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French firm ROSI tells Euronews about the innovative way that it recycles Europe’s photovoltaic panels
French firm ROSI tells Euronews about the innovative way that it recycles Europe’s photovoltaic panels
The United States Department of Defense said on Thursday, February 2, it had detected and was tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon in US airspace.The Pentagon said the balloon was traveling well above commercial air traffic and did not "present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” the Pentagon said. “Once the balloon was detected, the [US] government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.”According to an Associated Press report, “One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base.”Footage taken by Chase Doak in Billings, Montana, captured an unusual object visible in the sky amid reports of sightings and a ground stop in the area.Storyful could not independently verify the object. Credit: Chase Doak via Storyful
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet is visible with the naked eye from certain locations
Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene editing to recreate extinct animals, which it says is important because biodiversity is dwindling.
Can artificial intelligence transform the search for alien intelligence?
With the help of NASA, architects are working on a prototype that uses a mixture of algae and fungi to "grow" houses on the Moon and Mars.
Object will be close enough to see – and could offer Nasa important information about the solar system
More than 200 years after Napoleon met defeat at Waterloo, the bones of soldiers killed on that famous battlefield continue to intrigue Belgian researchers and experts, who use them to peer back to that moment in history.Clothes and accessories are not reliable indicators of the nationality of skeletons found on the Waterloo battlefield, he stressed.
Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants 125,000 years ago and made thousands of meals from just one of the 13ft tall beasts, scientists have found.
Watch live as astronauts step out of the International Space Station for what is expected to be a seven-hour spacewalk. Mission managers have given the go-ahead for flight engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to complete a modification kit installation job they began on 20 January, to prepare the station for its next roll-out solar arrays (iROSAs). The installation is part of a series of spacewalks to augment the ISS’s power channels with new iROSAs.
The last-ever made Boeing 747 was delivered to cargo carrier Atlas Air on Wednesday, February 1, marking the end of an era in aviation production spanning more than 50 years.Dubbed the “Queen of the Skies”, the 747-100 first flew in the February of 1969 after six years of development. Boeing had tasked its engineers with developing an aircraft that would meet the predicted boom in travel and cargo needs during the 1970s.After receiving certification from the US’s Federal Aviation Administration in December, 1969, Pan America entered the 747 into commercial service with a flight from New York to London in January, 1970.While en-route from Washington state’s Paine Field to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Wednesday, flight crew of the final 747 paid tribute to the aircraft’s legacy by drawing a crown with the flight path. Credit: Flightradar24 via Storyful
The findings indicate Vikings were not only stealing animals when they arrived in Britain, but brought some with them.
The health effects of coming into contact with a radioactive capsule no bigger than a coin that was lost in Western Australia -- and has since been found -- could potentially be severe, according to experts. Caesium-137 is a human-made fission project often used in radiological laboratories as well as in industrial settings, such as within gauges in mining operations, Angela Di Fulvio, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told ABC News. The tiny capsule filled with Caesium-137, at 8 millimeters tall and 6 millimeters in diameter, was found on the roadside of a remote highway Wednesday afternoon, six days after it went missing in Western Australia.
The live feed, provided by NASA, shows astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata performing the second spacewalk of 2023.
Amazing Simulation Shows Mega Tsunami That Helped Kill The Dinosaurs. This amazing simulation compiled by scientists at America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the path of the mega tsunamis created by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. The 6+ miles wide asteroid that hit Earth between 65 and 66 million years ago is widely accepted to have wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and 75% of the planet’s plant and animal species. It also triggered a megatsunami with mile-high waves - 30,000 times bigger than any recorded events. The colours are associated with both positive (red) and negative (blue) wave amplitude, highlighting how the ocean ripples with both higher and lower water levels in the ocean basins during a catastrophic tsunami. It is the first global simulation of the Chicxulub asteroid impact tsunami. In addition to showing the conditions in which the dinosaurs may have perished, this study helps to assess and quantify the risk of future large asteroid impacts.
Antarctic ice is helping scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the last 50,000 years.
The findings shed new light into the preservation of soft parts in fossils of backboned animals.
The study was published in the journal 'PLOS One' on Feb. 1. According to the new study, microplastics can pass through blood vessels to reach vascular tissue.
A researcher is working on a nasal spray to protect against COVID-19. He thinks a similar tool could protect against the flu and colds as well.
Scientists at US-based firm Colossal Biosciences believe they may successfully rebuild the dodo genome in the body of a living relative
Researchers at Tampere University in Finland have made fairies real - by creating a robot that flies and sparkles just like Peter Pan's pal Tinkerbell. For some time now, engineers have known how to use stimuli-responsive polymers to make small, soft-bodied robots that can walk, swim and jump. So far, no one has been able to make them fly. Until now that is. Hao Zeng, Academy Research Fellow and the leader of the University's Light Robots Group, and Jianfeng Yang, a doctoral researcher, have come up with a new design for their project called FAIRY – Flying Aero-robots based on Light Responsive Materials Assembly. They have developed a polymer-assembly robot that flies by wind and is controlled by light. Because of its high porosity (0.95) and lightweight (1.2 mg) structure, it can easily float in the air directed by the wind. It can also be powered and controlled by a light source, such as a laser beam or LED. The fairy can adapt manually to wind direction and force by changing its shape. The new robots aren't designed to bring Neverland to life, however. According to Zeng, there is potential for even more significant applications. The FAIRY project started in September 2021 and will last until August 2026. It is funded by the Academy of Finland.