Новости за 24.03.2024

Kuta, Indonesia (AFP) Mar 20, 2024
A tidal wave of plastic trash has left a normally pristine beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali awash with garbage, a bleak annual event caused by the monsoon that has left tourists vexed and local officials scrambling to clean up. The Southeast Asian nation has a mammoth marine waste problem, ranking as one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic pollution and marine debris

Paris (AFP) Mar 20, 2024
The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the UN said Wednesday, warning this avalanche of dumped gadgets was polluting the planet. Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled, resulting in heavy metals, plastics and toxic chemicals leaking from junked devices. "This is a big catastro

London, UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2024
In a significant move towards advancing the UK's nuclear energy capabilities, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), a branch of GE Vernova's Nuclear business, recently held a conference in Sheffield, bringing together over 150 UK-based businesses from the nuclear supply chain. The conference aimed at discussing the deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the UK, highlighting opportu

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 22, 2024
Most discussions of how to avert climate change focus on solar and wind generation as key to the transition to a future carbon-free power system. But Michael Short, the Class of '42 Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT and associate director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), is impatient with such talk. "We can say we should have only wind and solar som

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 21, 2024
Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit Thursday sent loud and clear the message that atomic energy - now touted by its champions as key to fighting climate change - is back. Gone are the days when Berlin's anti-nuclear stance set the tone: in the past two years atomic pioneer France has been spearheading a drive to establish nuclear as a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 22, 2024
Aireon has broadened its partnership with Airbus through an expanded distribution deal, facilitating greater accessibility to its cutting-edge space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data. This strategic move will see Airbus incorporating Aireon's comprehensive ADS-B data into its suite of advanced flight analytics and digital solutions, offering unprecedented benefits to

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2024
The United States has the potential to triple its bioeconomy by harnessing over 1 billion tons annually of plant-based biomass for renewable energy, alongside satisfying demands for food, feed, fiber, traditional forest products, and exports, as unveiled in the Department of Energy's latest Billion-Ton Report conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Presenting a roadmap for a sus

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2024
In 2010, when Ericmoore Jossou was attending college in northern Nigeria, the lights would flicker in and out all day, sometimes lasting only for a couple of hours at a time. The frustrating experience reaffirmed Jossou's realization that the country's sporadic energy supply was a problem. It was the beginning of his path toward nuclear engineering. Because of the energy crisis, "I told my

New York NY (SPX) Mar 18, 2024
As automation and robots reshape the way many industries operate, there is an apprehension that human skill sets and collaboration will become obsolete in certain areas. The space sector is an industry that has utilized robots for decades. However, a question often looms even among some experts in the sector: Are humans needed to explore space? And are robots a better alternative to reach deep s

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 22, 2024
In our current age of artificial intelligence, computers can generate their own "art" by way of diffusion models, iteratively adding structure to a noisy initial state until a clear image or video emerges. Diffusion models have suddenly grabbed a seat at everyone's table: Enter a few words and experience instantaneous, dopamine-spiking dreamscapes at the intersection of reality and fantasy. Behi