Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A humiliating string of accidents that has beset Russia’s space program over the past year, and only seems to be getting worse, may be the result of foreign sabotage, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos), Vladimir Popovkin, hinted on Tuesday. Read More
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The problem is on distribution networks Water Supply Managers Associations (Asada) and because the diameters of the pipes are very small and insufficient flow. These organizations manage the water to about 1.2 million Costa Ricans. According to the Fire Department, 78% of the 1,500 Roast in the country that have no suitable networks and 15% have
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The final report of the 39th session of the plenary meeting of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) 2011 is now available online. CGMS-39 took place in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 3-7 October, and was hosted by the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Roshydromet. Read More
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Health is an important issue not only for human beings, but also for civil infrastructures. Bridge collapses often result in a large number of casualties, as well as negative social and economic consequences, as was seen in the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN, in 2007.1 Structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructures can mitigate problems
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
China’s military top brass may feel secure with Beidou navigation satellites in orbit, but making the network pay will be the next big challenge as outer space becomes crowded with rival constellations. Read More
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Up to now, the Stavanger area has seen most of the major effects of the Norwegian “oil boom”. However, an increasing number of oil-related firms are now setting up head offices in Oslo. One reason for this, experts say, is that it is no longer easy for the oil industry to find qualified staff in the
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
A revolution in cognitive neuroscience is changing the kinds of experiments that scientists conduct, the kinds of questions economists ask and, increasingly, the ways that architects, landscape architects and urban designers shape our built environment. This revolution reveals that thought is less transparent to the thinker than it appears, and that the mind is less
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
A pipeline that will allow Abu Dhabi’s oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is facing a six-month delay. The disclosure by a Federal Government minister comes amid growing diplomatic tension over the strategic waterway that carries a third of the world’s seaborne crude supplies. Read More
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Neil Lonie, manager of Dundee University’s Satellite Receiving Station, explains how his team gather the images that provide vital information for weather forecasting, climate research – and even airline pilots. Read More
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
The Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij (NAM) has discovered a major new natural gas reserve in the north-east of Friesland, the oil and gas company said on Monday, news agency ANP reports. Read More
