Saturday, November 19th, 2011
The EC has launched a call for ideas on industry requirements for GNSS testing and simulation over the next 5 years. This will be used to shape FP8 activities. The questionnaire can be downloaded here
Friday, November 18th, 2011
The standing committee on aboriginal affairs and northern development met on Thursday with department officials from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to discuss land use and sustainable economic development (overview of land tenure and land registry). AANDC officials provided an overview of the land tenure system, land registry and other management of reserve
Friday, November 18th, 2011
The US space agency (Nasa) has released the sharpest ever elevation map of the Moon. It will enable scientists to accurately portray the shape of the entire Moon at a higher resolution than ever before. The map was produced using data sent back by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, which was launched in June 2009. Read
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Statoil, Chevron Canada and Repsol E&P Canada have been named the successful bidders for exploration rights on two land parcels in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Read More
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Niklas Zennström, the co-founder of Skype, is only the latest entrepreneur and investor to jump on the Berlin high-tech bandwagon. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with him about why people want to be in the city, what the scene in the German capital is missing and why the start-ups appear to be immune to economic crises. Read More
Friday, November 18th, 2011
ow do you map something 238,856 miles away? You can’t just send out a team of surveyors. At least, you couldn’t until relatively recently. Before then, lunar cartographers (technically, selenographers) could only rely on telescopes and their own artistic ability to draw a detailed portrait of the lunar face. They managed some pretty dazzling results.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
ESA’s cloud, aerosol and radiation mission, EarthCARE, is about to enter its Detailed Definition Phase (Phase C). As part of this development process, ESA has released a call for Mission Advisory Group members for the mission. Applications can be made via the following website:http://missionadvice.esa.int.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Environment Minister Richard Benyon today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: As part of the Government’s commitment to implementing in full the provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, we are creating a network of national protected areas in British seas to ensure our underwater wildlife flourishes in years to come. We are clear that
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
On 10th anniversary, international plant genetics treaty funds new projects. Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the international treaty to protect and share plant genetic
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Turkey is ready to share water with all of Cyprus in the event of a solution to the island’s division, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said yesterday. A link providing Turkish water to Turkish Cyprus will be ready by 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said, adding that that water would suffice the entire island. Read More
