Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
BBC – Jean-Jacques Dordain, the boss of the European Space Agency (Esa), could be heading for another period in office. It is understood both Germany and France, the organisation’s leading member-states, are proposing he should carry on in the post beyond 2010. The Frenchman assumed the role of director general in 2003, and is coming
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
GERMAN GOV – The report provides an overview of the economic performance and relevance of the environmental industry in Germany. Nearly 1.8 million people are employed in the environmental sector in Germany. The world market for environmental technology is predicted to more than double by 2020. In particular, the renewable energy, resource and energy efficiency,
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
ITAR TASS – Russia will develop a Glonass/GPS navigation set for vehicles by the end of this year, Almaz-Antei general designer of navigation gadgets Valery Babakov told a Tuesday press conference. “The recently developed Glonass/GPS navigation chip will be installed in car systems and become available to users in the end of this year,” Babakov
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
STOCKHOLM NEWS – They want to extend the metro in Stockholm from Kungsträdgården to Nacka and from Odenplan to the new city district that is built between Birkastan and Solna, around the new Karolinska University Hospital. They also want to build several metro shortcuts in order to connect the different metro lines with each other
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
CSIRO – The researchers behind the study are urging members of the public to supply critical information that may help prevent today’s common bird species from becoming threatened. Co-author of the study, senior CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship researcher, Dr Richard Fuller, said scientists involved in investigating and predicting critical changes in biodiversity tend to study
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
SATELLITE TV FOR PC – Remote sensing satellite was a standard step for petroleum and mineral exploration industry. Satellite images from satellites such as GeoEye-1, 2 sensors-vision of world, QuickBird, IKONOS, ASTER and LANDSAT 7 + ETM benefited geologists, scientists and managers in science due to the advantage of large scale mapping Earth exploration and
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
UAE INTERACT – Speakers at the Cityscape Conferences welcome the Abu Dhabi 2030 plan but asked for details about the deadline. Most visions’ timelines globally, and probably including Abu Dhabi’s, are purposely strained, said Mohammad Al Hage, director of investment banking at Unifund Capital. “Visions are supposed to inspire, so even if we get half
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
CNN – Yusufeli in the Kaçkar Mountains is famed for its wealth of species. The rural areas are alive with bees buzzing, frogs croaking and the sound of rushing water. Brown bears roam the upper slopes of the mountains. In the town itself, old men sit outside and play backgammon with a cup of Turkish
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The Russian Space Systems corporation and the U.S. Trimble Navigation Group have signed an agreement to create a joint satellite navigation venture in Russia, the Russian company has said. Each of the companies will hold a 50% stake in the Rusnavgeoset company, which will produce Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) geodetic network
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The Oktyabrskaya railway stretch, linking Murmansk with Moscow and St. Petersburg, will in the future allow private passenger railway services to operate. The opening for private companies to take a share of the huge passenger train marked in Russia is announced as a part of the ongoing reform within the state-owned Russian
