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MERL develop roaming charging stations to power EVs anywhere
Eco Factor: Portable charging stations to power electric vehicles wherever recharging is required. Agreed that the whole concept of electric vehicles taking us to work fits in perfect harmony with the environment and our urban lifestyle, but imagine your batteries ditching you in a place where there is no charging station close by. Thinking of a similar scenario, researchers at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts have come up with an ingenious idea of portable charging stations. They have developed a network of movable charging stations, which can be taken to wherever the demand for recharging is greatest. The idea of the this unique charging station will be presented at the Vehicular Technology Conference in Ottawa, Canada next week. The mains will charge up these station at night and set out to work during the day. How will it work The in-car sensors would monitor the level of charge in the battery and periodically report this to a central operations center. This center will determine areas where most cars run low on power. After finding the low-charge hotspots, the roaming stations would be easily deployed to juice up the EVs. The researchers claim that just five of these mobile stations would be enough to serve 100 electric cars on a 100-kilometer stretch of highway. Via: New Scientist
Eco Factor: Portable charging stations to power electric vehicles wherever recharging is required. Agreed that the whole concept of electric vehicles taking us to work fits in perfect harmony with the environment and our urban lifestyle, but imagine your batteries ditching you in a place where there is no charging station close by. Thinking of a similar scenario, researchers at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts have come up with an ingenious idea of portable charging stations. They have developed a network of movable charging stations, which can be taken to wherever the demand for recharging is greatest. The idea of the this unique charging station will be presented at the Vehicular Technology Conference in Ottawa, Canada next week. The mains will charge up these station at night and set out to work during the day. How will it work The in-car sensors would monitor the level of charge in the battery and periodically report this to a central operations center. This center will determine areas where most cars run low on power. After finding the low-charge hotspots, the roaming stations would be easily deployed to juice up the EVs. The researchers claim that just five of these mobile stations would be enough to serve 100 electric cars on a 100-kilometer stretch of highway. Via: New Scientist
Mamata to showcase 'rising power' at Cambridge this October
Mamata Banerjees crusade against the Communists may be confined to West Bengal but it will now get a global audience in one of the worlds most prestigious universities. Come October, the Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief will be in Cambridge University to showcase her political achievements.
Mamata Banerjees crusade against the Communists may be confined to West Bengal but it will now get a global audience in one of the worlds most prestigious universities. Come October, the Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief will be in Cambridge University to showcase her political achievements.
Amateur gardener grows world's biggest potato
Peter Glazebrook has boldly gone where few men have gone before into the record books for the world's biggest potato.The amateur gardener pulled up the giant spud weighing a whopping 8lbs 4oz 3.76 kg and found it bore an uncanny resemblance to Star Trek's Enterprise spaceship. The potato, which was unveiled yesterday at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, weighs 9oz more than the previous record holder.Glazebrook, 66, is now awaiting verification from the Guiness Book of World Records.He previously held the world record for the longest carrot, after producing a 17ft long monster.Glazebrook has also been the double Guinness World Record holder for the heaviest parsnip, at 13lb, and the longest beetroot at 21ft.The success followed last month's astonishing feat of growing by Maria Desimone who produced a 5ft 6incourgette in her garden vegetable patch.The mother-of-two, from Cambridge, said it was her first attempt at growing courgettes and added, "They were outside in all sorts of weather. This one just kept on getting bigger."Speaking before his latest triumph, he said, "The secret to success is starting with the right seed. It's learning how to grow them and putting a lot of effort in and picking up tips from other growers and reading what you can about it." 3.76 kgThe weight of the giant spud grown by Glazebrook
Peter Glazebrook has boldly gone where few men have gone before into the record books for the world's biggest potato.The amateur gardener pulled up the giant spud weighing a whopping 8lbs 4oz 3.76 kg and found it bore an uncanny resemblance to Star Trek's Enterprise spaceship. The potato, which was unveiled yesterday at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, weighs 9oz more than the previous record holder.Glazebrook, 66, is now awaiting verification from the Guiness Book of World Records.He previously held the world record for the longest carrot, after producing a 17ft long monster.Glazebrook has also been the double Guinness World Record holder for the heaviest parsnip, at 13lb, and the longest beetroot at 21ft.The success followed last month's astonishing feat of growing by Maria Desimone who produced a 5ft 6incourgette in her garden vegetable patch.The mother-of-two, from Cambridge, said it was her first attempt at growing courgettes and added, "They were outside in all sorts of weather. This one just kept on getting bigger."Speaking before his latest triumph, he said, "The secret to success is starting with the right seed. It's learning how to grow them and putting a lot of effort in and picking up tips from other growers and reading what you can about it." 3.76 kgThe weight of the giant spud grown by Glazebrook
Religious leaders hit back at Hawking
Believers slam Nobel Prize winning physicist for saying that God did not create the universeReligious leaders in Britain yesterday hit back at claims by leading physicist Stephen Hawking that God had no role in the creation of the universe.In his new book The Grand Design, Britain's most famous scientist says that given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt."Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," he wrote."It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper fuse and set the universe going."ReactionsBut the head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, said that "physics on its own will not settle the question of why there is something rather than nothing."He added, "Belief in God is not about plugging a gap in explaining how one thing relates to another within the universe. It is the belief that there is an intelligent, living agent on whose activity everything ultimately depends for its existence."Williams' comments were supported by leaders from across the religious spectrum in Britain. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, "Science is about explanation. Religion is about interpretation. The Bible simply isn't interested in how the Universe came into being." The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, added, "I would totally endorse what the Chief Rabbi said so eloquently about the relationship between religion and science."Ibrahim Mogra, an imam and committee chairman at the Muslim Council of Britain, was also quoted saying, "If we look at the Universe and all that has been created, it indicates that somebody has been here to bring it into existence. That somebody is the almighty conqueror."Hawking was also accused of missing the point by colleagues at the University of Cambridge in England.Fraser Watts, an Anglican priest and Cambridge expert in the history of science, said that it's not the existence of the universe that proves the existence of God.Hawking's book as the title suggests is an attempt to answer the 'Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything', he wrote, quoting Douglas Adams' cult science fiction romp, The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His answer is M-theory, which, he says, posits 11 space-time dimensions, vibrating strings, ... point particles, two-dimensional membranes, three-dimensional blobs and other objects that are more difficult to picture and occupy even more dimensions of space."
