Новости за 10.10.2024

Vientiane (AFP) Oct 8, 2024
Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source told AFP Tuesday, as the junta struggles to quell a civil war. The conflict will be high on the agenda as leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Laos from Wednesday, although more than three years of efforts to find a diplomatic solution to

Bordeaux (AFP) Oct 8, 2024
France's cognac makers pleaded Tuesday for an end to an escalating EU-China trade spat after Beijing announced anti-dumping measures against EU brandy imports. "We appeal to our government to finally initiate the necessary steps to put an end to this escalation, of which we are the hostages," the National Interprofessional Bureau of Cognac (BNIC) said in a statement co-signed by other spirit

Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2024
China said Tuesday it would impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union, marking the latest salvo in an escalating trade row between Beijing and Brussels. The two are major economic partners but have butted heads in recent months over Beijing's generous subsidies for its domestic industries. Brussels argues that the support undermines the principle of free compe

Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2024
The United States and China on Tuesday raised concerns about trade between the world's two biggest economies, with China's commerce minister urging Washington to lift sanctions on his country's firms "as soon as possible". Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao's call with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was described by Beijing as "candid, in-depth and pragmatic". It comes shortly af

Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2024
Rich countries will be under pressure at next month's UN COP29 conference to increase by hundreds of billions of dollars how much money they give to poorer countries as "climate finance". But there is deep disagreement over how much is needed, who should pay and what should be covered, ensuring that climate finance will top the agenda at COP29 in Baku. - What is climate finance? - It

Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2024
China's finance minister will hold a briefing this weekend focused on fiscal policy, authorities said Wednesday, as investors seek further action after a recent slew of measures aimed at reversing an economic slump. The news comes after traders on the mainland and in Hong Kong were left disappointed by a news conference Tuesday in which officials failed to unveil any new stimulus and provide

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek to strengthen U.S. ties in East Asia during a pair of summits with leaders from the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asian regions this week. Blinken is visiting Vientiane in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Tuesday through Friday to participate in the East Asia Summit and the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. "We sincer

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2024
SATIM has introduced an advanced vehicle classification model designed specifically for high-resolution satellite SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery. This model marks a significant advancement in the company's AI-driven technology for vehicle detection. The newly developed model accurately identifies eight distinct vehicle categories, a key improvement in SAR data analysis. The company conti

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2024
Framatome has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel for advanced nuclear reactors. This new fuel type enhances fuel efficiency and offers reactor operators a flexible, carbon-free energy solution to meet localized power demands. "The support for the nuclear energy industry is unprecedented and is essential as

London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2024
Engineers at King's College London have developed a revolutionary way to transmit complex instructions to robots without using electricity, potentially freeing up valuable space in robotic systems for advanced AI software. This innovation could allow robots to perform more complex tasks, enhancing their "thinking" abilities. The research team has created a compact circuit that transmits co

Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 09, 2024
Researchers at Concordia have developed a novel method of 3D printing that uses acoustic holograms. And they say it's quicker than existing methods and capable of making more complex objects. The process, called holographic direct sound printing (HDSP), is described in a recent article in the journal Nature Communications. It builds on a method introduced in 2022 that described how sonoche

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of Earth data and insights, has announced a new contract with American Crystal Sugar Company through its partnership with SatAgro, a precision agriculture firm. Utilizing Planet's satellite data, American Crystal Sugar is enhancing its sugar beet crop monitoring efforts in the northern U.S. American Crystal Sugar, the largest beet sugar produc

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
In a groundbreaking study, scientists at Northwestern University have, for the first time, witnessed hydrogen and oxygen atoms merging to form nano-sized water bubbles at the molecular level. This study aimed to unravel the mechanism behind how palladium, a rare metal, catalyzes this reaction, shedding light on new ways to accelerate water generation. The team's work revealed that this pro

Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2024
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its third State of Global Water Resources report, revealing that 2023 was marked by extreme weather patterns, with many regions experiencing either significant drought or excessive rainfall. The year 2023 is recorded as the driest year of the past 34 years, surpassing the droughts of 2021 and 2015, according to the findings. "The yea

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, 'Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow's World', aimed at addressing escalating environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and extreme weather. The strategy, which looks forward to 2040, sets the course for leveraging satellite-based Earth monitoring to support policy and action towar

London, UK (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Around 800 million years ago, Earth was teeming with a greater diversity of life than classical theories suggest. A new study from Brazilian researchers has shed light on this period, revealing that various lineages of species, including the ancestors of algae, fungi, plants, and animals, were already present. The research findings, published in 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences o

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 07, 2024
GomSpace has provided an update on its Marine Domain Awareness program in Indonesia, emphasizing progress made in its partnership with the Indonesian government. CEO Carsten Drachmann remarked, "It has been a long journey that started more than 3 years ago, and I know it seems like an even longer wait here at the end, but things will take the time they take, when it comes to government business.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
TransAstra, a leader in space technology, has successfully used its proprietary Theia tracking software in space for the first time. This marks a major advancement in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) by achieving the first-ever synthetic tracking or matched filter detection from a space-based telescope. Theia's use directly in space, rather than solely on the ground, significantly boosts detection c

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in collaboration with Altera, an Intel company, has successfully demonstrated its 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12) transceiver in a flight test using Altera's Agilex 9 Direct RF FPGA. This test, known as the SHIP-enabled Wideband Transceiver Integrated Flight Test (SWIFT), was conducted under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Eng

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
On Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Space Force was established, creating the first new branch of the U.S. armed services in 73 years. The need for a separate, space-oriented branch of service was driven by the quickly evolving space domain, and a growing threat posed by near-peer competitors in space. For the last 60 years, the United States' space capabilities have become an essential part

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
ADA Space, a Chinese AI satellite internet technology company, has successfully completed in-orbit testing of its AI large-model technology aboard a recently launched satellite, the company announced on Sunday. Between Sept 25 and Oct 5, the satellite conducted 13 tests of its AI large model. These tests examined various inference questions under a range of operating and temperature condit

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
From Aug. 19-20, ESA's (European Space Agency's) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission achieved a milestone during a lunar-Earth flyby, executing a double gravity assist maneuver. As the spacecraft passed both the Moon and Earth, its onboard instruments, including two from NASA, recorded the sharpest image ever taken of Earth's radiation belts - regions of charged particles held within Eart

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) to lead a multimillion-dollar initiative aimed at driving nuclear energy research at the university. This project will not only enhance experimental data but also strengthen computational work at UTSA while offering professional training opportunities to prepare st

Arlington TX (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Are there planets beyond Earth where humans can live? The answer is maybe, according to a new study from University of Texas at Arlington physicists examining F-type star systems. Stars fall into seven lettered categories according to their surface temperature. They also differ in other factors including mass, luminosity, and radius. F-types are in the middle of the scale, hotter and more

GOOLE VIKINGS have made their first pack addition and their sixth signing for 2025 with the arrival of versatile forward Alex Holdstock. The powerful forward,...