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Monday, February 7th, 2011

Underwater Ridges Impact Ocean’s Flow of Warm Water

An underwater ridge can trap the flow of cold, dense water at the bottom of the ocean. Without the ridge, deepwater can flow freely and speed up the ocean circulation pattern, which generally increases the flow of...

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Emercom to Use GLONASS for Transport Monitoring

Russian EMERCOM plans to arrsange monitoring of the transport vehicles, including those used to transport hazardous cargo, with the help of GLONASS/GPS navigation system, EMERCOM PAO reports. The Ministry also intends to improve its accident response system through...

Monday, February 7th, 2011

GIS Supports Water Harvesting for Fires

Finding itself battling water scarcity instead of reaching an accident site on time, the fire department has finally woken up to city's shrinking waterbodies and the need to look for an alternative rather fast. Desperate, the department...

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Malaysia: UAE-based Masdar Driving Force in Sustainable Industry Development

The Prime Minister also met with Dr Sultan Al Jaber, CEO and managing director of Masdar, to discuss how the two nations can collaborate to innovate and commercialise renewable energy and clean technologies. Prime Minister Razak said: "Abu...

Friday, February 4th, 2011

GPS Tracking Company Ezy2c to Buy – OmniTRACK

Australian company Ezy2c recently announced the acquisition of the OmniTRACK business from OmniSTAR, a leading provider in positioning data and a market leader in the design and development of Differential GNSS positioning technology and asset monitoring solutions. Ezy2c...

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Long-term Performance Analysis of Giove Clocks

Passive Hydrogen Maser (PHM) and Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS) are the two baseline on-board clock technologies for Galileo, the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which are currently being validated on-board two experimental spacecrafts, GIOVE-A and...

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Space Images – Used to Find “Partner” Schooner

Satellite radar imagery data was used to find the “Partner” fishing schooner lost in the Sea of Japan. According to Russian EMERCOM the area search operations for the “Partner” schooner that sent a distress call on January...

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

CryoSat Ice Data Now Open to All

Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our understanding...

Monday, January 31st, 2011

City of Solo, Indonesia – Working on a Sustainable Urban Transport Strategy and Plans

In the next seven months, GTZ-SUTIP, CDIA and their consultants will be working closely with the Technical Team that is headed by the City's Transportation Department and the Steering Committee that is chaired by the Mayor Joko...

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

ADB Loans $120 Million to Sri Lanka to Improve Power Network

Sri Lanka will receive a $120 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to help expand and improve its power network to deal with rising customer...