UAE launches national authority for scientific research

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its first national authority for scientific research (NASR) to coordinate and fund scientific research in the country. The national authority for scientific research was announced on March 7 by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for higher education and scientific research. NASR will begin with an annual budget...

Western New York prepares for ice storm

Saturday, January 13, 2007 Western New York is preparing for what some forecasters are saying to be a major ice storm. The NOAA has issued several warnings for Western New York which begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and continue into Monday January 15, 2007. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for tonight and Sunday Morning for the "potential of heavy amounts" of ice, sleet and snow and...

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Interview with Ton Roosendaal about Elephants Dream and free content movies

Sunday, May 21, 2006 Three days after the Internet release of the free content 3D short Elephants Dream (see Wikinews coverage), we exchanged e-mails with Ton Roosendaal about the reaction to the film, open source filmmaking, and the changes to Blender that resulted from the production. Ton Roosendaal is the lead developer of the Blender 3D rendering and modelling software that was used for the...

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Centennial of ‘father of contemporary Thai cinema’ celebrated

Saturday, May 24, 2008 Thailand's National Film Archive in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom unveiled a new museum and cinema on Thursday night for the 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of Rattana Pestjoni, a filmmaker who is considered the "father of contemporary Thai cinema". With Pestonji's family, movie stars, filmmakers, government officials and fans on hand, the National Film Archive's museum...

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Russian territory expands by 4.5 square kilometres after seismic activity

Saturday, November 14, 2009 According to scientists, the land territory of Russia has expanded by about 4.5 square kilometres within the last few years in the Far East due to seismic and volcanic activity. The gained land was recorded in the Sakhalin Peninsula. Boris Levin, head of the Institute for Sea Geology and Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the increase happened...