Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
archiBLOG – Cluster focuses on innovative forms of urban planning that respond to the needs of the ‘mutating’ city and the impact that new technologies have had on transforming (even extending) city life. We are interested in mobilising new ideas and encouraging intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogue on issues related to the built environment. Read More
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
UNIV SOUTHAMPTON – ECS researchers are developing intelligent medical sensors which can be worn by patients to monitor their symptoms and which will alert GPs if medical intervention is needed. Read More
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Poor diagnostics and weak surveillance are hampering government efforts to stem cholera in Nigeria says a government health worker. The disease is most severe in the north; as of 8 September 781 people have died and 13,000 cases were reported. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Nigeria’s health minister, said Katsina State in northern Nigeria had the
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
EU – I have often said that energy is the lifeblood of a modern society. We need a reliable source of electricity to fuel development. However, today 1.6 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia and that, with business as usual, the number of people without
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi will head the network together with Russian, Norwegian and Swedish colleagues. A two year grant is given to the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland in Finland to build a research network focusing on political and economic development in the Barents Region from the perspective of sustainable development. Read
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
DEFRA UK – There’s nothing new about the weather affecting business; nor about business protecting itself against weather risks. Farmers were insuring themselves against hail damaging their crops two hundred years ago. But, as we all here know, we’re encountering a step change in weather risk. Climate change, and the extreme weather events it brings,
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, “I love it.” Egon Müller, owner of the famed Scharzhof estate in Germany’s Saar Valley, made the comment at Riesling Rendezvous, a conference in Bellevue, Washington. Müller is elated because
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
SWEDISH SPACE CORP – This week two new antennas for satellite communication are being installed at Esrange Space Center. With these two new facilities we have 18 active antennas at our ground station for TT&C and data reception, for around 30 satellites in various orbits around the Earth. Read More
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
TIMES OF MALTA – Google will open a research and development centre in France aiming to lure young French IT engineers as part of a major investment programme, the internet giant said. Google boss Eric Schmidt met President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the plans that include “the opening of a new engineering centre in Paris and the
Monday, September 13th, 2010
The Cannon Power Group, a Del Mar, CA-based wind power developer,said it has closed a $547 million deal to provide electricity for 20 years to the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), a group of municipal utilities throughout the Los Angeles region. Cannon says the deal is believed to be the largest transaction of its kind.
