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Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com American Institute of Physics / May 5, 2020Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels are both unsustainable and unsafe, serving as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and leading to adverse respiratory effects and devastation due to global warming. Read more

Source: https://www.ainonline.com by Charles Alcoc / April 27, 2020A UV-C light system will soon be available for disinfecting aircraft interiors, according to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which has been the fast-tracking deployment of the technology to combat Covid-19 infection inhospitals. Read more:

Research, Oceanography11 January 2019 Chasing Plastics: How to Close the Ocean Plastic Mass Balance       Matthias Egger  – Ocean Plastic Researcher   In the research of ocean plastic, there is an observed imbalance in the amount of plastic going into the ocean and the amount of plastic that we are finding afloat at the surface. […]

China’s Chang’e 4 lunar probe sends first photo of far side of the moon after historic soft landing The soft landing by Chang’e 4 marks the start of a historic survey of a lunar region that has never been explored SOURCE:  South China Morning Post Thursday, 03 January, 2019,   by  Catherine Wong China’s space programme […]

Source:  https://phys.org   December 13, 2018 by Wilson Da Silva, University of New South Wales A global study has found a paradox: our water supplies are shrinking at the same time as climate change is generating more intense rain. And the culprit is the drying of soils, say researchers, pointing to a world where drought-like conditions […]

Source: https://phys.org     December 13, 2018 by John Antczak Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space. The rocket ship hit an altitude of 51 miles (82 kilometers) before beginning its gliding descent, said mission official […]

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com   Published  Nov 22, 2018, 2:21 am SGT  / PARIS (AFP) The blue glowing jets of science fiction spacecraft came a step closer to reality on Wednesday (Nov 21) as US physicists unveiled the world’s first solid-state aeroplane powered in flight by supercharged air molecules. More than a century on from the Wright brothers’ first […]

November 30, 2015 – Reuters – Innovations Video Online / Powered by NewsLook.com Summary: British company Reaction Engines are developing an air-breathing rocket engine that utilizes both jet turbine and rocket technology. Matthew Stock reports. Video provided by Reuters Video:   http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/a7beba810ba44d59af0bd40d62d3820c.htm

Plastic solar cells are light, easy to install, and readily produced using a printer. Nevertheless, the processes that take place on the molecular scale during the production of organic solar cells are not yet entirely clear. Researchers have now managed to observe these processes in real time. Their findings could help to improve the efficiency […]

Materials scientists believe the tiny sheets of the semiconductor zinc oxide they’re growing could have huge implications for the future of a host of electronic and biomedical devices. Nanosheet growth technique could revolutionize nanomaterial production