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Joris _

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | ESA needs to 'tighten the belt' amid budget crisis - 2 views

www.spaceflightnow.com/...08esaspending

shared by Joris _ on 09 Jun 10 - Cached
  • ESA is freezing spending
  • France is planning to boost its funding by 12 percent
  • ESA selected Thales Alenia Space and OHB Technology to build the satellites, but the production contract is still bogged down by Germany's complaints about the distribution of MTG work between France and Germany
  • Joris _ on 09 Jun 10
     
    no much news in regard to the january's talk of Dordain althought just a thought : what if ESA tries to make money - as CNES does - rather than just spending it ?
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  • Nicholas Lan on 09 Jun 10
     
    to begin with european industry (and probably governments) would complain that ESA was taking business away from industry? or any part that started to make money would be quickly spun-off
  • LeopoldS on 09 Jun 10
     
    really bad interview in my view ... btw: how is CNES making money and how much?
  • Joris _ on 09 Jun 10
     
    CNES is known to be a semi-autonomous agency in the sense that it can auto-finance parts of its activities. Besides the money coming from the state, money comes from the participation of CNES in private companies (e.g. Arianespace) and its own activities (e.g. SPOT among others...). It is about 400M€ per year (almost a class-M mission in Cosmic Vision). For the figures (in French): http://www.cnes.fr/automne_modules_files/standard/public/p4354_c050f7963b54a839a843723401bfddf2budget.pdf
LeopoldS

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China - 0 views

www.most.gov.cn/...t20091120_74294.htm

environment ecology development china cooperation politics

shared by LeopoldS on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 07 Dec 09
     
    University Alliance for Low Carbon Energy   Three universities, including Tsinghua University, University of Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have fostered up an alliance on November 15, 2009 to advocate low carbon energy and climate change adaptation The alliance will mainly work on 6 major areas: clean coal technology and CCS, homebuilding energy efficiency, industrial energy efficiency and sustainable transport, biomass energy and other renewable energy, advanced nuclear energy, intelligent power grid, and energy policies/planning. A steering panel made up of the senior experts from the three universities (two from each) will be established to review, evaluate, and endorse the goals, projects, fund raising activities, and collaborations under the alliance. With the Headquarters at the campus of Tsinghua University and branch offices at other two universities, the alliance will be chaired by a scientist selected from Tsinghua University.   According to a briefing, the alliance will need a budget of USD 3-5 million, mainly from the donations of government, industry, and all walks of life. In this context, the R&D findings derived from the alliance will find its applications in improving people's life.
Ma Ru

Researcher Creates 'Facebook for Scientists' - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...book-for-scientists-22081.html

inf Web 2.0 ariadnet science

shared by Ma Ru on 19 Mar 10 - Cached
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  • LeopoldS on 20 Mar 10
     
    and we are of course there since some time :-) and even have our own group in there ... think that Tobias has first discovered it our group is: https://www.researchgate.net/group/ESA_Advanced_Concepts_Team/ everybody welcome to join ... though Ariadnet is better
  • Ma Ru on 23 Mar 10
     
    So if I'm already on Ariadnet, there's no need for me to join this researchgate thingy? Pheew..
  • Luzi Bergamin on 23 Mar 10
     
    Very active group, it has exactly one member (Leo) and exactly zero (ZERO,0!!) posts since June 13, 2008!!! Well, sounds like a very typical ACT action in order to increase the key performance indicators :D.
  • Ma Ru on 23 Mar 10
     
    Oh come on Luzi, don't be over-pessimistic! It's just because all activity takes place on Ariadnet ;-)
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 24 Mar 10
     
    tsk tsk typical ex-ACT criticism.. Maybe for me too from next week;P
  • Luzi Bergamin on 24 Mar 10
     
    WRONG! You ignore the fact that I complained already while I was yet in the ACT!! Seriously: I clicked around in "ResearchGate" a little bit, couldn't find too many interesting things. Many scientists from India, Iran etc. desperately looking for contacts, retired engineers/scientists from industry that now remember that they were once at university and also quite a number of semi-crackpots. My honest conclusion: not a must. Btw: wish you a nice post-ACT depression! Keep a stiff upper lip, esp. in case you go back to Greece...
nikolas smyrlakis

DIME | Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe - 4 views

www.dime-eu.org

CMS dynamics innovation economics europe

shared by nikolas smyrlakis on 09 Mar 10 - Cached
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 09 Mar 10
     
    an active and open community for whoever interested and the new YGTs RFs in Innovation/ Economics/ CMS etc.
Luís F. Simões

Shell energy scenarios to 2050 - 6 views

www.shell.com/...shell_energy_scenarios_2050

energy future forecast politics economy climate_change

shared by Luís F. Simões on 09 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Luís F. Simões on 09 Mar 11
     
    just in case you were feeling happy and optimistic
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  • Francesco Biscani on 09 Mar 11
     
