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ExxonMobil, the American oil giant, anticipates a pivotal investment decision by the end of 2025 concerning its natural gas project in northern Mozambique. This project, located in the Rovuma Basin, aims to significantly elevate Mozambique’s stature in the global natural gas market. It is expected to produce an estimated 18 million tons of liquefied natural […]
ACTOR Kevin Spacey has hit out at fresh sex claims against him in a Channel 4 documentary.
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Washington (AFP) May 2, 2024
Lawyers for the US government and Google gave their closing arguments Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial over the search engine's monopoly power.
The two-day hearing took place more than six months after the conclusion of the trial and a decision is not expected before late summer or autumn.
The case is the first of five major lawsuits by the US government to reach trial, with Meta,
Ottawa (AFP) May 2, 2024
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022 from a pandemic dip the prior year but were still 7.1 percent below a 2005 benchmark, a government report showed Thursday.
Annual total emissions - including carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses - were 708 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent, or 7.1 percent below revised 2005 levels.
"The report shows that Canada remains on track t
Santiago (AFP) May 2, 2024
Seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing attacks, threats or pressure related to their job, UNESCO said Thursday.
Of those, two in five subsequently experienced physical violence, it said in a report released on World Press Freedom Day. More than 900 reporters were questioned for the poll.
The UN Educational, Scientific and C
Hong Kong (AFP) May 3, 2024
Hong Kong led gains across most Asian and European markets Friday thanks to a surge in tech giants, while the yen extended gains against the dollar on revived hopes for US interest rate cuts.
The gains come as traders turn their attention to the release of key US jobs data due later in the day, which could play a major role in the Federal Reserve's decision-making on when to lower borrowing
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 03, 2024
A new technique using terahertz frequency lasers has shown promising results in inducing atomic excitation in semiconductor materials, specifically in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Researchers at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, have successfully demonstrated this process, which is critical for advancing semico
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has incorporated robotic technology into the production of wind turbine blades, aiming to reduce hazardous working conditions and enhance product consistency. Robots, which have been utilized in the wind energy sector for tasks such as painting and polishing, are now being employed for more complex operations like trimmi
Boston MA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close. In many quantum simulators, scientists arrange atoms as close together as possible to explore exotic states of matter and build new quantum materials.
They typically do this by cooling the atoms to a stand-still, then using laser light to position the particles as close as
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2024
Quantum teleportation, the process where the state of a quantum particle, or qubit, is transferred from one place to another without moving the particle itself, typically relies on entanglement between an additional pair of qubits. Ideally, this transfer should occur flawlessly, but real-world conditions introduce noise that can degrade teleportation quality.
Researchers at the University
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a new method using femtosecond lasers to create glass-to-glass welds in solar modules, significantly simplifying the recycling process. This innovation replaces the traditional use of plastic polymer sheets, which complicates recycling efforts.
By eliminating polymers and employing las
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 03, 2024
To avoid catastrophic climate impacts, excessive carbon emissions must be addressed. At this point, cutting emissions isn't enough. Direct air capture, a technology that pulls carbon dioxide out of ambient air, has great potential to help solve the problem.
But there's a big challenge. For direct air capture technology, every type of environment and location requires a uniquely specific de
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2024
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has now connected with ground operators following its April 23 launch aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket. The satellite is on its way to testing next-generation solar sail technology, which uses the power of sunlight to propel a spacecraft. The results from this mission will advance future space travel to expand our understanding of our Sun and solar
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2024
BAE Systems (LON: BA) has been tasked by NASA to develop the Atmospheric Composition instrument (ACX) for deployment on NOAA's upcoming Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation. This initiative is part of an effort to enhance Earth observation capabilities previously established by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R).
The GeoX
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2024
Millennium Space Systems, a subsidiary of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has been awarded a contract potentially worth $414 million by the Space Development Agency. The contract involves the delivery of the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, known as FOO Fighter or F2. The company will act as the end-to-end operational prime, responsible for deploying a constellation of eight satellites along
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) has made public a substantial open dataset from its collection. This dataset is composed of approximately 3 million unique location images, doubling to 6 million with revisits, and is designed to enhance the training of AI foundation models. Each 384x384 pixel image contributes to the overall 900 Gigapixels, covering diverse land uses, objects, geographies, and sea
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Einstein's theory of general relativity describes gravity as a result of space and time curving. This theory accounts for the Earth's gravity, which anchors us and causes objects to fall.
In contrast, high-energy physics investigates subatomic particles that follow the principles of quantum mechanics, notable for their random fluctuations and the inherent uncertainty in particle positions
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2024
After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission - Hi-C Flare, for short - took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare.
The low-noise cameras - built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama - are part of a suite of state-of-the-art instruments on board the Black Brant IX sounding
Ithaca NY (SPX) May 03, 2024
An asteroid discovered last November is in fact a solar system toddler - just 2-3 million years old, a Cornell University-led research team estimates using novel statistical calculations.
The team derived the age of Selam, a "moonlet" circling the small asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, based only on dynamics, or how the pair moves in space. Their calcu
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 03, 2024
One of the 'science fiction-like' concepts - for a lunar railway system to provide payload transport on the Moon - is being developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC phase, showing their futuristic ideas
Washington DC (UPI) May 03, 2024
SpaceX launched another group of 23 satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday night via a Falcon 9 rocket, adding to the Starlink megacluster of Internet satellites now in low-Earth orbit.
The launches have become nearly routine as have the return of reusable fuel cell booster rocket to a drone awaiting below.
Thursday night, the booster, guided by short rocket bursts, returne
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, has successfully delivered two electronic LCS cabinets to Bechtel as part of NASA's mobile launcher 2 project. These cabinets are essential to the Launch Control System and signify a major milestone in Sidus Space's involvement in NASA's Artemis Campaign, which focuses on lunar exploration and colonization. Sidus Space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Excitement was high when NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reported potential signs of life on a distant exoplanet. However, a new study by UC Riverside researchers published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters tempers these claims, discussing both the limitations and future possibilities of confirming life on such planets.
The research focuses on the exoplanet K2-18b, which in 2023 appea
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 03, 2024
HyImpulse has successfully launched their SR75 rocket from the Koonibba Test Range, operated by Southern Launch, marking a significant step in Australia's commercial launch capabilities. The SR75, one of the largest rockets launched commercially in Australia, drew an audience of locals and VIPs from across Australia and Europe who witnessed the event on South Australia's Far West Coast.