Several storms may develop this week, and officials are eyeing four tropical systems coming this way. There is currently one off the US coast in its southeast corner, which seems to have the highest chances of developing within the coming few days. Even if Marco and Laura have already gone, officials are still alert for coming weather events detected from the tropics. (Photo:
Month: August 2020
ULA statement: “Initial indications were with a ground system, and we are working to confirm the exact cause.” WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance has not yet confirmed exactly what caused a dramatic abort of a Delta 4 Heavy launch just three seconds before liftoff on Aug. 29. “We are in the middle of conducting a
As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth, a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Instead of selling and trading credits related to nature-based solutions, its exchange features industrial businesses that store carbon dioxide in products such as biochar, timber construction and other building materials. Puro.earth co-founder Antti Vihavainen said
Amazon.com is testing out the viability of drone delivery for small packages. Amazon.com Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery. The approval will give Amazon broad privileges to “safely and efficiently deliver
Let’s say you wanted to sort people according to the colours they have dyed their hair. You could line them all up, single file, and send those with blue hair to one spot, undyed hair to another, and so on. That’s what we do with cells in a process called flow cytometry. You stain the
Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63. Van Zyl, who retired in 2019 after a 33-year career, suffered a heart attack on Monday and died Wednesday at a hospital in Pasadena, California, said
Neutrino events from a supernova were first captured in 1987, when a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud exploded, seen here in a wide-field image from Hubble. Credits: NASA/STScI By Korena Di Roma Howley For a particle with no charge and nearly no mass, the neutrino gets a lot of scientific press’and it’s no wonder
HELSINKI — China is making progress with a spaceport to facilitate sea-based launch activity and development of rockets, satellites and related applications. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), the country’s main space contractor, is developing the spaceport in Haiyang City on the coast of the eastern province of Shandong. The ‘Eastern aerospace port’
Taken from the September 2020 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Andrew Glester reviews the film Proxima and interviews its writer-director Alice Winocour <!––>Separation anxiety In new film Proxima Eva Green plays an astronaut who is worried about leaving Earth and her daughter.
The crisis brought about by climate change or global warming has had many consequences, not the least of negative effects on human health. Massive changes such as wildfires, drought, torrential rainstorms, flooding, and extreme heat have a major bearing on our bodies. Climate change has led to a worldwide crisis in public health. Heatstroke and dehydration heat has many important consequences, including major
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