Новости за 25.04.2024

Male, Maldives (AFP) April 23, 2024
The Maldives will press on with Chinese-backed construction and evict Indian troops from the strategically placed atoll nation, President Mohamed Muizzu's office said Tuesday, two days after his party's stunning parliamentary victory. He thanked voters for the landslide victory by his People's National Congress, which promised a boom in building apartments, bridges and new airports with Chin

Hong Kong (AFP) April 24, 2024
"Iron Lady" Laura Cha concluded on Wednesday her six-year chairmanship as the first helmswoman of Hong Kong's ailing stock exchange, which has suffered a plunge in overall trading under her leadership. Cha, 74, has reached the two-term limit but will remain an independent director of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group and a top trading policy advisor for Hong Kong and Beijing. "It's been a

Strasbourg, France (AFP) April 23, 2024
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed new budgetary rules aimed at boosting investment while keeping spending under control despite fierce criticism from leftwing groups. Brussels spent two years negotiating an overhaul of its budget rules that pitted fiscally hawkish states against the bloc's most indebted nations. A majority of lawmakers backed the new rules during a session of th

Tokyo (AFP) April 24, 2024
The release of treated wastewater into the ocean from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant resumed Wednesday after being suspended as a partial power outage affected the site, operator TEPCO said. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said in a statement that the water release restarted at 5:16 pm "with no abnormalities detected", after an hours-long halt. In 2011, the Fukushima

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 23, 2024
In Brazil, where about 16 wild animals become roadkill every second, a computer scientist has come up with a futuristic solution to this everyday problem: using AI to alert drivers to their presence. Direct strikes on the vast South American country's extensive road network are the top threat to numerous species, forced to live in ever-closer proximity with humans. According to the Brazi

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Spintronics, a burgeoning field in electronics, offers numerous benefits including reduced power consumption, high-speed operations, and non-volatility. Central to advancing this field is the mastery of spin currents-the movement of electrons' intrinsic spin. Controlling these spin currents is pivotal for the development of future electronic devices. Yet, detecting these currents remains c

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
China is set to experience a significant increase in wind power development in its rural regions following a new comprehensive plan for renewable energy utilization announced by the National Energy Administration. This initiative aims to capitalize on the vast and diverse wind resources available across the country and will involve small-scale wind projects in rural areas, supported by par

London, UK (SPX) Apr 23, 2024
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are set to revolutionize the nuclear industry by leveraging assembly line production to minimize costs and shorten construction times compared to traditional large reactors. These reactors are not only smaller but often incorporate innovative fourth-generation technologies, enhancing their adaptability for various applications beyond mere grid power supply. ID

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
For the first time, a fusion device has achieved electron temperatures exceeding 37 million degrees Celsius, a milestone that brings it closer to the sun's core temperatures. Zap Energy's sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch technique marks a significant advancement in fusion technology, offering a scalable, cost-effective approach. This compact device, known as FuZE, has proven its capability by rea

Boston MA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
It's the most fundamental of processes - the evaporation of water from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, the burning off of fog in the morning sun, and the drying of briny ponds that leaves solid salt behind. Evaporation is all around us, and humans have been observing it and making use of it for as long as we have existed. And yet, it turns out, we've been missing a major part of the pict

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

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Researchers at Tohoku University and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have made significant progress in understanding and manipulating the quantum metric-a geometric description of electronic states in magnetic materials under normal conditions. The team has detected the quantum metric as an electric signal, separate from standard electrical conduction, showcasing a novel aspect of quantum p