Research led by the University of Strathclyde suggests that solar energy can be accessed and converted into hydrogen—a clean and renewable fuel. Greenhouse gas emissions need to be significantly reduced to avoid potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, with access to clean and affordable energy needed to eliminate our reliance on
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The Federal Government says it is focusing on exploitation of gas to close the gap that can be created by less use of petrol, diesel and other fossil fuels, following the gradual exit from fossil fuels. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian National
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Telegram announced that its users will be able to send and receive payments in real-time using the Toncoin cryptocurrency. Toncoins can be purchased with a debit card, on cryptocurrency exchanges, or transferred from other digital wallets, according to the company. Telegram users now transfer TON currencies “directly within Telegram chats without transaction
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By exchanging a classical material for one with unique quantum properties, scientists have made a superconducting circuit that's capable of feats long thought to be impossible. The discovery, made by researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the US, overturns a century of thought on the nature of superconducting circuits, and how
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If your business deals with other businesses, you will likely be operating some form of a supply chain. If incorporated correctly, these supply chains can be an effective element of your business. What A Supply Chain Is Before delving into how important an effective supply chain is, you should first know what
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A robot ‘chef’ has been trained by researchers from Cambridge University to assess the saltiness of a dish at different stages of the chewing process, imitating a similar process in humans. They believe the results could be useful in the development of automated or semi-automated food preparation by helping robots to
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Humans observe the world through a combination of different modalities, like vision, hearing, and our understanding of language. Machines, on the other hand, interpret the world through data that algorithms can process. So, when a machine "sees" a photo, it must encode that photo into data it can use to perform
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The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has set a June timeline for the issuance of Petroleum Prospecting Licence (PPL) to the operators of the 54 marginal oil field areas already delineated by the federal government for petroleum operations to commence. The Chief Executive of NUPRC, Engr Gbenga Komolafe, said the
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued final letters of award of the Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum licence to MTN and Mafab Communications, winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction conducted last year as it sets August 24, for them to commence deployment of the 5G network. In a statement
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The debt owed to Nigerian banks by operators in the power sector rose by 12.83 per cent in one year to N861.14bn in December 2021 amid the lingering problems plaguing the sector since it was privatised over eight years ago, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria data. The PUNCH had
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