Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, Olathe, Kan., Roseville, Calif. and Eden Prairie, Minn. received first place rankings in the 2011 Digital Cities Survey, according to the results announced on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The 11th annual survey spotlights the municipalities that best show how information and communication technology are used to enhance public service. The
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Lukoil plans to acquire a 20 MW wind turbine park in Bulgarian a deal worth EUR 50 M, according to reports of Russian media. The acquisition of wind power plants is to be wrapped up by end-2011 or the beginning of 2012, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) announced, citing RIA Novosti. A representative of Lukoil’s
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass-M navigation satellites will be launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said. “The launch is scheduled for 16:55 Moscow time . The separation of the satellites is slated for 22:45 Moscow time ,” the spokesman said. By
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Greenhouse gas emissions from shipping should be included in the UK’s climate change budgets, the Committee on Climate Change has recommended. Under the Climate Change Act, the UK is committed to cutting all its climate-changing emissions by 80% – based on 1990 levels – by 2050. Read More
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
For the first time the UK now has a single definitive national address and street database: the National Address Gazetteer. The release of the new database is being celebrated at the ‘Everything Happens Somewhere 2011’ conference and exhibition, where Cadcorp is announcing an important new product. The Cadcorp AddressBase Loader is set to simplify access
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Science must look closely at the environment in which fraud could Diederik Stapel, find Robbert Dijkgraaf, president of Science Academy fellowship.”We do know more fraud cases, but this?” “It’s all as bad as we feared in our worst nightmares,” says physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, president of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. “That he at least eight
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Rector of Aleksandras Stulginskis University prof.dr. Antanas Maziliauskas and Dean of Agronomy faculty assoc.prof. Viktoras Pranckietis met with Director General of UAB „Agra Corporation“ Alvydas Rauluškevičius and signed the cooperation agreement. The agreement provides contribution to the improvement of study process and practical training of Agronomy faculty students, possibility to get acquainted with production processes, equipment
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) would like to clarify that it is currently processing two applications related to the Smart City project. Planning application PA5757/09 for the proposed construction of a retail block 3 is in its final stages of consideration. This application although submitted in 2009 was held back at the request of
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The infrastructure backlog has been hampering South Africa’s development over the past few years. But, in dealing with this challenge, the country also needs to consider ways to build sustainable infra-structure that takes account of the country’s ecosystems and rich biodiversity, the mainte-nance of which could have both job and economic benefits. But speaking at the recent
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Belgian’s political parties have reached a conditional agreement to phase nuclear power by 2025, if they can find an adequate supply of energy from alternative sources by that time. Belgium currently has seven nuclear reactors at two nuclear power stations, at Doel in the north, and Tihange in the south. The three oldest reactors are set
