Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border
Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute......»»
Researchers discover a cause of rapid ice melting in Greenland
While conducting a study of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory uncovered a previously unseen way in which the ice and ocean interact. The glaciologists sa.....»»
Botticelli"s Venus is an "influencer" and Italy is not happy
The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century "virtual influencer.".....»»
Earth from space: Farming the desert
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia......»»
Atmospheric rivers linked to melting Greenland ice sheet
Atmospheric rivers—long, concentrated flows of moisture in the sky—are a key factor in the complex conditions accelerating glacial melting over northern Greenland, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison......»»
Vanishing glaciers threaten alpine biodiversity, warns study
With glaciers melting at unprecedented rates due to climate change, invertebrates that live in the cold meltwater rivers of the European Alps will face widespread habitat loss, warn researchers......»»
Panel prices to stay in growth in May thanks to robust TV demand
Panel prices are expected to continue rising throughout May thanks to growing LCD TV panel order pull-ins from TV vendors preparing for China's 618 shopping festival and North America and Europe's year-end holidays as well as panel makers' moves to l.....»»
OpenAI gives in to Italy’s data privacy demands, ending ChatGPT ban
Italy requested a PSA showing users how to opt out of ChatGPT data sharing. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) In March, an Italian privacy regulator temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT, worried th.....»»
Solving the mystery of protein surface interactions with geometric fingerprints
Researchers from the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne in Switzerland, used a geometric deep-learning tool that generates "fingerprints" of protein surfaces to describe geometric and chemical features critical to protein–protein interacti.....»»
California moves to phase-out diesel-powered trucks, cut locomotive pollution
California regulators on Friday approved new rules requiring all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state in 2036 be zero-emission, a day after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted reduced emission regulations for locomotives......»»
EU moves to regulate tech titans with Digital Services Act
The Commission adopted the first designation decisions under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designating 17 Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) that reach at least 45 million monthly active users. These.....»»
Top Tech Tools & Platforms for CFD Traders
Contracts for difference (CFDs) are one of the most popular vehicles for modern traders who want to play the markets without being tied to asset ownership or high costs of entry. For those who wish to navigate any market by speculating on price moves.....»»
Framework for NASA"s Roman spacecraft moves to Goddard clean room
The primary structure that will serve as the "bones" of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has moved into the big clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The spacecraft bus, Roman's primary support element, will.....»»
Uptycs unveils cloud security early warning system
At RSA Conference 2023, Uptycs unveiled the ability to collect and analyze GitHub audit logs and user identity information from Okta and Azure AD to reveal suspicious behavior as the developer moves code in and out of repositories and into production.....»»
Microbial necromass carbon causes dramatic carbon loss in permafrost thaw slump of Tibetan Plateau
Permafrost in the Tibetan Plateau contains a large amount of soil organic carbon (SOC). Climate change leads to rapid permafrost degradation and thermal collapse, which can change the microgeomorphology and soil physical and chemical properties......»»
Linkcom to debut on Taiwan OTC securities market in mid-May
Magnetic components supplier Linkcom Manufacturing will debut on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market in mid-May as it moves to expand its power magnetic components and module products for electric vehicle, cloud server and AI applications......»»
To prevent Tesla price war pain in 2Q23, Chinese automakers said to make moves in chips
Recently, rumors came out of the supply chain markets in China and Taiwan that in response to the price wars initiated by battery EV (BEV) leader Tesla in the first quarter of 2023, and to prevent a repeat in the second quarter, some tier-1 Chinese c.....»»
Chevrolet Confirms Bolt EV And Bolt EUV Are Being Discontinued: What You Should Know
Chevrolet is discontinuing its most popular EV model as GM moves on to its modernized Ultium platform, leaving behind the budget-friendly Bolt EVs. Chevrolet is disc.....»»
Apple will need to rely on screens made in Korea for a long time, while it moves efforts in-house
Apple will continue to rely on Korean display makers like Samsung Display and LG Display for years to come despite a move to bring component designs in-house, a report claims.A miniLED backplane [Apple]Apple has gradually been bringing much more of t.....»»
Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill, pending Appeal
The nation’s highest court paused a lower court’s decision to nullify approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, keeping the medication available while an appeal moves forward.....»»
Massive iceberg discharges during the last ice age had no impact on nearby Greenland
During the last ice age, massive icebergs periodically broke off from an ice sheet covering a large swath of North America and discharged rapidly melting ice into the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland, triggering abrupt climate change impacts acr.....»»