Botswana and Namibia are set to sign an agreement to develop solar projects of as much as 5 GW through installations built across their mostly flat, sunny landscapes. The southern African nations are working with US government initiative, Power Africa, to help structure the deal, Namibian Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Monday announced that it had created two new work centres, one each in Katsina and Jalingo under TCN’s Kaduna and Bauchi regions respectively. It said the work centres were created to further decentralise its services to improve the company’s operational efficiency and ensure more proactive
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MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes. The technology, which is described in a paper published today in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, makes it possible to inject high-concentration drugs and other therapies subcutaneously.
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In a recent article, the NYT outlines how a shrinking economy and the world in turmoil due to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has actually helped Silicon Valley tech giants to further amass their wealth and influence. In a recent article titled “Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights,”NYT reporters Peter Eavis and Steve
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Neglected by telecom providers for years, a Mexican village created its own cell service. And then Movistar came calling During the summer of 2013, news reports recounted how a Mexican pueblo launched its own do-it-yourself cellphone network. The people of Talea de Castro, population 2,400, created a mini-telecom company, the first
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A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly adaptable molecular tools with new capabilities to control cellular activities. The antibody-like proteins, called OptoBinders, allow researchers to rapidly control processes inside and outside of cells by directing their localization, with potential applications including protein purification, the improved production of
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What do we mean by the word beautiful? It depends not only on whom you ask, but in what language you ask them. According to a machine learning analysis of dozens of languages conducted at Princeton University, the meaning of words does not necessarily refer to an intrinsic, essential constant.
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Huawei is said to be building a fab. It is reported that it will be running 45nm wafers by the end of the year. Huawei is supposed to have called the fab project ‘Tashan’ meaning courageous or daring. It is certainly that. Reports say that the 45nm line can be finalised without
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STMicroelectronics has introduced fast-starting intelligent power switches for safety-instrumented systems. They are designed to meet IEC 61131-2. “With power-on delay time of less than 60µs, the IPS160HF and IPS161HF satisfy standardised requirements for interface types C and D in Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Class 3 applications,” according to the company. They will drive
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Two hundred and seven persons were killed while 221 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in different parts of the country as a result of fire outbreaks from petrol tanker explosions between 2018 and August 2020, investigation reveals. A total of 31 incidents were recorded in 15 states led to the
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