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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification – NASA
As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight materials, there’s a growing need to understand how those materials behave under impact. That’s why NASA is investigating potential air taxi...
Life
We may be able to share quantum entanglement nearly infinitely
Quantum entanglement, an inextricable link between particles, is an important resource for quantum computing and communication – and in...
Environment
UN report reveals alarming rise in Africa’s food insecurity despite global improvements
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Food insecurity is rising in many parts of Africa, with the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet surpassing 1 billion — some two-thirds of the continent's population — in 2024, according to...
Life
Chicago man is an inspiration after being born with gastroschisis, with organs outside body
A man from Chicago's West Side continues to beat the odds despite being born with a rare condition in which his organs were outside his body.Cases of the genetic condition keep increasing across the nation,...
Science
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics....
Life
Badenoch says Conservatives would ban strikes by NHS doctors
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will ban strikes by all NHS doctors if they return to power.The Tory leader said her party would introduce legislation for minimum service levels and block doctors taking widespread industrial action, placing them...
Life
How nanoplastics may be impacting our long-term health
Albuquerque, New Mexico — Dr. Matt Campen studies the health effects of environmental pollutants. His lab at the University of New Mexico has, for the first time, found plastics in human brain tissue.He says his research estimates...
Environment
Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season,...
Environment
Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season,...
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World’s first commercial carbon storage facility begins operations, injecting CO2 deep under North Sea seabed
Oslo —The world's first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway's coast has carried out its...