Professor Ali Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy in Nigeria, has stressed that for Africa to prosper economically, the region must play active role in digital innovation. The Minister spoke before the commissioning of African Centre of Excellence, at the Centre’s First Annual Lecture, titled ‘’Research, Innovation and
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Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it also has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines directly on the seafloor costly if not impossible. Once water gets more than about 200 feet
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The federal government says it has developed a National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency policy with accompanying Vision 30:30:30 to add 30,000MW of electricity to the national grid by the year 2030. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu stated this yesterday in Abuja at the 5th National Council on Power with
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Water and wood may one day be all that's needed to provide electrical power for a household. At a time when energy is a critical issue for many millions of people worldwide, scientists in Sweden have managed to generate electricity with the help of these two renewable resources. The method reported
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A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries power phones, laptops, other personal electronics and electric cars, and are even used to store energy generated by solar panels. But if the temperature of these
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Bridges that stay structurally sound for longer despite normal and extraordinary wear and tear can help ensure safe passage for vehicles and pedestrians. Additionally, if these structures do not require substantial maintenance or repair over their service life, they can help maximize the investment made into the infrastructure. While proper
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New research enables users to search for information without revealing their queries, based on a method that is 30 times faster than comparable prior techniques. Searching the internet can reveal information a user would rather keep private. For instance, when someone looks up medical symptoms online, they could reveal their health
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said maintaining Nigeria’s critical infrastructure may pose a challenge in the medium and long term except for the deliberate repositioning of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure by the current regime. He also said that NASENI would be a pivotal
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The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned about the potential harm of taking part in the Invisible Challenge on short-form video hosting service, TokTok, revealing that it exposes devices to Information-Stealing Malware. A statement signed by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Rueben Muoka, said the NCC-CSIRT advisory disclosed
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In a world powered increasingly by clean energy, drilling for oil and gas will gradually give way to digging for metals and minerals. Today, the “critical minerals” used to make electric cars, solar panels, wind turbines, and grid-scale battery storage are facing soaring demand — and some acute bottlenecks as
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