    An energy scenario published by an oil company? Allow me to be sceptical...
  • Joris _ on 10 Mar 11
     
    Indeed, Shell is an energy company, not just oil, for some time now ... The two scenarii are, in their approach, dependant of economic and political situation, which is right now impossible to forecast. Reference to Kyoto is surprising, almost out-dated! But overall, I find it rather optimistic at some stages, and probably the timeline (p37-39) is unlikely with recent events.
  • Luís F. Simões on 10 Mar 11
     
    the report was published in 2008, which explains the reference to Kyoto, as the follow-up to it was much more uncertain at that point. The Blueprint scenario is indeed optimistic, but also quite unlikely I'd say. I don't see humanity suddenly becoming so wise and coordinated. Sadly, I see something closer to the Scramble scenario as much more likely to occur.
  • LeopoldS on 12 Mar 11
     
    not an oil company??? please have a look at the percentage of their revenues coming from oil and gas and then compare this with all their other energy activities together and you will see very quickly that it is only window dressing ... they are an oil and gas company ... and nothing more
  • Joris _ on 14 Mar 11
     
    not JUST oil. From a description: "Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies." Of course revenues coming from oil are the biggest, the investment turnover on other energy sources is small for now. Knowing that most of their revenues is from an expendable source, to guarantee their future, they invest elsewhere. They have invested >1b$ in renewable energy, including biofuels. They had the largest wind power business among so-called "oil" companies. Oil only defines what they do "best". As a comparison, some time ago, Apple were selling only computers and now they sell phones. But I would not say Apple is just a phone company.
  • LeopoldS on 14 Mar 11
     
    window dressing only ... e.g. Net cash from operating activities (pre-tax) in 2008: 70 Billion$ net income in 2008: 26 Billion revenues in 2008: 88 Billion Their investments and revenues in renewables don't even show up in their annual financial reports since probably they are under the heading of "marketing" which is already 1.7 Billion $ ... this is what they report on their investments: Capital investment, portfolio actions and business development Capital investment in 2009 was $24 billion. This represents a 26% decrease from 2008, which included over $8 billion in acquisitions, primarily relating to Duvernay Oil Corp. Capital investment included exploration expenditure of $4.5 billion (2008: $11.0 billion). In Abu Dhabi, Shell signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to extend the GASCO joint venture for a further 20 years. In Australia, Shell and its partners took the final investment decision (FID) for the Gorgon LNG project (Shell share 25%). Gorgon will supply global gas markets to at least 2050, with a capacity of 15 million tonnes (100% basis) of LNG per year and a major carbon capture and storage scheme. Shell has announced a front-end engineering and design study for a floating LNG (FLNG) project, with the potential to deploy these facilities at the Prelude offshore gas discovery in Australia (Shell share 100%). In Australia, Shell confirmed that it has accepted Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s entitlement offer of new shares at a total cost of $0.8 billion, maintaining its 34.27% share in the company; $0.4 billion was paid in 2009 with the remainder paid in 2010. In Bolivia and Brazil, Shell sold its share in a gas pipeline and in a thermoelectric power plant and its related assets for a total of around $100 million. In Canada, the Government of Alberta and the national government jointly announced their intent to contribute $0.8 billion of funding towards the Quest carbon capture and sequestration project. Quest, which is at the f
  • Joris _ on 14 Mar 11
     
    thanks for the info :) They still have their 50% share in the wind farm in Noordzee (you can see it from ESTEC on a clear day). Look for Shell International Renewables, other subsidiaries and joint-ventures. I guess, the report is about the oil branch. http://sustainabilityreport.shell.com/2009/servicepages/downloads/files/all_shell_sr09.pdf http://www.noordzeewind.nl/
  • LeopoldS on 16 Mar 11
     
    no - its about Shell globally - all Shell .. these participations are just peanuts please read the intro of the CEO in the pdf you linked to: he does not even mention renewables! their entire sustainability strategy is about oil and gas - just making it (look) nicer and environmentally friendlier
  • Joris _ on 16 Mar 11
     
    Fair enough, for me even peanuts are worthy and I am not able to judge. Not all big-profit companies, like Shell, are evil :( Look in the pdf what is in the upstream and downstream you mentionned above. Non-shell sources for examples and more objectivity: http://www.nuon.com/company/Innovative-projects/noordzeewind.jsp http://www.e-energymarket.com/news/single-news/article/ferrari-tops-bahrain-gp-using-shell-biofuel.html thanks.
nikolas smyrlakis

Google Flu Trends | How does this work? - 1 views

www.google.org/...how.html

flu google trends

shared by nikolas smyrlakis on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 08 Oct 09
     
    Learn about how Google Flu Trends uses aggregated search query data to accurately estimate current flu activity in several countries. - Lead to a Nature paper as well
Francesco Biscani

