Monday, May 17th, 2010
MSN AUSTRALIA – In March 2010, social researcher Mark McCrindle finished up a survey of 500 under-18 Australians. He asked participants to keep a media diary mapping all their entertainment activities for a week and discovered that they were spending an average of seven hours and six minutes using entertainment media everyday – that means
Monday, May 17th, 2010
BBC – Scientists have devised a new way to peer into the inner workings of a live honeybee colony, without disturbing the insects inside. The technique, known as Diagnostic Radioentomology (DR), scans a beehive, taking a series of 3D images. This reveals in real-time how many bees are inside, where they are, and gives clues
Monday, May 17th, 2010
L’EXPRESS FRANCE – Armed with GPS by an NGO, Pygmies and Bantu of the world’s second forest mapped the natural heritage. They hope to prevent companies to plunder their resources and to warm the planet a little more. Knee-deep in the waters of a river of amber the Congolese rainforest, three men in thongs scan
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
ETHIOPIAN REVIEW – Embedding a “super” microprocessor from video games into cars will provide drivers with traffic management information McMaster and IBM (IBM) have launched a research project to investigate how the automotive industry can connect a vehicle’s multiple microprocessors, which currently work in isolation, to create a “cognitive car” that can predict vehicle failures
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
DAILY TIMES – India will set up a $11 billion dollar fund to upgrade its creaking infrastructure, refinance high cost debt and develop the debt market by issuing more long-term paper, a planning commission adviser said. India has possibly grown 7.2 percent in the fiscal year which ended in March and is expected to grow
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
TIMES OF MALTA – Despite the recent increase in the number of University science graduates and intermittent public educational campaigns, crass misinformation seems to be the order of the day when it comes to environmental management. Two cases illustrate this point. Read More
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Wave-generated electricity could become more affordable and widely-used, even in the Arctic. Thanks to a Norwegian researcher, a new and unique machine can test the three main methods of wave energy conversion to determine which is the most effective, affordable and ultimately, worth research and development investment. Read More
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – It is merely 11 years, but in terms of the geopolitical developments that have occurred since NATO last adapted its strategic concept, it was a different era. Read More
Friday, May 14th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – The elements of high technology, solar energy and social glue, luxury and poverty: the five architectural firms rewarded with the fourth edition of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, Tuesday, May 11 in Paris embody the diversity of approaches and issues of sustainable development in architecture. Read More
Friday, May 14th, 2010
UCL UK – UCL scientists are researching the quality of England’s lakes and ponds and asking everyone to get involved in a project led by UCL’s OPAL (Open Air Laboratories) Water Centre based at the Environmental Change Research Centre within UCL Geography. The project aims to assess existing research which suggests that many ponds and
