New cyclone barrels toward disaster-struck Indonesia
A new cyclone was barrelling toward Indonesia and threatened to spark more floods and landslides, authorities warned Friday, as the archipelago reeled from a storm that killed more than 200 people, including victims in neighbouring East Timor......»»
How do we measure community disaster resilience?
In a new study published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, retired Illinois State Water Survey engineer Sally McConkey and Eric R. Larson, a professor of natural resources and environmental sciences at the U. of I., examin.....»»
The Odds Of Being Crushed By A Rocket Has People Talking
Being eaten by a shark, struck by lightning, or kicked to death by a donkey are all unlikely ways to die. You can add "hit by a falling rocket" to that list. Being e.....»»
SEA Roundup: Fortune 500 companies quietly choose their battlefields to grace
Last week, four Fortune 500 companies Apple, Foxconn, Tesla, and Samsung quietly chose their battlefields, endeavoring to win over SEA. Indonesia's Pertamina, a state-owned automaker, the oil, and gas company, is back on the 2022 Fortune Global 500 l.....»»
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes part of eastern Indonesia
An undersea earthquake shook part of eastern Indonesia on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties......»»
There"s now a whole new way to log-in to your Google account
Google has a few ways to make sure forgetting your work password isn't a complete disaster anymore......»»
"Dead fish everywhere" in German-Polish river after feared chemical waste dump
Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged to stay away from the water......»»
Transportation recovery after disasters: A collaborative university/community model
Transportation systems play a critical role in maintaining supply chains for effective post-disaster recovery. The March 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns coincided with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Salt Lake City, Utah, resulting in supply chain disruptions.....»»
The formation of a super strong Mongolian cyclone and its contributing factors
From the 13th to the 16th of March 2021, an extremely strong dust storm struck Mongolia and northern China successively, causing 590 herdsmen to disappear and 16 people to die in Mongolia. When the dust storm reached central Inner Mongolia in the ear.....»»
Nanoscale fluid-phase changes revealed
Millions of barrels of oil are produced daily from shale reservoirs, yet a significant amount remains untouched, trapped in molecular-sized pores on a nanoscale. Current reservoir models can't predict oil behavior or recovery at this scale, so compan.....»»
Foxconn eyeing Indonesia"s future capital city, Nusantara
Indonesia's plan to move its capital from Jakarta to Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan is becoming more and more real......»»
The war in Ukraine has damaged thousands of buildings. This plan could save them
Like ‘Tetris’ blocks, new concrete modules could be slotted into partially destroyed buildings. Across Ukraine, the war zone has become disturbingly civilian. Missiles have struck residential buildings—most certainly on purpose&#.....»»
This sustainable apparel company was born from an entrepreneur"s love of surfing
Growing up windsurfing and spearfishing on the island of St. Bart’s definitely gave Keefer Charneau a certain simpatico with the ocean, but it wasn’t until he went on a surfing trip to Indonesia a few years back that he started to think a.....»»
Indonesia secures US$5 billion nickel deal from Tesla
Tesla has signed contracts worth approximately US$5 billion to purchase nickel from two companies in Indonesia on August 8, 2022, according to Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for investment and maritime affairs......»»
Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still detectable in 2020
Small amounts of highly weathered oil residues from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster were still present in the surroundings ten years later, shows a new report. Crude oil is a complex mixture with many components that undergo chemical reactions in.....»»
Putting a new spin on the football spiral
Only a handful of researchers have studied why an American football flies in such a unique trajectory, rifling through the air with remarkable precision, but also swerving, wobbling, and even tumbling as it barrels downfield. Now, ballistics experts.....»»
An interstellar meteor struck Earth in 2014, and now scientists want to search for it at the bottom of the ocean
In 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at the time indicated that the meteorite just might be an interstellar object, and if that's true, then it's only the third such object known (after 'Oum.....»»
SEA PMI mostly down in July except in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Southeast Asia's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) mostly decreased......»»
Indonesia sets to create its own metaverse for MSMEs, called "MetaNesia"
Indonesia delegates PT Telkom Indonesia, the state carrier, creating its own metaverse called "MetaNesia" to promote local firms that compete with foreign services......»»
Chinese rocket debris comes down near villages
Debris from a recent Chinese rocket re-entry has reportedly been found close to several villages in Malaysia and Indonesia......»»
Indonesia attracts a US$2.5 billion investment from Toyota and Mitshubishi
Indonesia attracted new investments worth a total of Rp 37.1 trillion (US$2.48 billion) from Japanese automakers, Mitshubishi and Toyota through the coordinating minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto recently......»»