Paris (AFP) June 16, 2023
Billionaire Elon Musk swept into Paris on Friday to hold court at an event with thousands of spectators hours after meeting the leaders of Italy and France, as European capitals jostle for investment from his electric car firm Tesla.
He told the audience at the huge VivaTech trade fair his ambition was to put neurone implants in a human brain this year and defended his controversial decision
Paris (AFP) June 16, 2023
France said Friday it would throw its weight behind an emissions tax on the heavily polluting shipping industry, adding momentum to a campaign long championed by Pacific island nations and environmental campaigners.
French President Emmanuel Macron will push the issue at an international conference next week to discuss revamping the global development aid system where Brazilian leader Luiz I
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense Thursday announced an agreement with Jervois Global Limited to study expanded cobalt extraction in Idaho.
The $15 million dollar deal will fund mineral resource drilling by Jervois to expand known cobalt resources at the Jervois Idaho Cobalt Operations and the adjacent Sunrise desposit.
Studies also will be conducted to assess a domestic cobalt refi
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jun 16, 2023
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has developed an augmented reality capability to assist in accomplishing nondestructive inspections, or NDI, for safety critical applications in military aircraft. Research engineers in AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate designed the Augmented Reality for Nondestructive Evaluation, or ARNE, system to help aircraft technicians detect fatigue
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2023
To create a future where air taxis are a regular form of transportation, passengers need to be comfortable. That's why researchers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are exploring how passengers may experience an air taxi ride by building a custom virtual reality flight simulator.
NASA is currently researching the human physiological response to motion, vibra
Hefei, China (SPX) Jun 18, 2023
A joint research group led by Prof. SHENG Dong and Prof. LU Zhengtian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), investigated the coupling effect between neutron spin and gravitational force via employing a high-precision xenon isotope magnetometer. This work was published in Physical Review Letters, entitled "Search for Spin-Dependent
Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday began the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years as the two powers looked to notch down the temperature in an escalating rivalry.
Both sides have voiced guarded hope of improving communication and preventing conflict, with the world's two largest economies at odds on an array of issues from trade to technology and regiona
Hefei, China (SPX) Jun 18, 2023
A team, led by Academician YU Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), delivered a general strategy for the synthesis of ten single-atom doped CoSe2-DETA (DETA = diethylenetriamine) nanobelts. Researchers adjusted the doped single-atom ions and modulated the electronic structure to optimize the hydrogen evolution reaction (HE
Urbana IL (SPX) Jun 18, 2023
Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks are barriers for investment by farmers. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows that carbon mitigation payments could increase net returns and reduce income risk, potentially enticing more farmers to grow these crops.
"We were interested in
According to a senior police officer, the RK Puram police station received a call at 4:40 am and the caller stated that some people had shot the caller's sisters at Ambedkar Basti. The official stated that soon after receiving the call, they dispatched a team to the crime scene.
The image, processed by citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill using raw data from NASA's JunoCam instrument, was taken in December 2020 during the spacecraft's 31st close flyby of Jupiter.
Rafael Romo reports that the mayor of Tijuana, Mexico is now living at an army base after receiving gang threats.
According to IIT Guwahati, which conducted the exam this year, Reddy secured 341 out of 360 marks
President Joe Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message during the first rally of his reelection campaign, saying his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class.
The AAP had on earlier occasions too attacked Lt Governor V K Saxena over the alleged "deteriorating" law and order situation in the city
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Kane Cornes weighed in on damning vision of Fremantle, who suffered one of the "worst losses from any team" this year.
Four men, Hassan Adamu,18; Abdulaziz Abubakar, 20; and Abdullahi Shuaibu, 25 and one other, have been arrested by the police in Gombe State over the theft of goats. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, while parading the suspects, explained that the gang usually operated in a tricycle. He said, “Men of the
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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continue to show interest in the Indian equities market, having invested Rs 16,405 crore in June so far on the country's economic rebound and positive growth outlook. FPI flows have gained momentum following a nine-month high of Rs 43,838 crore in equities in May. Sectorwise, capital goods, automobiles, auto components, and financials continue to be in favour among FPIs, while they are sellers of IT, metals, power, and textiles stocks. FPI investment is expected... Читать дальше...
CAFA Nations Cup 2023 - Matchday 3 - Played 17-Jun-23 - NOT CONFIRMED - Posted by binger
CAFA Nations Cup 2023 - Matchday 3 - Played 17-Jun-23 - NOT CONFIRMED - Posted by binger
Tim Tszyu needed less than a round to take out Mexico's Carlos Ocampo with a brutal barrage early
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“My favorite things, my favorite things… / Blue jeans, see a red-haired girl / Sweet peanut butter, slow-burning candle / Cup of a tea and a good book and the dance of the reindeer, and also… / Pachinko, yeah / Pachinko / Pachinko / Wah, Sankyo…” This beautiful, probably improvised minor key piano ballad by […]
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Hyderabad zone's Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy has bagged the top rank in the IIT entrance exam JEE-Advanced, the results of which were announced on Sunday, officials said. According to IIT Guwahati, which conducted the exam this year, Reddy secured 341 out of 360 marks. Nayakanti Naga Bhavya Sree from IIT Hyderabad zone is the topper among females with 298 marks. "A total of 1,80,372 appeared in both papers in IIT-JEE Advanced of which 43,773 have qualified. As many as 36,204 male students and 7,509... Читать дальше...