Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
BBC – Google has announced a “new approach” in its ongoing battle with China over censorship. Until recently, the firm automatically redirected Chinese users to its unfiltered search site in Hong Kong to get round censorship issues. Google has said it will now stop this after Beijing warned it could lose its licence to operate
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
NORWAY POST – Norway’s energy producer Statoil has this week installed the first foundations at sea for the new, large Sheringham Shoal offshore wind project off the Norfolk coast in Great Britain. Over the next nine months, the lift vessel “Svanen” will install the remaining 89 foundations ready for the mounting of two substations and
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
VOICE OF RUSSIA -The Russian research vessel ‘Akademik Fyodorov’ is leaving Murmansk July 15th on a mission to confirm conjectures that the undersea Lomonosov Ridge and the Mendeleev Rise in the Central Arctic Ocean are extensions of the Arctic shelf of Siberia. Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, this
Monday, June 28th, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – How on earth do we manage so regularly to run short of water? Here we are, living on a damp collection of islands, surrounded by sea, running with rivers, and slap bang in the way of the wet westerly winds. Yet every year, it seems, we are faced with restrictions. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – Mao have spoken of a “leap forward”. With good reason. China has propelled himself to second place in the “Top 500″rankings of the most powerful supercomputers on the planet, updated every six months. A performance that reflects the very rapid strengthening of its potential for scientific and technological innovation. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences at Kiel University is getting logistical support from Greenpeace, as an unusual joint expedition looks to fill a gap in our knowledge of the Arctic and its ocean ecosystems. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
INDIAN EXPRESS – “Considering the increasing traffic in the cities, intelligent transportation systems is the need of the hour. We have found out there is a need to implement ITS in at least 200 cities and towns across India. Traffic monitoring, management and enforcement are becoming keywords for both traffic and city planners.There is an
Monday, June 28th, 2010
TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY – Veolia Water will acquire a controlling (58 percent) stake in Sofiyska Voda, the company operating water supply and treatment services for the City of Sofia, Bulgaria, which serves 1.3 million inhabitants. Coming after successful developments in Central Europe around major capitals such as Berlin, Prague and Bucharest, this process will further Veolia’s
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
GFZ POTSDAM – The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a German hyperspectral mission, scheduled for launch in 2012. The primary goal of EnMAP is to offer accurate, diagnostic information on the state and evolution of terrestrial ecosystems on a timely and frequent basis, and to allow for a detailed analysis of surface parameters
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – Bulgaria has joined formally EUREKA, a Europe-wide network for market-oriented industrialresearch and development and innovations, becoming its 40th member. The agreement for accession to EUREKA was signed on Friday in Berlin, Germany, by Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Evgeni Angelov, and Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan. Read More
