Monday, August 8th, 2011
One of the largest offsite meetings on the Arctic was held in the Nenets Autonomous District by the Russian Security Council. Today, the Arctic territory is considered a zone of interest by several countries. And they are no longer simply claiming the Arctic shelf, but Russia’s Northern Sea Route as well. A number of countries are
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
For an agency responsible for the safety of millions, it should be an alarming statistic: Sixty-one per cent of Montrealers do not believe Transport Quebec when it says overpasses, bridges and tunnels have been inspected and are safe. But when asked about the Léger Marketing survey this week, Transport Minister Sam Hamad did not say changes
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The development objective of the Integrated Land Administration System Project for Croatia is to modernize the land administration and management system to improve the efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness of government services. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is land registration system development. This component will focus on further
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
As of 1 October, Siemens (ETR:SIE) will realign its renewables business into two independent units, announced the Erlangen-based company. The existing Renewable Energy Division shall be divided into two new divisions, Wind Power and Solar & Hydro. “We want to continue our success story in wind power business and establish the basis for further growth,” said
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Come 2016, Indian Railways will roll out coaches using German technology. Four coach factories will replace the indigenously-designed carriages with 4,000 Linke Holfmann Bush (LHB) coaches. However, the Indian Railways is not planning to make a complete shift to LHBs on rail tracks, but the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF)-designed old coaches will be phased out once
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The Kamchatka Peninsula, along Russia’s Pacific coast, is currently the most volcanically active area in the world: four volcanoes are erupting simultaneously, and a fifth is showing signs of an impending eruption. Ash plumes from two of these volcanoes are visible in this natural-colour satellite image.Along the northern (top) edge of the imageShiveluch emits a broad gray
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of R software, services and support, today released survey findings on the state of “Big Data” analytics. The company polled attendees this week at the Joint Statistical Meeting, the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. The survey revealed nearly 97 percent of data scientists believe
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Following the 23-minute film, Heather Deese, the Institute’s vice-president of programs, will give a brief overview of the potential for offshore wind-energy development in Maine, which will include an excerpt on floating wind-turbine technology from Compass Light Productions’ new film “OceanEnergy Innovators,” co-produced with the World Ocean Observatory. Read More
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Rebates for Los Angeles solar panel installations are 32% lower under the newly relaunched Solar Initiative Program, which will start accepting applications next month. The program was put on hold in April as the demand for incentives hovered around $112 million, far outpacing the program’s $30-million budget. During the hiatus, the Department of Water and Power was able
Friday, August 5th, 2011
A number of developing countries are taking steps to build their own national satellite programs, seeking more control over remote-sensing data to map and forecast disasters, monitor crop yields and track environmentally driven diseases such as malaria. In a paper published recently in the journal Acta Astronautica, Danielle Wood, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Engineering Systems
