Ferrari says higher deliveries behind rise in profits
It said the success was driven by its Portofino and 812 Superfast brands.
It said the success was driven by its Portofino and 812 Superfast brands.
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2019
If you see the latest robot from the University of California, Berkeley scurrying across your kitchen floor, don't bother trying to step on it. The novel roach-like robot, described this week in the journal Science Robotics, can't be squashed.
The new robot, developed by engineers at Cal, can run nearly as fast as a cockroach and as is even harder to kill. If one were to stomp on the li
San Francisco (AFP) July 30, 2019
Apple on Tuesday delivered stronger-than-expected results in the just-ended quarter as growth from services helped offset weak iPhone sales, sparking a rally in shares of the tech giant.
Profit in the quarter ending in June fell 13 percent from the year-ago period to $10 billion while overall revenues increased one percent to a better-than-forecast $53.8 billion.
The results beat reined-
Caracas (AFP) Aug 1, 2019
With the pressure from street protests easing, a US intervention unlikely and the military entrenched behind the regime, the power struggle between Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido has ground to an impasse.
More than six months after proclaiming himself acting president, and earning the recognition of more than 50 countries, Guaido has not succeeded in
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 1, 2019
Lyft said it was suspending use of its shared electric bikes in San Francisco after reports of two battery fires.
"Because the safety of our riders is our number one concern, we are temporarily making the e-bike fleet unavailable to riders while we investigate and update our battery technology," Lyft's bike network Baywheels tweeted.
"Thanks to our riders for their patience and we look f
Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2019
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will hit China with punitive tariffs on another $300 billion in goods, prompting Beijing to warn it was the wrong way to resolve the trade war.
The sudden deterioration meant the world's two largest economies have now erected trade barriers covering virtually all of their $660 billion in annual trade in merchandise - confirming economists' fea
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 31, 2019
Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, over which ex Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler was charged Wednesday, has had major repercussions for the car industry since it broke four years ago.
Here are key points about "dieselgate".
- Exposed in 2015 -
On September 18, 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that VW had installed illegal "defeat devices" in hundr
Los Angeles (AFP) July 31, 2019
The Chinese billionaire founder of metals giant Zhongwang has been indicted in the United States for his alleged role in an elaborate scheme to avoid paying $1.8 billion in tariffs on aluminum shipped to the US.
Liu Zhongtian, the former chairman of China Zhongwang Holdings, is accused of exporting huge amounts of aluminum disguised as pallets to avoid paying customs duties of up to 400 perc
San Francisco (AFP) July 31, 2019
Facebook-backed researchers have managed to translate brain signals into spoken words, bringing the social network's vision of linking brains and machines closer to reality.
A study published this week by University of California-San Francisco scientists showed progress toward a new type of brain-computer interface. The project involved brain implants, but could be a step toward accomplishin
Shenzhen, China (AFP) July 30, 2019
Huawei's sales unexpectedly rose in the first half of the year, company figures showed Tuesday, as executives admitted US sanctions would bring further challenges in the coming months.
The Chinese tech giant has been under immense pressure this year as Washington has lobbied allies worldwide to avoid the company's telecom gear over security concerns and in May blacklisted the firm from both
Seoul (AFP) July 26, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired under his supervision were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a "solemn warning" to the South over plans to hold military drills with the United States.
Thursday's missile tests were the first since Kim and US President Donald Trump agreed to resume nuclear talks during an impromptu meeting last month in the demilitarised zon
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2019
The Space and Missile Systems Center's Enterprise Ground Services project office awarded a $47 million Phase III Small Business Innovative Research contract to Frontier Technology, Inc., of Beaver Creek, Ohio to support EGS Life Cycle Decision Support efforts.
"We are excited to form this partnership with Industry as we continue to implement our enterprise solution to stove-piped ground sy
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 30, 2019
The sun's solar wind affects nearly everything in the solar system. It can disrupt the function of Earth's satellites and creates the lights of the auroras.
A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists mimicked solar winds in the lab, confirming how they develop and providing an Earth-bound model for the future study of solar physics.
Our sun is essentially a big ball of
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2019
Now all the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing have died down it's worth considering where we are with future lunar missions half a century on.
Australia has long played a role in space exploration beyond helping to bring those historic images of the first moonwalk to our television screens back in 1969.
Labor MP Peter Khalil has already called for Australia to
Washington (Sputnik) Jul 31, 2019
Earlier this year, the US Air Force announced that it was in a 'race' with Russia and China to develop new hypersonic missile systems, with the Pentagon saying it would use President Trump's new 'Space Force' to try to counter Russian and Chinese advances in this area. The US expects to test at least two hypersonic missiles by the end of 2019.
In addition to the seven Pentagon hypersonic m
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2019
Years of computer simulations. Countless ground tests. They've all led up to now. The Planetary Society's crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft is successfully raising its orbit solely on the power of sunlight.
Since unfurling the spacecraft's silver solar sail last week, mission managers have been optimizing the way the spacecraft orients itself during solar sailing. After a few tweaks, Lig
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2019
Russia's Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier in the day.
The Progress spacecraft is expected to dock the ISS at 3:35 pm GMT
According to Roscosmos, the cargo spacecraft will deliver to the ISS 2 tonnes of dry loads, more than a tonne of fuel, 420 kilogram
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 31, 2019
Iranian engineers have developed a large array of advanced, domestically created technologies despite over four decades of US sanctions. These include a variety of homegrown rocket and missile technologies, which Washington claims violate the provisions of the Iran nuclear deal. Tehran has denied the claims.
One domestically developed satellite is ready for launch and two more are in "fina
Cornell NY (SPX) Aug 02, 2019
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a mission designed to comb the heavens for exoplanets, has discovered its first potentially habitable world outside of our own solar system - and an international team of astronomers has characterized the super-Earth, about 31 light-years away.
In a new paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team led by Lisa Kaltenegger, associate
Webster TX (SPX) Aug 02, 2019
The space-lab is busy with activity. In one corner, a liquid handling robot methodically transfers solutions from one plate to another. In a different section, a plate reader measures enzyme activity of a cell culture incubated with a drug candidate, while across the way a sequencer is busy reading off nucleotides.
Then comes along an orbital tugboat; loaded with its cargo, it moves throug
NYON, Switzerland — Stéphanie Frappart has been appointed as the referee for the European Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea, making her the first woman to officiate a major UEFA men’s showpiece event. UEFA announced Frappart’s appointment on Friday, adding that the Frenchwoman will lead a team of predominantly female officials, with Manuela Nicolosi of
The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to intervene in a petition filed against the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) court's order to demolish the gates of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University and imposition of fine over Rs 3 crore on Samajwadi Party lawmaker and Chancellor of the University -- Azam Khan.A division bench of Justice Shashikant Gupta and SK Shamsheri was hearing a petition moved by R. A. Qureshi, the Registrar of the university.The court asked the petitioner to approach the District Judge... Читать дальше...