Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) July 25, 2024
Police on Thursday arrested climate activists who glued themselves to the tarmac at Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, compelling it to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures.
Traffic was halted during the busy summer holiday season for two hours before the first of the airport's landing runways was able to operate again at 0502 GMT, said a spokesman at the airport.
Passengers we
Washington (AFP) July 24, 2024
Toxic "forever chemicals" are increasingly being used in US pesticides, threatening human health as they contaminate waterways and are sprayed on staple foods, a study said Wednesday.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, but environmental regulations against them have mainly paid attention to sources such as industrial facilities, la
Dubai (AFP) July 24, 2024
The Israeli strike on Yemen's port of Hodeida has released hazardous emissions and caused fuel spills, experts said, compounding environmental pollution already worsened by oil spills from Huthi ship attacks.
The strikes on Saturday, the first claimed by Israel on Yemen, hit fuel storage tanks in the main port under the control of the Iran-backed rebels, triggering an inferno.
Parts of t
Budapest (AFP) July 25, 2024
Hungary borrowed one billion euros ($1.1 billion) from Chinese banks earlier this year, its debt management agency said on Thursday, as the EU member state faces a difficult financial situation.
The Hungarian government did not announce the deal, which was first reported by the local financial news site Portfolio based on publicly available data.
Budapest took out a three-year, floating-
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) represent a highly efficient and clean energy conversion technology, directly converting chemical energy into electrical energy through electrochemical reactions. These cells are increasingly used for distributed and stationary power generation. However, practical application demands consideration of user operations and maintenance, which often subjects the device
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Two-dimensional (2D) materials, known for their atomic-level thickness and excellent mechanical and physical properties, are gaining traction in various fields, including semiconductors, flexible devices, and composite materials.
These single-layer 2D materials often experience out-of-plane deformation, such as ripples, buckling, or wrinkling, due to their extremely low bending stiffness.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Researchers have identified a crucial link between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and dark matter particles, shedding light on the "final parsec problem" in astrophysics.
New calculations suggest that the merger of SMBH pairs into a single entity is facilitated by the previously underestimated behavior of dark matter particles. This discovery offers a potential solution to the "final par
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Last year, global carbon dioxide emissions surpassed 37 billion metric tons, marking a new high. This surge has made the concept of extracting CO2 from the atmosphere increasingly attractive. Direct air capture technology is being adopted by governments worldwide to help meet climate goals and prevent severe climate change impacts.
Despite over a dozen direct air capture facilities current
Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2024
The continent of Africa is closely being watched as the next big growth market - a description that has persisted for a while. There are numerous reasons for this optimism: Over 70 percent of the continent's population is under the age of 35, and by 2030, 42 percent of the world's young people are expected to be living in African countries. This data not only points to a major consumption market
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
SHINE Technologies, a leading fusion company, is set to present FLARE, the world's most powerful continuous fusion neutron system, at the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NRSEC) and the Technology of Fusion Energy Meeting (TOFE). The Fusion Linear Accelerator for Radiation Effects (FLARE) is designed to support critical applications in aerospace, defense, and energy sectors,
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has recently developed an innovative passivator that significantly enhances the stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells, marking a major advancement in solar energy technology.
This new passivator, a type of corrosion inhibitor, utilizes dynamic covalent bonds that activate when exposed to moisture and heat, allowing it to generate new pass
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Chemists have long sought to synthesize valuable materials from waste molecules. Now, an international team of scientists is leveraging electricity to make the process more efficient.
In a recent study published in Nature Catalysis, researchers showed that carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, can be efficiently transformed into methanol, a type of liquid fuel.
The process involves
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2024
Researchers are advocating for regulations to ensure the responsible and ethical development of bio-hybrid robotics-a field that combines artificial components with living tissues and cells.
In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a multidisciplinary team from the University of Southampton, along with researchers from the US and Spain, highlights
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the largest windstorm in the solar system, is shrinking, and a recent study offers a potential explanation.
Situated in Jupiter's southern hemisphere, the Great Red Spot is a massive, red-orange oval of high pressure over 10,000 miles wide. This anticyclone rotates counterclockwise with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour.
The Great Red Spot has been diminish
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite-based solutions for the aerospace and defense industries, has announced an at-the-market (ATM) offering program. This program will enable the Company to sell its common stock in transactions categorized as "at the market" offerings, with a total value not exceeding $98,000,000. However, under the Company's existing debt agreem
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland successfully streamed 4K video from an aircraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and back using laser communications for the first time. This achievement is part of ongoing tests to develop technology for live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon during the Artemis missions.
Traditionally, NASA has used radio waves to transmit data to a
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
Epson, alongside its subsidiary Epson X Investment Corporation (EXI), has invested in Axelspace Holdings, the parent company of Axelspace Corporation, a pioneering startup in microsatellite development and manufacturing. This investment was facilitated through the EP-GB Investment Limited Partnership fund.
Axelspace, with its mission to bring "Space within Your Reach," operates AxelLiner,
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
Medications used by astronauts on the International Space Station may not last for the duration of a three-year mission to Mars.
A study led by Duke Health found that over half of the medications stocked in space, including pain relievers, antibiotics, allergy medicines, and sleep aids, would expire before astronauts return to Earth.
Astronauts could potentially rely on ineffective o
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2024
This global map illustrates carbon dioxide concentrations as the gas moved through Earth's atmosphere from January to March 2020, influenced by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation.
Due to the model's high resolution, it's possible to zoom in and observe carbon dioxide emissions originating from power plants, fires, and cities, then dispersing across continents and oceans.
"As p
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 26, 2024
This August, a student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
The launch is part of NASA's RockSat Program, an initiative that aims to connect higher education students from across the United States with
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
In the Himalayan nation of Nepal, two innovators, Mohan Tamang and Akrit Dhungel, are making history with Mach24Orbitals, the country's first space-tech startup.
Previously, Dhungel and Tamang led the Garuda project, which launched Nepal's first rocket on March 20, 2021. This project earned the Nancy Squires Team Spirit Award at the Spaceport America Cup 2021. Using potassium nitrate and s
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2024
Star Catcher Industries, Inc. ("Star Catcher"), a leader in space-based energy generation, has successfully closed a $12.25 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Initialized Capital and B Capital, with significant participation from Rogue VC. This investment will enable the company to build the Star Catcher Network, the world's first space-based energy grid, aimed at elimin
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2024
There still is no return date set for the Starliner astronauts aboard the International Space Station, officials with NASA and Boeing said Thursday.
NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich in a conference call Thursday morning said the agency has made significant progress in assessing the Starliner's return capability but there is no official plan to bring the astronauts home.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 26, 2024
Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian launch services company, has announced a new suborbital flight test service targeted at commercial and defense customers needing hypersonic speeds above Mach 5.
"We've witnessed a surge in the research and development of hypersonic vehicles, materials, and other related technologies in recent years, especially since AUKUS (a trilateral security par
Top Sinaloa cartel leaders, including the son of El Chapo, taken into US custody, the Department of Justice said.