Freeze-thaw cycle may explain Saturn moon's odd activity - space - 29 May 2009 - New Sc... - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...saturn-moons-odd-activity.html

celestial mechanics saturn

shared by Francesco Biscani on 29 May 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 29 May 09
     
    Pretty amazing Celestial Mechanics effects that could potentially help creation of life...
ESA ACT

Flexible screen based on thermochromic effect: Paperlike thermochromic display - 0 views

scitation.aip.org/...GetabsServlet

NAN technology optoelectronic

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    The authors report the design and implementation of a paperlike, thermally activated display fabricated from thermochromic composite and embedded conductive wiring patterns, shaped from mixture of metallic nanoparticles in polydimethylsioxane using soft l
ESA ACT

ZetaGrid - 0 views

www.zetagrid.net

DC computing

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    ZetaGrid is a platform independent grid system that uses idle CPU cycles from participating computers. Problem: The ZetaGrid activities must come to a final end! Now all services are down and this domain will be closed soon. The official last update note
ESA ACT

Technology Review: Laser Lunar Landing System - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...21660

lander optics sensors

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    NASA still on active sensors...
ESA ACT

Obama-Biden Transition Project: Space Solar Power (SSP) -- A Solution for Energy Indepe... - 0 views

www.spaceref.com/...viewsr.html

SPS solar power satellite energy NRG policy

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    in addition, the fact that Gates remains Defence Secretary might give some continuity to the Pentagon activities, -LS
tvinko

Wikipedia's Participation Challenge - 2 views

www.kaggle.com/wikichallenge

INF wiki collaboration

shared by tvinko on 29 Jun 11 - No Cached
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  • tvinko on 29 Jun 11
     
    Interesting competition: predicting the future of editing activity on Wikipedia
  • LeopoldS on 02 Jul 11
     
    I doubt that this can work...
Alexander Wittig

The Social-Network Illusion That Tricks Your Mind | MIT Technology Review - 4 views

www.technologyreview.com/...illusion-that-tricks-your-mind

shared by Alexander Wittig on 30 Sep 15 - No Cached
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  • Alexander Wittig on 30 Sep 15
     
    Network scientists have discovered how social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it is actually rare. One of the curious things about social networks is the way that some messages, pictures, or ideas can spread like wildfire while others that seem just as catchy or interesting barely register at all.
  • Ma Ru on 30 Sep 15
     
    "The effect is largest in the political blogs network, where as many as 60%-70% of nodes will have a majority active neighbours, even when only 20% of the nodes are active." How convenient :-)
LeopoldS

Seasonality in human cognitive brain responses - 2 views

www.pnas.org/...1518129113.full.pdf

brain

shared by LeopoldS on 10 Feb 16 - No Cached
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  • LeopoldS on 10 Feb 16
     
    interesting study showing seasonal changes to brain functions Agata, you didn't tell us about this yet :-) "the present study provides compelling evidence for previously unappreciated annual varia- tions in the cerebral activity required to sustain ongoing cognitive processes in healthy volunteers. The data further show that this annual rhythmicity is cognitive-process-specific (i.e., the phase of the rhythm changes between cognitive tasks), speaking for a complex impact of season on human brain function. Annual var- iations in cognitive brain function may contribute to explain intraindividual cognitive changes that could emerge at specific times of year."
  • fichbio on 12 Feb 16
     
    Thank you for this interesting study. I will make a brief intro about it during our Wednesday meeting. Especially, that spring is coming...;)
jaihobah

[1701.01109] Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails - 2 views

arxiv.org/1701.01109

PHY fun space Aliens

shared by jaihobah on 14 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • jaihobah on 14 Mar 17
     
    "We examine the possibility that Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) originate from the activity of extragalactic civilizations"
darioizzo2

ESA Datalabs - 3 views

datalabs.esa.int

Data AI esa

shared by darioizzo2 on 09 Mar 20 - No Cached
  • darioizzo2 on 09 Mar 20
     
    This is the current page for ESA datalabs. Its an ongoing activity that we should monitor and join with Kelvins update if possible.
  • Athanasia Nikolaou on 21 Apr 20
     
    I like the "computational narrative" term!
johannessimon81

Mars' atmosphere thinning but still active - 0 views

zeenews.india.com/...g-but-still-active_840773.html

space science

shared by johannessimon81 on 09 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • johannessimon81 on 09 Apr 13
     
    The loss rate of Mars' original atmosphere apparently has been quantified through isotope ratio measurements. Should be useful for climate engineering studies (Isabelle & Markus ?)
LeopoldS

VPN Gate Overview - 4 views

www.vpngate.net/...about_overview.aspx

internet

shared by LeopoldS on 01 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 01 Jun 13
     
    interesting academic experiment by Japanese students from Tsukuka ....
  • Ma Ru on 07 Jun 13
     
    The idea seems similar to the one used by Tor (https://www.torproject.org/), which afaik is the go-to solution if you plan criminal activity over the internet.
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