Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The surface waters of the Danube River froze completely on Saturday near the port of Silistra, the first time in 20 years that Europe’s busiest waterway froze in Bulgaria, said the Danube exploration agency. The Danube was last totally sealed by ice in Bulgaria in the winter of 1984-1985, they said. Read More
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Smoke from forest fires and bush causes 339 000 deaths on average per year worldwide, according to a study presented Saturday at a scientific conference, experts predict a sharp increase of the fires in the future because of global warming. Read More
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Three years from now Saudi Arabia will have one of the most extensive rail networks in the world. It will rival grids in such advanced nations as Spain, France and Germany. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved billions of riyals in recent years for the construction of multiple projects to link cities
Monday, February 20th, 2012
This is the combined capability of the next stage of development, announced today, of two giant computers, HECToR and BlueGene/Q, based at the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF). It marks the next chapter in the UK’s supercomputing programme. The computers can deliver complex computer simulations across a range of scientific disciplines and are funded
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Just about every Finn has an unshakeable view on what is wrong with the airline Finnair and how the problems should be solved. Plans announced this week by Finnair raise some questions. We could ask Andrew Lobbenberg to answer some of them. Lobbenberg is an analyst at the British RBS bank, who monitors issues related to European airlines.
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Norway’s Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have confirmed that the Zafarani-1 well in Block 2 offshore Tanzania has encountered indications of natural gas in a good quality reservoir. They say in a press release that drilling operations are still on-going and it is too early to give any indication of size and commerciality. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Robots could soon be capable of real-time autonomous navigation by creating and continuously updating an internal three-dimensional map. Indeed, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed such a system based on advanced algorithms and a low-cost interactive camera like the one found in Microsoft’s Kinect. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Russia suggests using the GLONASS system for the struggle against Afghan drug trafficking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We would be prepared to use the GLONASS system against drug smuggling from Afghanistan,” Lavrov said. “We also suggest creating inter-active maps of drug plantations in Afghanistan for their subsequent elimination.” Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
The president of one of the world’s biggest scientific organizations says the research community is being outgunned by naysayers. She said she is “scared to death” by trends that show declining public acceptance of global warming and the growing influence of science skeptics, who have plenty of resources to spread their misinformation. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
The Stavanger region has over the last 40 years developed into one of the strongest energy clusters in Europe. Now Murmansk Oblasts has engaged in a close cooperation with the Norwegian oil capital. Read More
