Новости за 24.01.2024

Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2024
Three Paris metro stops show "high particle pollution", according to a study released Monday, raising air quality concerns for underground transport months ahead of the Paris Olympics. Activists have alleged high rates of air pollution in parts of the Paris metro system, mostly from the trains using mechanical breaks as they come in to each stop. The Belleville, Oberkampf and Jaures stop

Lagos, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2024
Nigeria's Lagos State, which includes the country's sprawling economic capital of more than 20 million people, has announced a ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics to curb pollution. The state government said in a statement Sunday the ban would take effect immediately but environmental experts said implementing and enforcing it could be complicated. Many street vendors and markets in

Lisbon (AFP) Jan 22, 2024
Chinese manufacturer CALB is planning on building a lithium-ion battery factory in Portugal, the APA Portuguese environment agency said on Monday. Portugal has the largest reserves in Europe of lithium, the main element in the batteries that power electric cars. The factory in the coastal town of Sines, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital Lisbon, is due to become operat

Washington DC (UPI) Jan 22, 2024
Japanese space officials said on Monday that they hope the lunar lander that arrived on the moon's surface on Friday will regain power once the sun hits the spacecraft's solar cells from the west. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said the solar cells of its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, are facing the west, according to its telemetry data. Theoretically,

Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 23, 2024
League of Legends maker Riot Games said Monday it will cut around 530 jobs worldwide, describing the layoffs as "a necessity." The layoffs at Riot - owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent - follow a turbulent year for the gaming industry, with job cuts at major firms including Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. Riot has developed global hits including League of Legends and Valorant, but said it

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 23, 2024
Hong Kong led a rally across most Asian markets Tuesday as traders were cheered by reports that Chinese authorities were considering a blockbuster boost to equities after a painful start to the year. The surge came after another record day on Wall Street where optimism about the outlook for the US economy has taken the place of expectations for a string of interest rate cuts starting in Marc

The Hague (AFP) Jan 19, 2024
The Dutch climate activists who won an historic court battle against Shell now have a new target - top Dutch bank ING. Milieudefensie, the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, said Friday they have started legal proceedings against ING, and warned that other top companies could be next. "ING is the biggest bank in the Netherlands and finances polluting companies with more money than a

London (AFP) Jan 23, 2024
The UK government says it will make available an additional GBP1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in funding for the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear reactor project with French energy group EDF. The announcement from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero late on Monday takes the level of state funding for the project in eastern England to more than GBP2.5 billion. Opponents of the p

Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2024
When an earthquake, flood, or other disaster strikes a region, existing communication infrastructure such as cell phone and radio towers are often damaged or destroyed. Restoring emergency communications as quickly as possible is vital for coordinating rescue and relief efforts. Researchers at Stanford University and the American University of Beirut (AUB) have developed a portable antenna

Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
A team of researchers from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, led by Professors Sung-Yeon Jang, Jungki Ryu, and Ji-Wook Jang, in collaboration with Professor Sang Kyu Kwak from Korea University, have made notable advancements in the field of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Their recent work, focusing on enhancing both the stability and efficiency of these cells, could be a si

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
In a significant development in the field of organic electronics, researchers from Linkoping University in Sweden have introduced a novel and more environmentally sustainable method for creating conductive inks. As reported in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, this advancement stands to potentially reshape the landscape of organic electronics, encompassing applications from solar ce

London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
In a significant development for quantum field theory, an international team of researchers, with theoretical support from Newcastle University, has observed a phenomenon known as 'false vacuum decay' for the first time. This experimental milestone, conducted in Italy and involving Newcastle scientists, offers vital insights into a process thought to be central to the creation of the universe.