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
Monday, January 9th, 2012
An investigation into the possessions of Russia’s powerful elite by leading Russian daily Novaya Gazeta has led to the claim that more than 40% of property in Montenegro is owned by Russians, and that there are even entire villages which are 100% Russian owned, according to an article in Croatia’s Slobodna Dalmacija on January 8, 2012. Read more
Monday, January 9th, 2012
First Minister Alex Salmond is to travel to Abu Dhabi this week to sign a “ground-breaking” contract with renewables firm Masdar. Under the agreement, the Energy Technology Partnership – a union of 12 Scottish universities – will develop green energy products with Masdar. They aim to produce new wind, solar, wave and tidal energy technology. Read More
Monday, January 9th, 2012
But Action for Market Towns – the national charity representing market and small towns across the UK – says the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) needs to have a much clearer definition of sustainable development than that included in the draft document. The plans involve the replacement of more than 1,000 pages of national planning
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
The latest EU agreement has disappointed and fallen short of expectations, failing to convince markets of the presence of any credible plans to tackle the Euro-crisis. Though the EU members agreed on measures in the first half of December, intended to communicate to the financial markets that they are working towards the goal of a
