Washington DC (UPI) Mar 1, 2021
The amount of helium in underground geological formations could satisfy thousands of years of global demand, researchers said in an article published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Like other essential commodities, there are supply-side concerns for helium as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. Sanctions and other restrictions mean supplies from Russia's Amur plant, ex

Washington (AFP) March 2, 2023
Chasing Microsoft, global tech giants have rolled out announcements on how they will implement ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence into their world leading platforms and applications, with YouTube the latest to present plans. Here is a roundup of how the world's biggest tech companies plan to surf the AI wave: - Microsoft - Microsoft has gone the furthest in pushing out generative A

Beijing (AFP) March 2, 2023
China is pumping $1.9 billion into its top memory chipmaker, according to media reports, as US restrictions on semiconductor exports threaten Beijing's tech ambitions. Semiconductor manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) is set to receive 12.9 billion yuan from the state-owned National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing government

Paris (AFP) March 3, 2023
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" - all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic. A medicinal molecule could be found in microbes scooped up in sediment, be produced by porous sponges or sea squirts - barrel-bodied creatures that c

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter.

Press Release N° 7–2023

On Tuesday 20 December 2022, Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega-C VV22 mission after its launch at 22h47 local time in French Guiana (2h47 CET/1h47 GMT on 21 December 2022). The mission was carrying two payloads, Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites for Airbus Defence and Space.

The White House on March 2 released a national cybersecurity strategy that points at Russian and Chinese hackers as major threats to U.S.

A pair of Chinese astronauts conducted their second extravehicular activity in recent days, with China for the first time providing no advance indication nor details of the event.

Image: Launcher booster on top of a platform running along rails, pulled by a lorry. The image is taken outdoors, the sky is cloudy, in the foreground is a path and some trees

Image: Part of an Ariane 5 launcher in a large warehouse