Nigerian flag carrier, Air Peace airline, has launched direct flight operations on the Lagos- Mumbai route with N450, 000 ticket fare. The airline recently started with two weekly flight frequencies to Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra State in Southwestern India, with plans for Delhi operations in the offing. The operation brings
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In early 2021, the U.S. government set an ambitious goal: to decarbonize its power grid, the system that generates and transmits electricity throughout the country, by 2035. It’s an important goal in the fight against climate change, and will require a switch from current, greenhouse-gas producing energy sources (such as
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WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, but it's also a prime target for hackers. To keep your WhatsApp account safe and secure, here are some tips to follow: Enable two-factor authentication: Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your account by requiring
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Next generation lithium-based batteries provide a key component of the global strategy to meet decarbonization goals in transportation and beyond. We know lithium-based batteries provide high energy density. But there’s an elephant in the room. How will manufacturers not only meet greatly increased demand for more batteries for electric vehicles, but
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Amazon and Mercury NZ have announced a new long-term corporate power purchase agreement for Turitea South, a 103-megawatt (MW) wind farm under construction in Manawatū near Palmerston North, New Zealand. Once operational, Turitea South is expected to generate 370 gigawatt hours (GWh) of new renewable energy per year. Amazon will purchase approximately
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Social engineering – specifically malicious cyber campaigns delivered via email – remain the primary source of an organisation’s vulnerability to attack, according to Darktrace. Popularised in the 1990s, email security has challenged cyber defenders for almost three decades. The aim is to lure victims into divulging confidential information through communication that exploits
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Researchers at Texas A&M University have shown that water-based batteries could provide a safer and more efficient alternative to lithium-ion batteries that contain cobalt. These new types of batteries would not only reduce the US’s dependence on countries that export cobalt and lithium but would also be able to prevent battery-related
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Like batteries, fuel cells produce energy through an electrochemical process. Unlike batteries, they don't run down or require recharging. However, the potential advantages of fuel cells are offset by challenges that include cost, performance and durability. Michigan Technological University researcher Yun Hang Hu and two graduate students, Hanrui Su and Wei
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The Space Safety Coalition (SSC) has published new guidelines to protect satellites orbiting the Earth from being damaged by space debris. The updated guidelines have been endorsed by more than two dozen organisations, and include the ‘rules of the road’ for avoiding collisions between space objects. The report describes five classes of objects — non-manoeuvrable,
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of contracts worth about N392.7 billion for road construction, equipment supply for the population census and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Council also approved N10.9 billion for the supply and installation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) components for
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