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Deep tremors may foretell quake Los Angeles (UPI) Jul 10, 2009 Tremors deep within the San Andreas Fault suggest California should not become complacent about future earthquakes, a leading seismologist said. "The San Andreas fault is changing down deep and it's changing down deep in places where large earthquakes have happened in the past," said Robert Nadeau, a research seismologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Seismic activit ... read more Injury count in China's Urumqi unrest rises to 1,680: state media Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2009 The number of people injured in ethnic violence in China's Urumqi has risen to 1,680, state media reported Sunday, quoting the regional government. The figure was a marked increase from the 1,080 injuries reported on Tuesday by the official Xinhua news agency. The report gave no new update on the death toll, which currently stands at 184 -- 137 of which were Han Chinese, 46 Uighur, and ... more |
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Wildfires burning in Argentine Patagonia kills man, hundreds evacuate Flooding in Sicily as month's rain falls in four hours Greece on high alert as quakes shake Santorini island Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes Greece orders schools to close as quakes shake Santorini island King Charles III teams up with Amazon for documentary Data centres chase water, energy savings as AI race ramps up Generative AI's environmental impact in figures Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
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Mumbai considers cloud seeding to make it rain: reports Mumbai (AFP) July 10, 2009 The civic authorities in India's financial capital Mumbai are considering cloud seeding amid growing water shortages caused by a lack of consistent monsoon rain, media here reported Friday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said it had consulted the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and a company that conducted a cloud seeding experiment in 1992 for the best time to carry out ... more Indian minister says happy with Nepal flood defences Kathmandu (AFP) July 12, 2009 India's water resources minister said here Sunday he was satisfied with flood defences along a river that breached its banks last August, displacing millions of people in Nepal and India. Hundreds of villages were flooded and millions of people lost their homes in southern Nepal and the impoverished northern Indian state of Bihar when the Kosi river broke its banks last August. India's ... more Honduras lifts curfew two weeks after coup Tegucigalpa (AFP) July 12, 2009 The interim Honduran government Sunday lifted a two-week-old curfew imposed after soldiers ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya from power, saying the goals of the measure had been met. Meanwhile the deposed Honduran leader was in Washington for a second day of talks with US government and Organization of American States (OAS) officials, seeking support for his return to power after the ... more Desert Rhubarb - A Self-Irrigating Plant Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2009 Researchers from the Department of Science Education-Biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables it to harvest 16 times the amount of water than otherwise expected for a plant in this region based on the quantities of rain in the desert. This is the first example of a self-irrigating plant worldwide. ... more |
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Flexential Links Up with Lonestar to Support First Commercial Space Data Center
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Flexential, a prominent provider of secure and adaptive data center solutions, has joined forces with Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. (Lonestar), a leading innovator in lunar infrastructure and Resilien ... more London, UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has officially opened its advanced Research and Development Imaging Cleanroom at its Guildford headquarters. This new facility is designed to strengthen the co ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2025 Bright Ascension Ltd., a leading provider of space software technology, has announced the successful deployment of its software aboard the Czech Republic's largest satellite, TROLL. The satellite wa ... more
Exploring ethical dimensions of aware AI in Uppsala
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Artificially intelligent systems are increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, from automated vehicles to delivery robots and virtual assistants. As research shifts towards developing systems with ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2025 At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone. ... more London, UK (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of West England have urged the robotics industry to focus on developing robots that can be reprogrammed and repurposed for alternative t ... more |
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Uighur unrest highights China's ethnic tensions: analysts Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2009 Deadly unrest in China's Muslim-populated far northwest has highlighted deep tensions felt by dozens of ethnic groups across the vast nation that pose a growing problem for the government, analysts said. China's 55 minority groups make up nearly 10 percent of the population -- roughly 130 million people -- and many feel frustration at the economic dominance of the majority Han, as well as a ... more Ragtag rebels vow to fight on in Myanmar On The Thailand-Myanmar Border (AFP) July 12, 2009 They prowl their jungle battleground in sneakers and have to steal their weapons, but Myanmar's ethnic Karen rebels say they will never quit their struggle against the junta. The ragtag Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has been fighting Myanmar's military government for 60 years -- marking the country's eastern border as the stage for one of the world's longest running conflicts. ... more Fresh aftershock hits China quake region: USGS Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2009 A fresh aftershock jolted China's southwest Monday, three days after an earthquake in the same area killed one person, injured hundreds and directly affected two million people, state media said. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 4.9 quake struck a minute after midnight (1601 GMT) and was centred 95 kilometres (60 miles) east northeast of the tourist city of Dali in Yao'an county ... more Han Chinese shopowners just want peaceful life in restive Xinjiang Urumqi, China (AFP) July 12, 2009 Zhang Lixia waited fearfully as two young Uighur men approached her liquor shop in downtown Urumqi just days after ethnic unrest here left more than 180 people dead. But the two Muslim men dressed in stylish polo shirts and neatly pressed slacks wanted no trouble, rather a bottle of Johnny Walker whisky, some Chinese spirits and several packs of cigarettes. After the transaction that ... more |
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