Geneva (AFP) April 24, 2024
The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for "refugees and displaced communities" threatened by climate change.
The UN refugee agency said it aimed to raise $100 million for the new fund by the end of next year to support refugees, their host communities and countries of origin hardest hit by climate emergencies.
The a
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2024
Septentrio, a specialist in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, is enhancing its collaboration with top drone technology firms like 3DR, Holybro, ARK Electronics, and Systork. These partnerships are fostering the development of new products facilitating the incorporation of the mosaic GNSS receiver into UAVs.
The mosaic is a compact, triple-frequency receiver that utilizes signals f
Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2024
A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a combination of properties that seemed so far to be nearly impossible to achieve. In this context, strength is defined as how much force a material can withstand before it is permanently deformed from its orig
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2024
Expanding material under tension usually results in a decrease in width, similar to inflating a balloon. However, a groundbreaking development by PhD student Noah Stocek and physicist Giovanni Fanchini at Western University exhibits a rare counter-example.
At Interface Science Western's Tandetron Accelerator Facility, Stocek and Fanchini engineered two-dimensional tungsten semi-carbide nan
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2024
The existence of neutrinos, elusive particles suggested to account for missing energy and momentum in radioactive beta decay, was hypothesized in the 1930s and confirmed experimentally in 1956. These particles are known for only interacting through weak interaction, allowing trillions to pass through us harmlessly every second from cosmic sources like the sun. This interaction was pivotal in und
Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2024
China's foreign minister on Friday urged visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address rising disagreements or risk a "downward spiral" between the two powers after months of efforts to ease tensions.
Blinken, paying his second visit to the rival country in less than a year, voiced hope for progress but said he would directly raise areas of difference, which are expected to includ
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
As electricity demands soar with the onset of summer, East Coast cities in the U.S. look towards offshore wind projects in the Atlantic Ocean to bolster their power supplies. These projects, critical for meeting increasing electricity demands, face challenges in power prediction due to the wake effect, according to research from the University of Colorado Boulder and collaborators.
A study
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
April 25, 2024 - Framatome inaugurated a $50 million expansion project at its Mill Ridge Road location in Lynchburg, Va, in the presence of local officials. This facility is one of three in Lynchburg, where the Operational Center of Excellence provides specialized training and tooling for servicing North America's nuclear power plants and developing new reactor technologies.
"Today's groun
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
Kyoto University researchers, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and Bridgestone Corporation, have developed a method to control pneumatic artificial muscles used in soft robotic actuators. The team leverages the rich dynamics of these components as a computational resource, enhancing robot flexibility and adaptability in disaster scenarios.
"We've demonstrated the actuator's ca
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
The issue of class imbalance has been well-studied in the multi-class classification framework, but its exploration within multi-dimensional classification (MDC) has been somewhat overlooked due to the complexity of the imbalance shift phenomenon. This occurs when a sample is categorized as belonging to both a minor and a major class, depending on the labeling dimension.
Addressing this ga
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Over the past ninety years, humanity has explored various fusion technologies, yet only a select few have managed to generate a thermal fusion plasma with electron temperatures surpassing 10M C. Zap Energy's innovative approach, known as a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch, has now successfully exceeded this plasma temperature milestone in a remarkably compact device.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
The U.S. Space Force has revamped its enlisted professional military education (EPME) to better suit the specific needs of its enlisted personnel, known as Guardians.
A key milestone was celebrated at the Vosler Academy at Peterson Space Force Base on April 19, with the induction of the first cohort of Vosler fellows from the newly established Fellowship II. This initiative is aimed at mid
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in Clear, Alaska, has completed its final acceptance stage, known as DD250, and was officially transferred to the Missile Defense Agency. This move comes in anticipation of an Operational Capability Baseline decision and final transition to operational use. Prior to this, the radar system had already begun gathering Space Do
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
The crew of the Shenzhou XVII, stationed on China's space station, successfully repaired damage to the core module's solar wings caused by space debris. This repair was accomplished during the country's inaugural mission involving extravehicular maintenance, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The astronauts are set to return to Earth on April 30, following the completion of their
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has successfully conducted a tabletop exercise titled "Saving Selene: Walking on the Moon" at the 2024 CYSAT conference in Paris. The exercise aimed to enhance proactive measures in space security by simulating a space-based mining and manufacturing crisis set in the year 2030.
The exercise scenario centered around a semi-perma
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Shanghai Ocean University recently revealed Wen Yao, an intelligent soft-bodied bionic fish modeled after a manta ray, concluding over a decade of research and development. This robotic fish features a wingspan of 1 meter and weighs 35 kilograms, incorporating domestically produced components that ensure high efficiency and low energy consumption.
Chen Xinjun, head of the university's Scho
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Researchers exploring Earth's driest hot desert, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, have uncovered a hidden microbial world 13 feet beneath the surface, shedding light on potential extraterrestrial life habitats.
Despite the harsh conditions, with scarce higher life forms, the hyper-arid soil rich in salts and sulfates nurtures bacteria. While the top 80 centimeters of soil offer some p
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2024
The crew of the first Boeing Starliner space mission on Thursday arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the spacecraft's debut manned mission on May 6.
Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams will be commander and pilot of the Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station.
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is set to li
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
China's upcoming Chang'e 7 lunar exploration mission is set to include six scientific instruments from six different countries and one international organization, as announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) during the recent China Space Day celebration in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Scheduled for launch in 2026, the Chang'e 7 mission will focus on investigating the lunar sout
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
Soil sealing is an increasing concern, particularly in urban settings, leading to significant environmental impacts such as flooding, erosion, and biodiversity loss.
An ESA-funded initiative, the Ulysses project, is now providing critical insights into soil sealing, aiming to mitigate soil degradation across the Mediterranean. The project employs the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite system
London, UK (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
Researchers at the University of Oxford and MIT have identified a 3.7-billion-year-old geological record of Earth's magnetic field, which closely resembles the current geomagnetic field in its characteristics. This discovery, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, offers the earliest confirmed measurement of the magnetic field's strength, recorded at 15 microtesla, nearly half of toda
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Nigerian music star Davido has caused a buzz on social media after he threw shades at his colleagues in the music industry. He also shared why he flaunts online.
Kidman made her acceptance speech at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala, thanking all the directors who made her career.