El Niño is Coming: Bold Action Needed to Protect Mankind

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Weather reversal pattern points to higher drought risks in southern Africa and Central America and Far East Asia FAO, Rome – After a protracted three-year presence La Niña has left the global atmospheric scene, making way for a likely imminent transition to El Niño, a meteorological event that typically distributes weather patterns in the opposite … Read more

The largest digital image ever created – The Panorama of Murten’s Digitalization is set to start

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Louis Braun’s monumental work, created in 1893 on some 1000 m2 of canvas, is about to being digitised. The process will generate the largest digital image ever created and will allow for unprecedented immersive and interactive viewing experiences. Immersive experience par excellence, the art of the panoramic painting had its glory days in the 19th … Read more

Development Bank of the Philippines signs financing deal to bolster aquaculture industry

By Development Bank of the Philippines

State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) seeks to boost the National Government’s efforts to support the local aquaculture industry through its latest partnership with the local subsidiary of a leading agro-industrial and food conglomerate, a top official said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Michael O. de Jesus said the bank’s partnership with Charoen … Read more

DA-BFAR provides food and livelihood assistance to affected fishing communities

Source: Philippine Information Agency

By Jemin B. Guillermo, J.D. CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) –The government has continuously been providing assistance to the communities, particularly the fisherfolks whose livelihood was affected by the oil spill in the waters of Oriental Mindoro. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) director lawyer Demosthenes R. Escoto disclosed that to date,  the Bureau … Read more

NASA and SpaceX to Launch Air Quality Instrument

Intelsat 40E, commercial satellite host to NASA’s TEMPO air quality instrument, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 12:30 a.m. EDT Friday, April 7. Credits: Maxar

NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on Friday, April 7. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than 12:30 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. TEMPO is the first space-based instrument designed to monitor major air pollutants hourly in high spatial resolution. … Read more

The Dark Side of AI: All About AI’s Risks and Controversies 🤔

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An old Chinese idiom says “water can carry a boat or overturn it” (“水能载舟,亦能覆舟” ). This might be the best description for a thousand plus artificial intelligence experts, including Alon Musk, calling to stop the development of powerful AI systems. What are they afraid of? Artificial Intelligence aims to create machines and software that can … Read more

Discover the Best of Vietnamese Products at VIETNAM EXPO

Vietnam Expo 2023

HANOI, March 2023- The Vietnam International Trade Fair – VIETNAM EXPO is an annual event held in Vietnam with the longest history (since 1991) chaired by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, directed by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency, and organized by VINEXAD Company. Over the past 30 years, Vietnam Expo has established itself as a … Read more

New reports outline bold goals for U.S. bioeconomy | News24.ph

New reports outline bold goals for U.S. bioeconomy | News24.ph

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five reports authored by federal agencies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, outlining bold research and development goals for the U.S. bioeconomy. The NSF-led report lays out the research and infrastructure investments needed to harness the potential of recent developments in biotechnology, much … Read more