Новости за 13.01.2024

Madrid (AFP) Jan 12, 2024
Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested 22 environmentalists over protests at museums and elsewhere, including one where they glued their hands to frames of paintings by Francisco de Goya. The group is suspected of 65 protests in Spain and other countries, including throwing paint at buildings and works of art in museums, halting traffic and occupying the runways of airports, police

Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Sustainability reporting SaaS company Earth Blox has announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. The company provides customers with a scalable and customisable platform to rapidly assess climate and nature-related risks and impacts for millions of assets and facilities worldwide. Google Cloud Marketplace lets users quickly deploy functional software packages that run on Google

Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
Researchers have developed a new soft robot design that engages in three simultaneous behaviors: rolling forward, spinning like a record,and following a path that orbits around a central point. The device, which operates without human or computer control, holds promise for developing soft robotic devices that can be used to navigate and map unknown environments. The new soft robots are cal

Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2024
Establishing sustained operations at the Moon and Mars presents a multitude of opportunities and challenges NASA has yet to encounter. Many of these activities require new technologies and processes to ensure the agency is prepared for its ambitious Artemis missions and those beyond. One of those challenges is working with cryogenic fluids, meaning fluids existing in a liquid state between

Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
Robotics and autonomous vehicles, key players in the evolving technological landscape, are poised for enhanced safety and efficiency thanks to recent developments in 3D object detection. At the forefront of this innovation is a research team from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, led by Professor Hiroyuki Tomiyama. They have pioneered a novel approach called the Dynamic Point-Pixel Feature Alignmen

Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Jan 12, 2024
In a significant advancement for the field of hydrogen production, researchers have developed a novel technology enabling efficient hydrogen production from seawater. This breakthrough, which leverages a multi-elemental alloy electrode composed of nine non-noble metal elements, promises to overcome the geographical and resource limitations currently faced in hydrogen production via water electro

Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
In the ever-evolving field of quantum mechanics, a new proposal from researchers at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW) and the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck stands out for its innovative approach to observing quantum phenomena in macroscopic objects. The research team, led by Oriol Romero-I

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LHX) is enhancing the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) remotely piloted aircraft capabilities. The company is set to deliver 11 WESCAM MX-20D electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for integration with Canada's MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). This collaboration ma

Cordoba, Spain (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
A team with the Chemical Institute for Energy and the Environment (IQUEMA) at the University of Cordoba has come up with a battery that uses hemoglobin as an electrochemical reaction facilitator, functioning for around 20-30 days. Hemoglobin is a protein present in red blood cells and is responsible for conveying oxygen from the lungs to the different tissues of the body (and then transfer

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) has reported the successful deployment and operation of its Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) on the Ovzon 3 communications satellite. This event marks the first-ever use of Redwire's ROSA technology in a commercial geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite, representing a major step forward in solar power technology for space applications. The Ovzon 3 satellite, const

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 11, 2024
Researchers at Forschungszentrum Julich have recently unveiled a novel aspect of perovskite solar cells, potentially unlocking the secret behind their high efficiency. This discovery, detailed in a study published in Nature Materials, centers on the unique behavior of charge carriers within these cells, diverging from conventional semiconductor laws. Perovskite solar cells, known for their

Shanghai (AFP) Jan 12, 2024
China is willing to strengthen relations with Europe, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, at a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Beijing. De Croo arrived in China on Thursday, attending the inauguration of the new Belgian embassy in Beijing and meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the same day. "China is willing to work with the European Union to promo

Tehran (AFP) Jan 11, 2024
Iran's navy has seized a ship off Oman's coast to retaliate for the "theft" of its oil from the same tanker last year by the United States, state media said Thursday. The announcement came hours after a British-navy maritime security agency said armed men boarded the Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas off Oman and changed course towards Bandar-e-Jask in Iran. Four or five

London (AFP) Jan 12, 2024
The United States, UK and eight allies said Friday their joint air strikes on rebel targets in Yemen were aimed at restoring "stability in the Red Sea". "Our aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea," the governments of the US, UK, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and South Korea said in a joint statement. "But let ou

Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 12, 2024
In a significant advancement for the field of spintronics, a team of Japanese researchers, including Jun Okabayashi from the University of Tokyo, has made a novel discovery in the realm of multiferroic materials. This breakthrough, pivotal for the development of efficient spintronic devices, revolves around the control of magnetization direction using a low electric field. Spintronics, a f