator investigation. For now. Forecasts of winter-like weather sent the team who discovered the 155-year-old historic shipwreck heading home on Monday, a day earlier than scheduled, to plot another
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
PHOTONICS – Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are testing infrared (IR) remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions associated with motor vehicle traffic. The technology could analyze all the gases of environmental interest with one instrument and one measurement. Read More
