Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
EEDA – ideaSpace, part of the new Hauser Forum, is the latest Cambridge business organisation to get behind the Discovering Start-Ups competition run by Cambridge Wireless and supported by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). The new initiative is designed to showcase and support the next generation of wireless technology companies and give them the opportunity
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The Russian Navy is currently taking measures to integrate the Glonass satellite system with the RSDN-20 radio-technical navigation system, he added. The RSDN-20 is a navaid used to determine positions of aircraft, vessels and submarines; however its effectiveness is low. Integration with Glonass will allow the system to determine positions of objects with the accuracy
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
SA MAIL & GUARDIAN – Relatively new in the South African public transport mix is the bus rapid transport (BRT), a system that uses a mix of technology, dedicated road lanes and new-generation buses, to provide high-speed services to commuters in the major cities. Read More
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
BGS – Scientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS) have found evidence in the UK of large ash particles from the Icelandic volcanic eruption in April 2010. This discovery will help refine the modelling of ash plume dispersal for future eruptions. Read More
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
NWO – When making malaria predictions you must not look at the average monthly temperature but rather at variations around the average temperature. These have proven to be far more important for the development and survival of malaria parasites and malaria mosquitoes. Rubicon researcher Krijn Paaijmans published this research finding in the journal PNAS. Read More
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
NORWAY NEWS – Norway will help six African countries gain control of the oil and gas r esources located off their coastal borders. According to an agreement to be signed in New York Tuesday, Norway will provide assistance to six countries — Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal — in setting up of their
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
EUR 140 million loan to the Ministry of Finance for the financing of waste-water projects in 57 agglomerations outside bigger cities. This is the first instalment of EUR 140 million of an overall credit line of EUR 290 million made available for this project. The works include sewer networks, pumping stations and treatment facilities across Cyprus,
Friday, October 1st, 2010
JRC – With experiencing the growing importance of interdependences between land resources and socio-economic systems in Europe and China, information exchange on this issue has been constantly growing between the parties in the last years. The need for coordinated joint efforts facilitated by a formal and permanent platform on the field became evident for both
Friday, October 1st, 2010
BBC BELFAST – Transport Minister Conor Murphy has launched a consultation process for a traffic master plan for Belfast city centre. ‘Belfast on the Move’ aims to substantially reduce traffic levels and provide more road space for public transport, pedestrians and cyclists. Around 30,000 vehicles use the steets on both sides of the city hall
Friday, October 1st, 2010
NORWAY POST – Norwegian adventurer and polar explorer Børge Ousland and his friend Thorleif Thorleifson have written a new chapter in Polar History, after they on Thursday completed a voyage which took them through both the North East and the North West Passage. They left Oslo in June on board their 30-foot trimaran sailboat, and the three-month trip first