Believers slam Nobel Prize winning physicist for saying that God did not create the universeReligious leaders in Britain yesterday hit back at claims by leading physicist Stephen Hawking that God had no role in the creation of the universe.In his new book The Grand Design, Britain's most famous scientist says that given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt."Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," he wrote."It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper fuse and set the universe going."ReactionsBut the head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, said that "physics on its own will not settle the question of why there is something rather than nothing."He added, "Belief in God is not about plugging a gap in explaining how one thing relates to another within the universe. It is the belief that there is an intelligent, living agent on whose activity everything ultimately depends for its existence."Williams' comments were supported by leaders from across the religious spectrum in Britain. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, "Science is about explanation. Religion is about interpretation. The Bible simply isn't interested in how the Universe came into being." The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, added, "I would totally endorse what the Chief Rabbi said so eloquently about the relationship between religion and science."Ibrahim Mogra, an imam and committee chairman at the Muslim Council of Britain, was also quoted saying, "If we look at the Universe and all that has been created, it indicates that somebody has been here to bring it into existence. That somebody is the almighty conqueror."Hawking was also accused of missing the point by colleagues at the University of Cambridge in England.Fraser Watts, an Anglican priest and Cambridge expert in the history of science, said that it's not the existence of the universe that proves the existence of God.Hawking's book as the title suggests is an attempt to answer the 'Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything', he wrote, quoting Douglas Adams' cult science fiction romp, The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His answer is M-theory, which, he says, posits 11 space-time dimensions, vibrating strings, ... point particles, two-dimensional membranes, three-dimensional blobs and other objects that are more difficult to picture and occupy even more dimensions of space."
15-year-old to become youngest Cambridge student for two centuries
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
Maths prodigy, now 15, heads for Cambridge
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Maths prodigy Arran Fernandez, 14, becomes youngest Cambridge student since 1773
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Siegenthaler, Fidalgo
Amy Minty Siegenthaler and Kyle Lawrence Fidalgo, both of Wilmington will exchange wedding vows at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at St. John s Memorial Chapel in Cambridge, Mass. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mark and Diana Siegenthaler of Bedford, Mass....
Amy Minty Siegenthaler and Kyle Lawrence Fidalgo, both of Wilmington will exchange wedding vows at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at St. John s Memorial Chapel in Cambridge, Mass. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mark and Diana Siegenthaler of Bedford, Mass....
Pfizer buying FoldRx for undisclosed amount
Pfizer says it will buy privately held FoldRx Pharmaceuticals for an undisclosed amount, expanding its pipeline of potential products.FoldRx, based in Cambridge, Mass., is developing potential treatments for diseases caused by protein misfolding, which is increasingly recognized as an underlying cause in many chronic degenerative diseases. The lead product candidate is tafamidis meglumine, aimed at treating TTR amyloid polyneuropathy, a progressively fatal genetic neurodegenerative disease.
Pfizer says it will buy privately held FoldRx Pharmaceuticals for an undisclosed amount, expanding its pipeline of potential products.FoldRx, based in Cambridge, Mass., is developing potential treatments for diseases caused by protein misfolding, which is increasingly recognized as an underlying cause in many chronic degenerative diseases. The lead product candidate is tafamidis meglumine, aimed at treating TTR amyloid polyneuropathy, a progressively fatal genetic neurodegenerative disease.
Ernst and Young and British Council to offer certification in financial English
The British Council has partnered with Ernst and Young to offer the Cambridge International Certification in Financial English ICFE from the University of Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages ESOL Examination and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA. The courses involve development of writing, speaking, listening and reading skills including financial vocabulary, presentations and the language of financial reporting and analysis. The courses will be offered from October 2010 at Ernst and Young Training Centre.
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