Asia-Pacific Pledge: Unite for Digital Equity, Sustainability | Mirage News
Science & Technology

Asia-Pacific Pledge: Unite for Digital Equity, Sustainability | Mirage News

Technology tamfitronics Ministers and heads of digital technology agencies today endorsed the Astana Ministerial Declaration on Digital Inclusion and Transformation in Asia and the Pacific at the close of a high-level conference organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government of Kazakhstan.Among others, the groundbreaking Declaration underscores the critical need to bridge the digital divide, strengthen digital connectivity, address and enhance digital trust, and promote inclusive and sustainable digital economies and societies leaving no one behind."The Declaration is an important milestone that reaffirms the necessity of strengthening regional policy-making so that we increase momentum in identifying digital solutions and scaling up to bridge the digital divide," said Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.While 96 per cent of the population in...
Continue reading
Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Enables Ultraprecise Timekeeping | Mirage News
Science & Technology

Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Enables Ultraprecise Timekeeping | Mirage News

Technology tamfitronics A powerful laser shines into a jet of gas, creating a bright plasma and generating ultraviolet light. The light leaves a visible white line as it interacts with leftover gas in the vacuum chamber. This process helps scientists precisely measure the energy needed to excite the thorium-229 nucleus, which is the core of a future nuclear clock. Credit: Chuankun Zhang/JILA The world keeps time with the ticks of atomic clocks, but a new type of clock under development - a nuclear clock - could revolutionize how we measure time and probe fundamental physics.An international research team led by scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder, has demonstrated key elements of a nuclear clock. A nuclear clock is...
Continue reading
Two-pot retirement system | Warning to use money wisely
Science & Technology

Two-pot retirement system | Warning to use money wisely

Technology tamfitronics CAPE TOWN - Withdrawing your money from your retirement fund isnt a bad idea, but those who are doing so should do it for the right reasons.That's the word from Cape Peninsula University of Technology financial expert, Professor Maarten van Doesburgh.WATCH: Two-pot retirement system | Workers dive into pension savings potsCash-strapped South Africans across the country are taking full advantage of the two-pot system with many saying it will go a long way despite the future implications.Experts advise that people can still add to their savings after withdrawing money by paying extra to make up of the depleted funds.eNCAs Nobesuthu Hejana reports.
Continue reading