[ad_1] So major, in fact, that it shelled out $106 billion on 340 deals in the first half of the year, says Recof Data, 3x more in value than in H1 2017. The biggest deal in H1 was Takeda Pharma buying Shire of Ireland for $63 billion. Among 1,798 deals in H1, Toyota invested inRead more about Japan Goes For M&A[…]

[ad_1] Main image: Earth-i’s orbiting 4K Ultra HD can stream live video of the planet. Credit: Earth-i What if the images in Google Earth were refreshed not every fews years, but every few seconds. Or just streamed as live video of Earth shot from space? What if the famous Google Street View vehicles weren’t vans,Read more about Is a 'live Google Earth' coming?[…]

[ad_1] The hard wind design emerged from a decade-long pursuit of the land speed record – company founder Richard Jenkins ultimately achieved 126.2mph in 2009, having started his Windjet Project in 1999 while studying mechanical engineering at Imperial College. Using wind power for propulsion, a Saildrone fleet travels at 3-5kts, with each drone collecting high-resolutionRead more about Sailing drone measures oceans autonomously for 12 months[…]

[ad_1] Toyota is sponsoring the world’s first autonomous hydrogen-powered ship on a six-year world tour. The specially adapted race boat, Energy Observer, uses solar, wind and wave-generated power – as well as carbon-free hydrogen generated from seawater. The base technology already exists for use on land, where it helps overcome the problem of intermittent powerRead more about Toyota sends the world's first hydrogen-powered ship on a six-year voyage[…]

[ad_1] While analysing Antarctic water samples, scientists have discovered a substantial volcanic heat source beneath Pine Island Glacier. Elevated levels of helium-3 gas detected in the waters around Pine Island glacier indicate volcanic activity beneath the ice sheet – exhibiting as much as 25 times more thermal energy than a dormant volcano. The volcanic heatRead more about Volcanic heat source found beneath Antarctic glacier – an annotated infographic[…]

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[ad_1] ZTE is getting a reprieve on its ‘death sentence’ today, as the US government has begun to ease the seven-year ban on American companies doing business with the Chinese company. It’s a limited repeal of April 15’s Denial Order against the Shenzhen-based company , according to an authorization order put out by the USRead more about Back to life: ZTE's 7-year ban gets eased by the US government[…]

[ad_1] India is suffering from the worst water crisis in its history, with 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says. The crisis is only going to get worse. By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions ofRead more about India on brink of worst-ever water crisis – an annotated infographic[…]

[ad_1] The MonoDAQ E-ACC accelerometer amplifier is claimed to save costs and increase the accuracy of acceleration and vibration measurement by enabling the module to be placed near the sensor, eliminating the need for long analogue cabling. Monodaq E-ACC is a compact device in an  aluminium housing consisting of analogue front end with 18 kHzRead more about Slovenian start-up aims to revolutionise test and measurement[…]

[ad_1] You wouldn’t envy England’s cricketers competing for the sporting spotlight with the Three Lions on Tuesday evening. But that’s the task facing them as India come to Manchester for the first of a three-match T20 clash while the footballers do battle against Colombia at the World Cup, and we can tell you how toRead more about How to watch England vs India: live stream the T20 cricket wherever you are[…]