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Paris (AFP) April 4, 2024
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday. Tropical forests absorb carbon and are a vital ally in the fight against climate change, but they are also the most ravaged by deforestation. High rates of tropical forest loss remain "stubbor

Los Angeles (AFP) April 4, 2024
The booming use of electric vehicles in parts of California is reducing CO2 emissions in those areas, a study showed Thursday, bolstering a key pillar of the state's drive towards net zero. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, say a network of sensors set up around the San Francisco Bay Area - where Teslas and other EVs are a common sight - has logged a small but steady dr

Paris (AFP) April 4, 2024
France's food safety watchdog has recommended stricter monitoring of sites where the Nestle food giant extracts mineral water after traces of "fecal" contamination were found, according to a report seen by AFP on Thursday. The recommendation, made to the health ministry last year, comes on top of an investigation by prosecutors into allegations that Nestle used illegal treatment to purify it

Paris (AFP) April 3, 2024
They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic snow to turtle eggs, and concern over their possible toxicity is growing. Lawsuits and regulations targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are multiplying, with France becoming the latest jurisdiction to consider tough new curbs on these long-life substan

Paris (AFP) April 4, 2024
Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting growing calls for them to be banned. While there is firm evidence that at least one of the more than 4,000 human-made chemicals called PFAS causes cancer, researchers are still attempting to fully understand their broader impact on health. Here is what we know so far

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2024
Two years since launching its ARiVA Global Feed (AGF) data service, PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (PASSUR) has announced a series of significant achievements that underscore the service's impact and growth in the aviation industry. Now supporting over 9,000 aircraft tails, PASSUR's AGF service has become a key player, collaborating with more than 100 airlines, cargo carriers, and flight operators acros

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
A groundbreaking study published in Opto-Electronic Advances, DOI 10.29026/oea.2024.230210, reveals the development of a self-polarizing RGB device utilizing semipolar micro-LEDs and perovskite-in-polymer films aimed at improving backlight applications. In an innovative stride, researchers at the Solid-State Lighting Laboratory of Xiamen University have made a significant breakthrough in t

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
Researchers have made a significant advance in on-chip systems protection, revealing a novel approach for simultaneous thermal and electromagnetic shielding. Detailed in a recent publication in Opto-Electronic Science, this groundbreaking method utilizes a multi-physical null medium for dual cloaking purposes. The integration of electronic systems, particularly those on a microchip, necessitates

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
NASA's introduction of the OVERFLOW software marks an important moment for the future taxi systems. Developed as part of NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission, OVERFLOW is engineered to precisely predict noise levels and aerodynamic performance, offering air taxi companies a critical tool in the early stages of aircraft design. The importance of noise reduction in urban environments c

Boston MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2024
In 1900, Orville and Wilbur Wright listed their occupations as "Merchant, bicycle" on the U.S. census form. Three years later, they made their famous first airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. So, on the next U.S. census, in 1910, the brothers each called themselves "Inventor, aeroplane." There weren't too many of those around at the time, however, and it wasn't until 1950 that "Airpla

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
Researchers have developed a flexible electronic fiber that incorporates the human body into its circuit, marking a significant advance in the creation of textiles embedded with electronic capabilities without relying on chips or batteries. This innovation, heralded by Donghua University's team, opens new avenues for producing wearable technologies that are both scalable and comfortable, extendi

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
In a pioneering advancement for the aerospace industry, Skydweller Aero successfully completed the inaugural autonomous flight of a large-scale, solar-powered aircraft, boasting a wingspan exceeding that of a 747, with no carbon emissions. The groundbreaking flight, which involved takeoff, cruising, and landing entirely autonomously at Stennis International Airport in the U.S., marks a significa