Новости за 10.02.2023

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2023
Even on a sunny day, human eyes can't see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden light, including the high-energy X-rays emitted by the hottest material in the Sun's atmosphere, as observed by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). While the observatory typically studies objects outside our solar system - like massive black holes and co

Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
The Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft is set to embark on a pioneering mission to explore the Jupiter system and study its magnetic fields. The decade-long mission, managed by the European Space Agency (ESA), will search for signs of life-bearing conditions on the Jovian moons, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto. These moons have long been of interest to scientists and researchers due to their pot

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
The CAPSTONE spacecraft continues to operate at the Moon and the vehicle is happy and healthy. The mission has accomplished 4 mission objectives and is making progress on additional objectives. Two mission objectives were completed during the transfer to the Moon and both directly informed Artemis 1 secondary payloads with regard to radio and ground station performance. The system has been

Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington, has been contracted by NASA to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission through their Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) program. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, thus far, has only conducted suborbital flights using its New Shepard rocket, known for sending celebrities and space to

Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
NASA's newly redesigned RS-25 engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, underwent its first hot fire test of the year on Feb. 8 at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The series of testing supports production of new RS-25 engines by lead SLS engine contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne. The new engines will help power future Artemis missions

Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the island of Sriharikota, India on Thursday at 9:18 a.m. local time (03:48 UTC), six months after its SSLV-D1 maiden flight in August 2022, which failed to reach a stable orbit. An analysis "revealed that there was a vibration disturbance for a short duration on the Equipment Bay (EB)

Stockholm (AFP) Feb 9, 2023
Sweden's Volvo Cars reported Thursday a strong rise in net profit last year, with record revenue and electric car sales more than doubling. Like other automakers, Volvo Cars faced supply chain problems, Covid lockdowns in China and higher costs amid soaring inflation. But its net profit rose by almost 20 percent to 17 billion Swedish kronor ($1.6 billion) last year. Revenue climbed b

Yangon (AFP) Feb 7, 2023
Ma Yu launches her makeshift polystyrene boat into a Yangon creek for another day of trawling the filthy waters for plastic and tin cans with her team of "river cleaners". Around 10 others join her in the dawn light, driven to work the foetid grey-brown murk of Pazundaung creek by the economic crisis that has gripped Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. They gather recyclable materials

Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2023
A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned - the batteries are choked with sand, making her yet another victim of scammers on Facebook. AFP's fact checkers have uncovered a slew of energy-related scams proliferating on Facebook - from fake solar panel incentives in the United States to hoax electric bike giveaways in Indonesia and the sale

Sydney (AFP) Feb 8, 2023
Australia's government said Wednesday it has blocked a planned coal mine because it would endanger the Great Barrier Reef, a decision hailed by environmental groups as historic. Mining billionaire Clive Palmer's scheme would have created an open-cut coal mine 10 kilometres (six miles) from the reef, it said, threatening a marine wonder and UNESCO world heritage site that has suffered in rece

New York (AFP) Feb 8, 2023
Uber revenues surged in the fourth quarter on resurgent consumer activity as the ride-hailing company on Wednesday said it would be largely insulated from an economic downturn. The Silicon Valley giant made more than two billion trips in a quarter for the first time, transporting nearly one million riders per hour in the quarter ending December 31, executives said. Chief Executive Dara K

Paris (AFP) Feb 9, 2023
Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank. The search engine giant is rushing into the space after the bot ChatGPT caught the imagination of web users around the world with its ability to generate essays, speeches and even exam papers in seconds. Microsoft has announced a multibillion-do

Tokyo (AFP) Feb 9, 2023
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos will meet Japan's prime minister Thursday seeking to deepen ties, including with defence deals, in response to growing Chinese military pressure in the region. Marcos' trip comes a week after Manila announced a deal giving US troops access to another four bases in the country, and with Japan and the Philippines already in talks on a key defence pact.

Boston MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2023
Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is a chatbot that can not only engage in human-like conversation, but also provide accurate answers to questions in a wide range of knowledge domains. The chatbot, created by the firm OpenAI, is based on a family of "large language models" - algorithms that can recognize, predict, and generate text based on patterns they identify in datasets containing hundreds

Osaka, Japan (SPX) Feb 09, 2023
X-ray fluorescence analysis allows elemental analysis in a variety of environments without destroying the sample. The smaller diameter of the X-ray microbeam, the more accurate the elemental distribution can be. Because X-ray beams are not visible, an accurate method is needed to determine beam diameter. A research group led by Professor Kouichi Tsuji and Specially Appointed Assistant Prof

Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2023
A research team led by Professor Kaiji Sato (Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology) revealed a method for designing with ease an ultra-precise positioning control system on the order of 10 nm, even if the dynamic model and model parameters of the motion mechanism and the machine base on which it is installed are unknown.

Expected inflation impacts decisions of people about future spending.

Uttarakhand Bandh CM Dhami calls for inquiry into law and order situation sequence of lathi charge

The finalisation of the Budget document was done in the presence of secretary finance (Revenue) Krishna Kant Pathak, additional chief secretary finance Akhil Arora, Secretary Finance (Budget) Rohit Gupta, Secretary Finance (Expenditure) Naresh Kumar Thakral, and Director (Budget) Brajesh Sharma.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the Central government has put forward a new vision for the business community in the country, which is now looked upon with trust and respect. Addressing the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit in Lucknow, Rajnath Singh said, "The slope of industrial growth in the country was declining due to some historical reasons bec

New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a block deal, 3.4 per cent equity ( or2.1 crore shares) of Paytm's parent company One97 Communications Ltd (OCL) have changed hands on Friday. Sources in the know of the development say that Chinese multinational Alibaba has sold its entire stake in Paytm in today's block deal. With this sale, Alibaba is no longer a stakeholder in Paytm. The company had sold around 3.1 per cent of

Airports Company South Africa CEO Mpumi Mpofu has conveyed her condolences to the family of a British man who died at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the latest news coming out of this year’s Mining Indaba, including President Cyril Ramaphosa's determination to remove all obstacles to mining growth; Seriti Green’s coal-to-renewables initiative; and the world’s only woman-owned phosphate mine, which is closer to completing its bankable feasibility study.

The natural gas price at the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) has slumped by 0.01 US dollars or 0.37% to 2.42 dollars per 1 million BTU (British thermal unit)